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Sports Performance
Scientific training of the athlete from rehab to competition.
• Speed & Agility
• Strength & Conditioning
• Sports Nutrition
• Flexibility & Mobility
• Teams & Individuals
Structural Balance for the Squat
FAST FUNCTIONAL FLEXIBILITY
How do you get fast functional ROM? Find out what is blocking it and fix it. It can be a soft tissue issue, structural misalignment, movement dysfunction, blocked meridian pathway, or a number of other issues. In this case, the athlete (lefty baseball pitcher) needed more efficient supination in his left foot and ankle, transverse plane ROM in his right psoas, mobilization in extension and left rotation of the thoracic spine and ribs, alignment of C1 and C2, ROM in left shoulder capsule, and loading of obliques while rotating to the left.
Don’t hope for success, engineer it.
Eat * Move * Think
Bio * Kinetic * Energy
PRONATION
Assessing Pronation: Pronation is the movement sequence in the lower body that allows for proper shock absorption in gait. To test it, have the athlete stand and reach with one leg out to the side, keeping the foot just off the ground. You may allow the athlete to gently tap their foot at the end reach, however, don’t allow her to distribute any weight onto the foot. Ideally, you will see the following: the arch of the foot collapses (everts) to some extent, the ankle everts and rotates medially, the tibia abducts at the knee, the tibia and femur internally rotate, and the femur adducts at the hip. If any of these movements are lacking, ground forces will not be absorbed by the muscles of the leg, but rather by joints further up the chain – usually the hip capsule or lumbar spine – and causes receptive stress and eventually injury.
Eat * Move * Think
Bio * Kinetic * Energy
HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE
HEALTH CONTINUUM
The state of your health can be thought of as existing on a sliding scale. Your natural state is one of health, however, when you develop a nutritional deficiency, toxicity, or an imbalance, you will begin to descend down the continuum. Sickness and disease are merely symptoms of the imbalances, which progressively weaken your system over time. We don’t “treat” a person for a disease, but rather supply their true needs and focus on creating a state of powerful health.
BALANCE OF HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE
Left to themselves, people tend to ignore their health in blind pursuit of productivity. At HPI, we believe in maintaining a balance of health and performance. We educate our clients to care for themselves on the structural, chemical, and emotional levels as they pursue their goals. While there may be times when the short term sacrifice of health is acceptable in pursuit of excellence, we at Meridian are especially sensitive to establishing long-term wellness and health as we work towards our truest potential. We believe that if you properly balance health and performance, you will achieve greater levels of success in both.
Take Your Game and Life to the Next Level
