If you want a refresher on the work of Richardson et al re local/global stabilizers and Panjabi, here it is via the massage therapists.
This article addresses an issue fundamental to back pain occurrence and recurrence; re-awakening the organic girdle of myofascia that supports our spinal column! So says Cathy Ryan, RMT, Personal Trainer, Massage Therapy Practice.com Associate Editor.
Read her ideas on the girdle and her take on the stuff of the core.
“We will be focusing our attention to the OG along with a few other major players while relying heavily on the work of some outstanding researchers from Australia (Richardson et al 1999) This is a generalized overview of their very extensive work.”
Cathys’ 4 for the core are plank, swimming, supine walk out and pelvic bridge all using the fit ball. “The unstable and dynamic nature of the ball engages the spinal stabilizers and joint proprioceptors during all exercises performed while on the ball. The ball generates a great deal of intrinsic feedback challenging our bodies, in an unconscious manner, to make rapid postural adjustments reinforcing the coordinative linkage between postural muscles”. Clips of her in action are provided.
