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Yesterday we competed in the Ballard Brawl at @ballardcrossfit. Such fun and we are SURE we won best dressed. Team: ‘Does your PT even lift, bro?’ We are the PTs who walk the walk! Pro-Crossfit 100%! ••• #arrowptseattle #crossfitphysio #physioswholift #physiosincrossfit #doesyourptevenlift #docinabox #crossfit #ladieswholift

KETTLEBELL SWINGS ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ The kettlebell swing is an amazing ballistic exercise that incorporates power and speed. When done wrong, however, the result can be lower back tightness, stiffness and often pain. The prerequisite for the kettlebell swing is a hip hinge. The kettlebell swing is ENTIRELY a hip hinge exercise. It is not an arm exercise and not a squat exercise. If you can’t hinge properly, you should not be swinging yet. To hinge properly from the hips, the knees stay relatively silent, and the hips are pushed back tensioning the hamstrings and the glutes. To give this a try, grab a PVC pipe placing one hand on the small of your back and one hand on your head. Hinge backward keeping the PVC pipe tightly secured to your spine the entire time. If the hand on your lower back comes off, you are likely using your lower back to achieve the swing over your hips. The first thing I see people do all the time is a squat-press movement, as shown in video 2️⃣ and 3️⃣. There should be no space between the kettlebell and your groin as you bring the kettlebell back (YOU WILL NOT HIT YOURSELF). The second thing I see people do is use their arms to muscle the kettlebell up. If done properly there will be enough momentum from the hips to drive the bell up. The arms are simply there to hold on to the bell. If there is a piece of paper under your armpits, the paper should never drop. Once the bell is hiked, the body should never need to come parallel to the ground in order to initiate the swing. Swipe to see some good old fashioned kettlebell swings. • • • #bluemtnsport #wallawallawa #sportschiro #crossfit #functionalrangesystems #FRCms #roguefitness #kettlebell #kettlebellswings #kettlebellworkout #functionalfitness #functionaltraining #fitness #personaltraining #physicaltherapy #sportsmed #docinabox #vivobarefoot

Where do you look when you deadlift? ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Food for thought: I’m aware that this is a pretty controversial topic in the fitness industry, but when I watch most athletes step up to a bar to deadlift, they are staring straight ahead at the wall or mirror in front if them or even looking up at the ceiling . . . Every coach in the world would panic if they saw an athlete round their lower back in a deadlift. Rounding the lumbar spine would break the natural curvature, or neutral alignment of the spine. So why should it be any different in the neck? “Neutral” for the cervical spine is a minimal amount of lordosis – meaning that when you hinge back and step up to the bar to deadlift, you should be looking about 10 feet in front of you. . . Extension in the neck often leads to flaring of the rib cage. The levator scapulae muscle originates along the first four cervical vertebrae and inserts on the top inside corner of the shoulder blade. When the neck is extended the levator muscle pulls the shoulder blade up towards the head, and in towards the spine. . . If the levator is engaged, pulling the shoulder blade into elevation, it prevents the lat from doing its job of depressing and stabilizing or “packing” the shoulder blade, which leads to a more unstable shoulder, as well as a less stable thoracic and lumbar spine. . . . Swipe for a great way to train this movement. Grab a PVC pipe, putting one hand on the lower back and one hand at the base of your skull. Work on hinging from the hips while maintaining the PVC pipe secured to your spine throughout the entire movement. . . . . #bluemtnsport #wallawallawa #functionalfitness #deadlift #functionalrangesystems #chiropractic #physicaltherapy #personaltraining #fitness #docinabox #mobility #crossfit #roguefitness #squats #rehab

TOES, TOES, TOES, TOES . . . The foundation for everything we do starts from the ground up! You wouldn’t move into a new house with a crappy foundation, and our bodies shouldn’t be any different. Give this routine a try - as often as you can. The more you play with your toes, the stronger base of support you will have. As you go through these, keep an even weight distribution between the base of the big toe, base of the little toe, and the heel. No collapsing ankles! 1️⃣ Drive the 4 little toes into the ground lifting the big toes up. 2️⃣ Drive the big toes down into the ground, lift the 4 little toes. NO ARCH COLLAPSE. 3️⃣ Lift all 5 toes up, keep the big toes up and lower the 4 little. 4️⃣ Lift all 5 toes up, keep the little toes up, lower the big toes, 5️⃣ Lift all 5 toes up, starting with the little toe lower one toe down at a time. 6️⃣ Rewind! Starting with the big toe, lift one toe at a time. [Sped up x4] . . . #bluemtnsport #wallawallawa #barefootmovement #livebarefoot #freethosefeet #intrinsicfootstrength #functionalrangesystems #functionaltraining #functionalfitness #frc #yoga #toeyoga #vivobarefoot #fitness #makingbetterhumans #golffitness #mytpi #mobility #crossfit #docinabox #controlyourself #jointhealth

