Mike Reinold

The diaphragm is an important component in core stability. Individuals with low back pain have been shown to breathe differently.

The hip thrust exercise has become a common exercise for strengthening the gluteus maximus. By performing a kneeling hip thrust, it becomes a better activation and lower level strengthening exercise for the more basic patient.

Incorporating hip flexion drills into our programs is often important. Here are a couple of exercises to try as well as some thoughts on assessment of functional hip flexion mobility.

Today’s post is a guest article written by Chris Johnson on the the importance of hip flexion strength when dealing with lower extremity pathology.

There are many variations of thoracic spine mobility exercises and drills. Many of them are great, but not for everyone. Here is a collection of thoracic spine mobility exercises that you can try with your patients and clients, including my preferred technique and a simple thoracic spine mobility exercises that is easy for everyone to perform.

The thoracolumbar fascia plays an important role in human movement as it not only serves as an attachment site for numerous muscles in the lumbar, thoracic, and sacral regions, but also is an important area of transition between the upper and lower extremities where forces are transferred to allow for coordinated function.