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Train muscles not motor patterns.

November 24, 2014 by Paul

train muscles not motor patterns

What is a motor pattern? No it’s not a style of children’s wallpaper. Motor patterns are related to the concept that your body has a predictable sequence of muscle activation for a given task. This underpins much of the functional training methodology. You must train the entire movement otherwise there will be no transfer to […]

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Carson Palmer using Muscle Activation Techniques for shoulder injury.

November 17, 2014 by Paul

Carson Palmer, the Arizona Cardinal’s Quarterback has been using Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) as part of his shoulder rehabilitation. ESPN reported that Palmer had made significant gains since taking sessions with MAT CEO Greg Roskopf.

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Less choices for back pain sufferers.

November 10, 2014 by Paul

A new study has shown that individuals with back pain have reduced variability in the muscles of the back when performing a repetitive lifting task. In healthy controls, activity was seen to steadily increase throughout all the erector spinae group during the task. Those with back pain however used a smaller percentage of those muscles […]

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Don’t stretch it, strengthen it to reduce injury risk.

November 3, 2014 by Paul

Yet another study has come to the conclusion that stretching has no effect on reducing injury risk. Researchers in Denmark reviewed 25 trials involving over 26,000 people and covering over 4000 injuries. They found that strength training had the biggest impact on reducing injury risk with the potential to cut sports injuries to less than […]

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Muscle Activation Techniques for golf.

October 27, 2014 by Paul

In a recent study with amateur golfers, Muscle Activation Techniques was shown to both reduce the player’s scores and their self reported fatigue levels. All 15 golfers in the study said they felt their range of movement improved following the treatments and that they were more stable in their swing. This was proved objectively in […]

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