To keep your health, performance and energy at peak levels, you must have pain-free mobility. Mobility training uses specific movements to quickly retrain your nervous system. Your nervous system will use this information to re-set your body for better coordination, movement and control – all of which adds up to a healthier, more limber and pain-free you.
Like all other skills, mobility is a “use it or lose it” proposition. You were born with the ability to move well but because of inactivity, habitual movement patterns, the forces of gravity and other factors, your body has forgotten how to move well.
Your movements are guided by your brain’s movement map. If your movement map becomes disrupted, you will have poor movement skills. As you restore your movement map, you will begin to move with greater ease and strength.
Mobility training is also critical to counteract the effects of aging.
Your brain controls your movements, therefor in order to optimize your movement skills, mobility training integrates the three inputs your brain uses to achieve greater movement skills. These include :
- Eyes (visual and eye muscle movements)
- Vestibular (inner ear/balance)
- Proprioceptive (touch and sensation)
Mobility training is not merely improving your flexibility. The focus is on improving the quality of your movements. Mobility training begins with simple, focused, slow, relaxed movements at each area to re-calibrate that area. The domino effect results in a cascade of improvements, which ultimately enhances the performance of your entire body.
Mobility training emphasizes visual skills because vision has a tremendous influence on your body’s posture and movement skills. Over 60% of all the connections in your brain relate to your vision, but only a small portion of these connections are concerned with how clearly you see.
Your vestibular system is important for balance and contributes to keeping your eyes level with the horizon.
First you will learn the basics of good movement and ultra-precise body control. This is like learning the alphabet and the basic vocabulary of movement. After learning the basics, you can then integrate your visual, vestibular and proprioceptive systems to achieve movement fluency.
Along with integrating the three systems to achieve great movement skills, you will also be able to micro-manage the complexity of movement, increase the load, and change the speed of movement.
By improving your movement skills, your body will move with less effort, be more coordinated, agile, stronger, faster and more limber. This will allow you to achieve the performance you want at work, home or play.