Over the last week or so I’ve seen some interesting discussion and debate on the relationship between posture and pain, and the role that methodologies such as PRI have in correcting/treating them. This discourse has prompted me to reflect quite a bit on my own beliefs on these topics, and I’d like to share some of my thoughts. While I’m… Read more →
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Tone Down For What, Part One: Unconventional Methods for Better Recovery, Health, and Well-Being
Recovery is sort of like the the ball boy for the New England Patriots: nobody really appreciates that he’s critical to the organization’s success, at least until there’s a scandal. Okay, the analogy isn’t perfect, but the point is that adequate recovery is critical to training programs’ success. The more efficiently an athlete can recover from a workout, the sooner they can… Read more →
Two Truths and a Lie, the “IHP Version”: Two Research Papers and a Totally Unrelated Article
I’m interrupting my regularly scheduled reading time and whatever it is that you were doing today to bring you the latest (and only) edition of our most popular (and only) game show: Two Research Papers and a Totally Unrelated Article! For those who are unfamiliar (i.e. everyone), this is my own spin on the icebreaker game Two Truths and a… Read more →
Do You Even Exhale, Bro? Part 3: The Postural Restoration Institute’s Mind-Blowing Solution for Tight Hip Flexors and Inefficient Breathing Patterns
Author’s note: In parts one and two of this series, I discussed what PRI describes as the Posterior Exterior Chain (PEC) pattern and outlined two exercises that help counteract it. If you haven’t read those yet, then I recommend doing so as they’ll give you a better understanding of the concepts I discuss in this post. I don’t know if any… Read more →
Do You Even Exhale, Bro? Part 2: On the Postural Restoration Institute and the 90-90 Hip Lift with Passive FA IR (aka a Tri-Planar Beast of an Exercise)
In the first installment of this series, I drew upon the insightful work of the Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) to describe a common postural and neurological pattern amongst athletes and gym-goers, the Posterior Exterior Chain (PEC). In that post I explained why this postural and neurological state might be beneficial in some situations, but potentially deleterious in others. The key takeaway is… Read more →
Do You Even Exhale, Bro? Part 1: On Stress, the Postural Restoration Institute, and the Awesomeness of the Swiss Ball All Four Belly Lift
You might be familiar with the popular notion that good posture involves “standing up straight” or thrusting your chest outward. Though this advice is commonplace, it isn’t necessarily correct. For people with certain postural patterns, this conventional wisdom might exacerbate their problems. As seems to be the case with so many things, one-size-fits-all advice might not work for everyone’s posture,… Read more →
An Introduction to the Postural Restoration Institute, Part 3: The Asymmetrical Nature of the Human Body
Author’s Note: This is the third installment in an ongoing series meant to introduce the Postural Restoration Institute and the concepts that it teaches, as well as how to integrate them into training and rehab. If you missed either of the first two installments, you can click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2 to give those a read. In this… Read more →
Integrative Human Performance: State of the Union
President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union Address was all over the news and social media this past week. While I did not watch his speech in its entirety, it did get me thinking that, due to our prolonged absence from the blogosphere, perhaps Robert and I should take a page out of POTUS’ book and put out an… Read more →