Thankyou for all you do dr Todd. I like how you explain things, when you said in an older video to keeo the pelvis like a bucket of water, don't spill water forward or backwards made it easyier to understand, thanks dr Todd ❤
@@ToddMartinMD plz make it short vedeo about that's what's the deffrent of the movement coming from the upper back and the movement coming from uper abdominal like?
Well! I´ll begin with the taichi rotation that I know well and see what results. I am conscious now that I walk with my feet pointing towards but as if I made a duck feet walking. That prevented me to rotate the core and feel well with my twisted and calcified lumbar vertebrae until three or four years ago when a pain, a bit up my spine, began and intensified slowly but firmly. So, a treaky problem to solve. Thank you for you excellent explanation, the animation of the lower and upper abs were essential for me to understand.
Had a bit of an AHA moment there @ about 6min in! Any bilateral tensing patterns in the upper or lower abdominal muscles are going to throw your gait off and lead to various compensations. - e.g. the notorious duckwalk. Super dense, but probably my favorite video yet. Every primary, spine surgeon, and physical therapist should watch this. I think it may be worth to talk about how weak dorsiflexion(due to something like a long habit of a duckfooted gait) may make walking with the correct coordination feel *extremely* weird for a while due to a muscle imbalance/weakness. Similar with gluteus medius pelvic stabilization during the swing phase.
Glad you enjoyed it. I think every one of your points are spot on. Many of the muscle imbalances are caused by the improper gait, not the other way around. But they can make changing to a proper gait feel awkward.
Doc doc i have questions! Not exactly related to the video but related to the method. 1) say im squating, med/inobliques on left, i go down using flexors on the right giving me the curve in the spine. When i start to use the posterior chain do i mindfully keep the flexors on the right and let them guide the push if you know what i mean or let the curve passively shift to the left focusing just on the hams/glute, and do i initiate the push with the right leg or the left shoulder(lat?) or the left external oblique? 2) would i be correct in assuming the legs posterior chain doesnt really have an external rotator and the external rotations come from the soas and the med, this kinda blew me away thinking about it and made me understand your method so much better if im not wrong 3) in what circumstances if any can we split up the meds rotation from the abduction ( rotation on one leg, abduction on the other ) and is it advised to do so? I personally find myself avtivating the abduction with the exo and the rotation with the internal ob and i feel like the abduction part carries some weight so it makes the turn heavy 4) in the use of the soas does the sartorius's range of motion get used after the rom of the soas or during or does it start the activation or is its use tied to the rectus femoris(sp? The big one in the front) and does the use of all 3 at the same time acurately describe the 'pull',if so what would the power distribution be across all 3? 5) in case of the passive side of the exoblique, would i be wrong if i feel the teres picking up the slack when pushing and whatever glues the shoulderblade to the ribcage near the upper trap when pulling before letting it go to the lat and is there some relation of the teres with the opposite side serratus? Thank you!
I recommend not putting too much focus on individual muscles in favor of thinking about the broad movements of the core. The body uses so many accessory muscles to perform actions, and these can be very complex with activation and deactivation and different moments. When squatting, focus on the correct form as you push up. When your feet are side by side, it is very difficult to feel which hip you are pushing with. It is easier to feel if you do a forward lunge and push up and down using the rear leg hip. If you want to see some very specific muscle actions in movements like squats, I would check out the Muscles in Motion channel. I just found it. They have some good animations.
What is the role of the calf muscles during the turn portion of gait? My calves are injured right now, and thats why it feels like I can’t place my heel softly. The calves might not be strong enough to do what they are supposed to, and that is causing me to lean forward halfway through the turn. Also another question I have is when to starting turning after lift. It feels like these two phases mesh into one clumsy action for me. As soon as I try to stand up, to perform lift, as soon as it feel like I have stood up, can think about rotating?
The turn comes during the terminal swing, when the rear heel comes off the ground. This phase is associated with significant contraction of the calf muscle to plantar flex the rear ankle.
Thankyou for all you do dr Todd. I like how you explain things, when you said in an older video to keeo the pelvis like a bucket of water, don't spill water forward or backwards made it easyier to understand, thanks dr Todd ❤
Thanks. I am glad you are enjoying the content.
Truly, a walking scholar! BOY, how you must have studied for such a skillset! Thank you for exposing my obtuseness!
My pleasure.
What are you trying to say bro?
