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That’s the way we’ve always done it

September 20, 2020 by thechiroco, posted in Burwood, Chiropractic, Prehab

🔥 Very wise words 🔥⁣ from the very wise @shift_movementscience, said in relation to gymnastics 🙌. ⁣
However, I feel that it translates just as strongly to pole as well as to chiropractic 👩‍⚕️, rehab/prehab, manual therapies and gym practices 🏋️ (as well as a whole range of other things tbh).⁣

Just because that is the way things have always been done, doesn’t mean it is the best way 🤯.
It doesn’t mean it is based on evidence or that it has been properly reevaluated throughout time and experience ❌. ⁣

👏 Just because it is the way your instructor taught you, doesn’t necessarily mean it is the way you should teach your students! 👏 ⁣
Don’t get me wrong, some of the things that have always been done are amazing 😍. But some are outdated.⁣
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If you don’t understand something, question it! 🧠 ⁣
If it doesn’t seem right, research it. 👩‍🎓⁣
Ask questions! ⁉️⁣
Seek the knowledge that you need to be great at your craft. ✅⁣
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#dangerouswords #thechiroco #thepoledr #poledance #wisewords #chiro #chiropractic #manualtherapies #poledancenation #safestretching #injuryprevention #trainright #seekknowledge #polelife #quoteoftheday #shiftmovementscience #physicaltherapy #valueyourbody #burwood #chiropractor #evidencebased #questioneverything #continuelearning #sydneypoledancers #passionforpole #aerials

🙏 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 🙏⁣

August 7, 2020August 10, 2020 by thechiroco, posted in Burwood, Chiropractic, Prehab

So many things in life, particularly pole, take hard work and discipline ✊⁣

𝐁𝐔𝐓⁣

You will get that invert, shoulder mount or deadlift 🤗. ⁣

Whatever it is you are working towards – with the right training/coaching, proper practice and management of your body, you will get it 💪🤩⁣

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Are you not getting a trick or movement you think you should be? Is something not feeling quite right in your body?⁣

Contact me for a consultation! I can help you achieve your goals and get you back on track 👩‍⚕️👩‍⚕️⁣

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#motivation #poledancing #polelife #youwillgetthere #PSA #thechiroco #thepoledr #poledance #training #poledancerspofinstagram #stretching #prehab #rehab #goals #workhard #pole #chiro #chiropractor #stretch #burwood #health #functionaltraining #trainingprinciples #hardwork #itwillcome #motovationmonday

“It doesn’t look like a split, so it won’t help my split” – FALSE

July 30, 2020August 10, 2020 by thechiroco, posted in Burwood, Chiropractic, Prehab

🔎 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 🔍 ⁣
I often see this in classes, and I can see it in my instagram engagement too. Pole dancers/flexibility students don’t like things that don’t look like pole and they feel the same way about the splits 🤸🏼‍♀️. ⁣
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𝐇𝐎𝗪𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑⁣
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It doesn’t need to be a split to help with your splits 👏 ⁣
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There are sooo many exercises that don’t look like a split, that will greatly 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 as well as 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 🤩. ⁣
Trust me, I know you don’t have a lot of time and you want to do what is most effective! I do too. ⁣
But injuries take so much time 💥. So preventing them will in the long run, saves you time ⏰!⁣
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Do you have a niggle that you don’t want to turn into an injury? DM me now 🙋‍♀️⁣

#poledancers #psa #poledance #thechiroco #thepoledr #polelife #splits #split #flexibility #stretching #stretch #poledancersofsydney #poledancersofinstagram #hometraining #flextips #rehabistraining #prehab #chiro #chiropractor #sydneypoledancers #functionaltraining
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Quality over Quantity – reps, (p)rehab and conditioning.

July 24, 2020August 10, 2020 by thechiroco, posted in Burwood, Chiropractic, Prehab

I don’t usually like giving a set amount of reps and/or sets of an exercise to do 😱.

I do it with my instagram posts because I know that is what people need, and if they are not injured it isn’t hugely problematic.

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I always say to my chiro, (p)rehab and flexibility patients, and it is relevant to my followers too, quality 👏 over 👏 quantity 👏.

I don’t care if you do 60 reps of your rehab exercise, if you don’t do it properly!

Rehab particularly, but also conditioning, is about using specific muscles to make specific joints perform specific actions. If you aren’t being specific, you likely aren’t achieving the full benefit 🤯.

There is also the added factor of neuromuscular patterning 🧠 .. Sounds nerdy I know, but I will explain it, and its implications to nice lines etc in pole, next time 🙃.

So if you do some of the exercises I post, aim for the target reps of course 🙌, but if you can’t do that many at a high quality – engaging the right muscles, then simply don’t do that many ☺️.

#chiro #chiropractor #poledancers #qualityoverquantity

Is that a Stretch, or is it Nerve Tension?

July 17, 2020August 10, 2020 by thechiroco, posted in Burwood, Chiropractic, Prehab

Is that a stretch you’re feeling, or is it 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 💥? Part 2. (for part one check instagram for the video)

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1️⃣ Lay on your back with your pelvic floor + core engaged, with a neutral spine and neck. Bring one leg towards your face with a pointed toe until you feel a stretch in your hamstring.⁣

2️⃣Flex your foot. Do you feel a change in sensation, or an increase in your “stretch”?⁣

3️⃣Keeping your foot flexed, bring the leg back down to the ground so you are laying on your back (change nothing except the angle at your hips). Does the added or increased sensation/“stretch” from flexing the foot go away?⁣

If you said yes to the above two questions, then the added “stretch” you are feeling when you flex your foot is actually nerve tension 😱❌. ⁣

Go back and look at the last video and read the caption for more info. ⁣

Follow for nerve glide videos to come to help with this issue 👏. ⁣

If you have pain or injury, get it checked by a professional 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️👩🏼‍⚕️. ⁣

This is just the basics of nerve tension! So if your flexibility is not improving no matter what you try, or you aren’t seeing the progress you would expect, hit me up for an appointment. I work late nights and weekend so no excuses! 😁⁣

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#nervetension #splits #splitstretching #hamstringstretch #PSA #poledancers #flexibility #flex #flexy #benddontbreak #prehab #prehaboverrehab #stretchtechnique #techniquefirst #polelife #sydneypole #poledance #stretching #polelife #aerials #poledancersofig #training #thechiroco #thepoledr #poledancenation #homepole #hometraining