From a mapping perspective, these mobilization are initially tough for my clients to coordinate.
I start everybody in a squared stance/neural position. SPEED is NOT the goal. Motor Control is!
Once they become easier and their movement maps ? improve, I start to challenge their brains ? and have them perform these in different body positions.
For sport athletes, these can be done in position specific stances. ⚽️??⚾️???
An immobile thoracic spine is NO good for the low back. ?? Stiffness in one area will tend to cause excess mobility in another. Therefore if the thoracic spine is stiff, either the cervical spine and/or the lumbar spine will need greater motion to compensate.
The thoracic spine is the opposing joint to the lumbar. I find that opening up the thoracic with some anterior/posterior (front to back) Thoracic glides tends to alleviate low back pain/stiffness.
I’ll usually have people do them seated though with one knee bent. They’ll grab the knee for leverage to help drive the motion. I’ll provide some sensory stimulation by rubbing their backs to help the brain figure out where we’re focusing.
Sometimes the pathways aren’t established enough in the nervous system for them to figure out this movement on their feet. I’ll link the seated version in my stories.
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