Recreational Sports

ATTN: Exercise and Health Professionals: SAVE THE DATE! APRIL 27th - 2013, for the N.S.C.A. Provincial Clinic in Vancouver, BC. DO NOT miss this opportunity to learn from Guido Van Ryssegem, Mike Young and Michael Hartle!!

Recognition by ACSM: check the Saturday schedule: http://www.acsmnorthwest.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1060927


American College of Sports Medicine Northwest Chapter - 2013 Annual Meeting Information
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Regional non-profit organization serving the needs of sports medicine, human physiology and exercise science professionals and students in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.

Adapted motor and movement patterns emerge when we expose ourselves to a different environment: http://lifehacker.com/5979294/walk-like-a-penguin-to-avoid-slipping-on-ice?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow


Walk Like a Penguin to Avoid Slipping on Ice
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If you shift your center-of-gravity over your front facing foot instead of splitting it evenly between your feet, you can more easily walk across icy surfaces without falling quite so much.

Joint stability is often defined as the state of a joint remaining or promptly returning to proper alignment through an equalization of forces.

KI expands on this definition by including the following: the level of stability of a joint is defined by how it responds to perturbations. Thereby, a stable joint possesses the ability to manage perturbations while performing a dynamic task, while an unstable joint cannot. In fact the unstable joint cannot manage perturbations effectively, resulting in movement dysfunctions and the need of external
support.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC164311


The Sensorimotor System, Part I: The Physiologic Basis of Functional Joint Stability
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Data Sources: Information was drawn from an extensive MEDLINE search of the scientific literature conducted in the areas of proprioception, neuromuscular control, and mechanisms of functional joint stability for the years 1970 through 1999. An emphasis was placed on defining pertinent nomenclature b...

Don't try this at home:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbeYtaL-2pQ&feature=related


carrying a horse up a ladder
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Otto Acron Strongman carrying a 1000lb horse up a 14ft ladder This stunt he performed over 2,000 times in his circus career

Corrective movement patterns can evoke appropriate
muscular and biomechanical adaptations that will develop optimal neuromuscular responses. For example, "stretching" your IT band will not solve your IT band symptoms and dysfunctions as long as you do not correct its associated dysfunctional knee and hip stability dysfunction.

Move a lot and do it variably as the quality of your life depends on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3SWYUv-8eU


In sickness and in movement
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Musculoskeletal disorders are the leading cause of global disability, second only to psychiatric disorders. We go to extreme efforts to look after our posses...

It’s all about manipulating the curve!