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The Importance of Back Stability

Apr 7, 2025

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By Chadd McFarland, CPT Lumbar stabilization is the ability of the spinal column to maintain its anatomical structure on physiological loading. The stability is maintained by the bony structures, ligaments, the attached muscles, and the nervous system that communicates between them all.

The back and spine:

Apr 5, 2025

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The back is a pivotal portion of the human body, integral to our structure and movement. It’s a sophisticated assembly of bones, muscles, and connective tissues, each playing a vital role in our daily functions. Let’s dive into the key components of the back’s anatomy. The Backbone of It All: The Spinal Column

Upper Back Anatomy

Apr 2, 2025

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By Shania Rayford, CGEI Our back is a very complex region of muscles that is responsible for a lot of daily activity. Your back keeps you erect, assists in breathing, and aids in the movement of your other limbs. Muscles of the back are either superficial, meaning closest to the skin, or deep which are closer to the middle. Specifically, today I will cover a muscle of the upper back called the trapezius. This unique muscle earned its name due to the shape resembling a trapezoid.

Romanian Deadlift

Mar 28, 2025

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By Dalton Harris, CPT The Romanian deadlift (RDL) is a compound hip hinge movement that is very functional. The joint that is primarily moving the load is the hips, and this movement requires activation of the posterior kinetic chain. The muscles that are involved include the gluteal muscles, hamstrings, and erector spinae complex (muscles in the lower back). Together these muscles work to move the weight that is positioned in the front of the body. Keys to the Lift

Hip Strength

Mar 26, 2025

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By Johnny Martin, CPT When discussing compound lifts related to the hips, Bulgarian split squats is an important and great exercise to add to your routine. Compound lifts are classified as an exercise which engages multiple joints and multiple muscles. Bulgarian split squats engage both the hip and knee joints as well as evolving muscles such as glutes, quadriceps, hamstrings, and hip adductors.

Hip Stability

Mar 14, 2025

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Ball and socket joints have such a large range of motion (ROM) which is good and can be dangerous. Flexibility and mobility is one of those things that if you don’t use it, you lose it. Because of the complex nature of the hip joint with all the muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia that criss-cross it, we can lose that mobility quickly. In addition, when improving our fitness we always want “stability before mobility”. Now, the hips are definitely made for mobility, but we often have injuries, pain, or issues when we have an unstable hip joint.

Hip Stability

Mar 12, 2025

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By: Aram Kumar, BA Exercise Science, CSCS

The Importance of Hip Mobility and Strength

Mar 7, 2025

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The hips play a fundamental role in our daily activities, from walking and running to bending and lifting. By paying attention to hip mobility and strength, we can gain several benefits, ranging from improved athletic performance to reduced risk of injury, and enhanced quality of life. 1. Enhancing Range of Motion:

Hip Strength

Mar 5, 2025

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By Shania Rayford B.S., CGEI The hips are one of the largest joints in the body. This joint bears a lot of loads and responsible for most of your daily movements. Your ability to do simple tasks like sit, stand, or walk depends heavily on the health of your hip joints. It is extremely important to keep them strong and healthy to maintain independence and quality of life.

Hip Ligament Anatomy

Feb 28, 2025

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By Dalton Harris, CPT The hip contains some of the strongest ligaments in the body, due to the load the structure has to support when performing many different movements. Some of the ligaments include iliofemoral, ischiofemoral, and pubofemoral ligaments. These ligaments help protect the hip from doing excess range of motion movements that could cause injury. All of these ligaments are relaxed when hip is flexed. The iliofemoral ligament is the strongest in the body, and prevents hyperextension of the hip.

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