Muscle Activation Techniques - Part 2

Greg Roskopf
  

Introduction

• Using MAT and the law of reciprocal inhibition to provide the checks and balances” for what’s the most appropriate exercises for our clients.
• When muscles have been traumatized, the neurological capabilities decrease.
• If you can’t move into a position, then the muscles that put you there don’t have proper neural input.
• Limitations of ROM indicate NOT tight muscles, but WEAK antagonist muscles.
• Wherever you see tightness – think the opposite!
• Stress, trauma or overuse – muscle spindle under slack - muscles lose proprioceptive input.
• If an inhibited muscle will become less and less efficient the more it moves into it’s shortened range (which is opposite to normal healthy muscle function!).
• When muscles are inhibited, the body will be forced to compensate in order to perform the desires function.
• Stretching a muscle – are we violating the body’s protective mechanism??
• Inhibited muscle – like having loose battery cables on your car.
• Muscle activation – JUMP STARTS THE MUSCLE – preparing the body for exercise.
• Corrective vs. Reinforcement exercises.
• Muscle Activating techniques –
  o Isometric contractions
  o Manual therapy
• Activating the agonist muscle vs. lengthening the antagonist
• Assessing the specifics.
• Practical application example for tight hip flexors
• Quick change and long term results
• Empowering new careers with Muscle Activation Technique
  o Enhancing current offering by preparing the body for exercise
  o Separating and elevating from the rest of the trainer industry
• Paradigm shift for the industry – including all the great modalities but transcending to a higher place.
• Moving beyond the politics and uniting forces into the truth!
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