T H O R A C I C M O B I L I T Y ️‍♀️ ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Everyone can use more thoracic mobility, right? Right. In this exercise, I’m using my pelvis to pin the yoga block to the wall. That way, if I compensate with my pelvis to achieve thoracic rotation, the yoga block will drop. Always rotate towards the knee that is up and bent. Rotate until you find end range. Hold for 5️⃣ seconds. Repeat x 5️⃣. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ #bluemtnsport #wallawallawa #functionalanatomyseminars #functionalfitness #mobility #mobilitytraining #mobilitywod #docinabox #crossfitopen2019 #roguefitness #sportschiro #mobilitygoals #thoracicmobility #thoracicspine #frc #kinstretch #stretching #yoga #physicaltherapy #chiropractic #personaltraining #fitness

Also tied to the pharmaceutical industry. Repost from @themovementministry using @RepostRegramApp - The food industry and healthcare feed off of each other (see what I did there ). But unfortunately the two industries are kept separate. I know and see so many healthcare providers who don’t make healthy lifestyle choices. I get that the healthcare industry is extremely demanding and challenging to eat right secondary to long hours and life in general. But if we don’t set an example, how can we expect our patients to listen to us? #pt #dpt #physicaltherapy #physicaltherapist #crossfitpt #docwhosquats #therapistswhotrain #docwholifts #movementministry #mvmtministry #docinabox #walkthetalk #Repost @fit_dr with @get_repost ・・・ Quote from Wendell Berry. . As a health care provider, I've seen the lack of attention first hand. How do you explain the patient who is hospitalized with an array of comorbidities being able to order burgers and fries for lunch off of the hospital menu. Or eating processed food that can be found in any vending machine as a snack? It's mind boggling how disconnected the "healthcare" industry is from nutrition. I know it's not by accident. #eatWellPeople #HOLISTIChealth #notJustPillsAndSurgery

Donkey kicks are another classic exercise prescribed to patients all the time for “glute activation”. However, if you watch closely, I am primarily using my lower back to achieve hip extension. The angle of my hip doesn’t actually change much. We can only achieve about 10-15 degrees of HONEST, TRUE hip extension, beyond that we are recruiting from our lumbar spine. Instead of donkey kicks, give this exercise a try instead - the goal is to lock out the lumbar spine and achieve honest hip extension. Swipe to learn a much more specific hip extension exercise. The goal is to bring the opposite hip underneath you, creating as much hip flexion as you can. This eliminates the lumbar spine completely. Build tension throughout the body and extend the opposite leg and lift it, holding for 5 seconds. Make this easier by bringing the knee of your flexed leg further back. Find the position where you can lift your leg, and hold for 5 seconds. Repeat x 5 for a burn worse than any donkey kick! #crampcity • • • #bluemtnsport #wallawallwa #functionalrangesystems #FRC #kinstretch #controlyourself #usablerange #mobility #squats #hiprehab #hiptherapy #physicaltherapy #chiropractic #sportsrehab #functionalfitness #functionalmedicine #yoga #fitness #docinabox #crossfit #buildingabetterpeach #flexibility

H I P I N T E R N A L R O T A T I O N ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ What’s better than working on improving your internal rotation of your hip? Working on your thoracic rotation at the SAME time! In this 90/90 position I am focusing on driving both my knees and shins into the floor. While maintaining that pressure, I hug myself tight trying to stay tight through the torso. Slowly turn your torso towards the back leg, keeping your body as upright as possible. Repeat x 5️⃣. [Sped up x 2] ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ #bluemtnsport #wallawallawa #sportschiro #chiropractic #functionalanatomyseminars #functionalrangeconditioning #crossfitopen2019 #mobility #roguefitness #docinabox #functionaltraining #functionalrehab #yoga #personaltraining #fitness #mobilitywod #squats #squattherapy

Today is a bittersweet day in my career. I’ve traditionally been cautious and analytical with big decisions. As @seanpastuch says “You’re an analytical driver”. —— But the further I’ve gone in my career, I’ve learned the more uncomfortable a decision is, that’s all the more reason to choose it. —— It was a good 2ish years @nevpt, and I have grown tremendously as a clinician and I’d like to thank them for that. But as of today, I’m officially betting on myself. —— Today marks the beginning of 5 treatment days @engagemvmt! Now accepting appointments Monday - Friday! —— Bet on yourself. Be uncomfortable. And as with @activeliferx, #TurnPro —— #MadeWithMVMT