Core conditioning.

Corrective base conditioning.

The abdominal wall is extremely important for function in all movements.

98% of the population trains their abdominals ineffectively overworking the scalene muscles and quadratus lumborum, meaning this can lead to a wrecked back & over use of the omohyoid neck muscles which then leads to poor posture.

With corrective exercise kinesiology we work with proper activation and synchronisation of pelvic floor to the quadratus lumborum to neuromuscular training of the transverse abdominis.

The TVA is one of the most profound muscles and stabilisers for the lower back and needs to have proper activation of the supporting sling to be able to engage it effectively.

The abdominal wall has 8 nerves feeding them, the complexity and role they play in stabilisation & functionality of the body is by far the most important and what a lot of people don’t realise is that there are 5 layers of the abdominal wall, when we crunch away in the gym or go through the latest core exercises we’ve seen on insta without having a strong and activated inner unit prior we are actually doing extreme damage and this common mistake by making the prime mover muscles bigger default is usually making the internal stabilisers weaker.

When the 12th rib passes the axis of rotation in the lumbar spine the quadratus lumborum becomes the flexor of the trunk thus creating poor movement mechanics.

In addition it is very important for the hip flexors and abdominals to be in synergy other wise in a hanging leg raise for example the psoas will take over the movement and will literally switch the lower abdominals off and once you have over use of the hip flexors this can cause imbalances and lead to poor posture and lower back pain.

In relation, the external obliques stabilise the pelvis and are important for all dynamic movement. If you have a job or sport that you use a lot of one sided rotation your inner obliques may be out of alignment with your external obliques, meaning one is more dominant, this then creates a chain of disfunction in other limb extremities.

So often we go through the motions without recruiting the correct biomechanical relationship first, all core muscles need to work in concert with each other & for optimum performance we need to have a correlation of these through integration in functional plane movements as all recruitment patterns originate from the core. So it makes sense that we MUST strengthen and correct these first.

When you have a functional abdominal wall it dissipates all the loads throughout your body evenly instead of loading the spine, kinetic energy must be stored somewhere… If the abdominal wall is weak other muscles have to take that kinetic load, which then leads to an injury.

This is why I stress the importance of training for higher performance and to use a strength and conditioning programme for the core that works all 5 layers in the correct order to enhance movement & function and still gain a 6 pack !!

With proper abdominal strengthening work, it WILL help correct posture, function, movement and take unnecessary pain away.