The good doctor gets me. Peace
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Thanks for your continued support.
When i try swing the arm forward my scapula prtotract forward with that what's the pb i make it
Begin the movement from upper abdomen, not your upper back or shoulders. That may help.
@@ToddMartinMD plz make it short vedeo about that's what's the deffrent of the movement coming from the upper back and the movement coming from uper abdominal like?
Brilliant Todd, great explanation thank you.
Glad you liked it.
Thank you so much!!!!!💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
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Can upper waist rotation think like filling circle in normal walking, as said in video? Or is it for only that exercise
Thank you!
You’re welcome
Well! I´ll begin with the taichi rotation that I know well and see what results. I am conscious now that I walk with my feet pointing towards but as if I made a duck feet walking. That prevented me to rotate the core and feel well with my twisted and calcified lumbar vertebrae until three or four years ago when a pain, a bit up my spine, began and intensified slowly but firmly. So, a treaky problem to solve. Thank you for you excellent explanation, the animation of the lower and upper abs were essential for me to understand.
So glad you enjoyed the video.
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@@ToddMartinMD thanx for reply
Had a bit of an AHA moment there @ about 6min in!
Any bilateral tensing patterns in the upper or lower abdominal muscles are going to throw your gait off and lead to various compensations. - e.g. the notorious duckwalk.
Super dense, but probably my favorite video yet. Every primary, spine surgeon, and physical therapist should watch this.
I think it may be worth to talk about how weak dorsiflexion(due to something like a long habit of a duckfooted gait) may make walking with the correct coordination feel *extremely* weird for a while due to a muscle imbalance/weakness. Similar with gluteus medius pelvic stabilization during the swing phase.
Glad you enjoyed it. I think every one of your points are spot on. Many of the muscle imbalances are caused by the improper gait, not the other way around. But they can make changing to a proper gait feel awkward.
Doc doc i have questions! Not exactly related to the video but related to the method.
1) say im squating, med/inobliques on left, i go down using flexors on the right giving me the curve in the spine. When i start to use the posterior chain do i mindfully keep the flexors on the right and let them guide the push if you know what i mean or let the curve passively shift to the left focusing just on the hams/glute, and do i initiate the push with the right leg or the left shoulder(lat?) or the left external oblique?
2) would i be correct in assuming the legs posterior chain doesnt really have an external rotator and the external rotations come from the soas and the med, this kinda blew me away thinking about it and made me understand your method so much better if im not wrong
3) in what circumstances if any can we split up the meds rotation from the abduction ( rotation on one leg, abduction on the other ) and is it advised to do so? I personally find myself avtivating the abduction with the exo and the rotation with the internal ob and i feel like the abduction part carries some weight so it makes the turn heavy
4) in the use of the soas does the sartorius's range of motion get used after the rom of the soas or during or does it start the activation or is its use tied to the rectus femoris(sp? The big one in the front) and does the use of all 3 at the same time acurately describe the 'pull',if so what would the power distribution be across all 3?
5) in case of the passive side of the exoblique, would i be wrong if i feel the teres picking up the slack when pushing and whatever glues the shoulderblade to the ribcage near the upper trap when pulling before letting it go to the lat and is there some relation of the teres with the opposite side serratus?
Thank you!
I recommend not putting too much focus on individual muscles in favor of thinking about the broad movements of the core. The body uses so many accessory muscles to perform actions, and these can be very complex with activation and deactivation and different moments. When squatting, focus on the correct form as you push up. When your feet are side by side, it is very difficult to feel which hip you are pushing with. It is easier to feel if you do a forward lunge and push up and down using the rear leg hip. If you want to see some very specific muscle actions in movements like squats, I would check out the Muscles in Motion channel. I just found it. They have some good animations.
@@ToddMartinMDwill check it out, thankyou!
What is the role of the calf muscles during the turn portion of gait? My calves are injured right now, and thats why it feels like I can’t place my heel softly. The calves might not be strong enough to do what they are supposed to, and that is causing me to lean forward halfway through the turn. Also another question I have is when to starting turning after lift. It feels like these two phases mesh into one clumsy action for me. As soon as I try to stand up, to perform lift, as soon as it feel like I have stood up, can think about rotating?
The turn comes during the terminal swing, when the rear heel comes off the ground. This phase is associated with significant contraction of the calf muscle to plantar flex the rear ankle.