Functional Analysis/Movement
Bryan will look at the most basic and fundamental movements of everyday activities and exercise’s which are walking, lifting objects, pulling, bending and twisting. Looking at the position of the joints and bones through these range of motions Bryan can determine if you are in proper alignment. These are essential movements to learn how to do efficiently and with proper alignment. Your functional movement patterns will be assessed while showing you how to optimize your basic exercise program and or everyday movement patterns.
Stretching
Most stretching programs or yoga classes just look at the aspect of the muscle that are too tight. Targeting the muscle that is tight is just as important as knowing what area of the of the body needs to strengthen/stabilize. This is essential for safe and proper stretching or else like in many standard stretching programs people end up actually hurting themselves. The stabilizing aspect creates muscular tone and strength that helps to create proper alignment and protects the joints. In addition to working on the muscles, this program goes into how to stretch fascia of the body. Learning how to stretch the fascia is an essential part dealing with more complicated tension pattens.
Joint mobility and stability
The Chinese have an advanced understanding of how to maintain the health of the joints. Standard stretching programs and yoga focuses more on stretching the muscles.
Proper joint mobility and stability is essential to prevent injuries and to have higher levels of physical performance. Learn a series of movements targeting the major joints of the body. This makes a great warm up for exercise’s or done as a general maintenance program to prevent injuries. These exercise’s can be done by any level of fitness and are done from the standing position. The exercises can be done in 5 to 15min and have big benefit when done consistently throughout your week.
When these exercises are integrated with your favorite exercise or everyday life’s activities you will see how much more effortless and pain free your movements become.
