Icecold's mobility thread

icecold · 15 Mar 2013 at 17:11

http://www.mcmillanspeed.com/2013/03/what-is-weakness-anyway-guest-post-from.html

Cliffs:
- the quality of your tissue directly effects your strength
- muscle weakness can be a direct result of gummed up fascia
- poor tissue quality can affect joint positioning and therefore strength
- improper fascial connections (stuck where they aren't meant to be) effects muscle firing sequence and output

Essentially, what I've been saying forever.

icecold · 18 Mar 2013 at 14:34

I think I may need to amend the OP to make this a bit more clear.

icecold · 3 Apr 2013 at 22:56

lol is that sounds your shoulder?!

Pin your shoulders back as much as you can when you do those.

icecold · 21 Apr 2013 at 22:41

This is pretty cool.

Someone has put all of the links to every MWOD video onto a spreadsheet.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0Ankbdx_ug8GPdE9HZkZpV1JvMDQtUUlDWndMcGFyUHc

icecold · 21 Apr 2013 at 23:44

Ordered mine this weekend :cool:

icecold · 22 Apr 2013 at 16:49

Not in the end. It was slightly more expensive not to but I didn't want to have to wait.

icecold · 15 May 2013 at 22:35

Simple rule of thumb:

It's ok to stretch before lifting as long as you aren't trying to find new range.

Well, unless you're lifting very submaximally.

icecold · 23 May 2013 at 18:15

Page isn't loading for me.

Rogue Europe see them, but it really is very easy just to use an inner tube

icecold · 23 May 2013 at 23:08

Yeah works for me now. They look like the right kind of thing

icecold · 24 May 2013 at 00:05

Search on MWOD...

icecold · 5 Jun 2013 at 13:27

Tenzo,

Hopefully what you're experiencing is due to some tightness somewhere pulling on your knee. This could be due to squat technique, but is also likely to be mirrored in daily movement (walking) or posture (sitting or leaning). If it is tightness then Dom's advice of attacking all of the soft tissue around the knee is great, because there will be all kinds of compensatory tightness as well as what is causing the initial destabilisation.

Look at your feet too. Make sure they aren't collapsing.

icecold · 5 Jun 2013 at 14:03

As is flat feet or collapsed arches, which will be a problem all of the time.

icecold · 5 Jun 2013 at 14:39

^this!

The good news is that the vast majority of this stuff is fixable, it just requires work in the right direction.

icecold · 9 Jun 2013 at 15:22

You're going to have to provide more information about your injury than that.

icecold · 25 Jun 2013 at 13:37

phoenix575 said:
Sorry, forget to say it's triceps tendonitis. I had tennis elbow as well but that went away after I rested it for a few months.
The worst movement for it is flexing the elbow

Some form of soft tissue work.

Voodoo wrapping would be a good place to start.

Admiral Huddy said:
Need some advice.

I need to do some foot>knee>hip alignments and my Physio has just given me a new routine which includes the following:

Head over and forward.
Right thigh in neutral
Bum back, flex lower back.
left left heel from floor keeping toes on floor.
Tummy relaxed
Repeat 3 / 4 times and switch over side.

The objective is to put emphasis on the gluts, to take the strain away from the adductors.. which are currently overloading.

I can't seem to remember form. Any idea what this may be and any videos if you know.

Thanks

Sorry mate, I can't work that one out.

Delvis said:
Ice: I'm confused, I've read a couple of articles now basically slandering 'Shoulder blades together and down' - Here

I also read the other day that instead of doing the above you should 'hug' your rib cage with your shoulder blades rather than pinch them together?

Shed some light on my small brain cells

This is because the scaps together cue has the potential to diminish scap function, but it can save your shoulders from other dysfunction and explosion.

If you can wrap your head around it, the ideal is a more neutral shoulder with the humerus back in the socket. This requires a good lever of shoulder mobility, and range in the pec and t-spine.

icecold · 17 Jul 2013 at 12:26

The ones that link directly to youtube should still work. It's pretty easy to search for what you're looking for on the new MWOD site.

For you, filter for "shoulder" and "thoracic spine".

icecold · 17 Jul 2013 at 22:56

TheCenturion said:
So basically, you're putting the ball at a point between your scapula spine, and then just lifting your arm to your ear and back?

I recommend actually watching the video

And yes, it's meant to hurt.

icecold · 19 Jul 2013 at 13:27

Painful wrist:

Stop bending it.
Sort out your shoulder stability (positioning and mobility).

icecold · 19 Jul 2013 at 14:16

STOP BENDING IT

Don't make me slap you on Saturday.

icecold · 9 Aug 2013 at 11:35

Rumble roller is the GOAT roller.