The Dramatic Descent

Thank you Stacey Futterman and 5POINT!

Hip stability is vital for everyone, not only athletes and performing artists. Athletes and performing artists utilize hip stability to jump higher, run faster, and shift their bodies efficiently from high to low levels. By practicing hip stability exercises on an unstable surface we offer a greater sensation for the brain to organize the lower extremity efficiently. This motor control is critical for ascending and descending painlessly in your activities in daily living.

Extended

Extended

Flexion

Flexion

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Assessment:

The next time you go down the stairs, notice how your body reacts. Do you experience pain or discomfort when moving from one stair to another? Do you experience weakness and instability? Do you feel as if you are catching yourself? If so, try this exercise.

Exercise:

  1. Standing in Pilates “V” on a BOSU (belly down) take a slow plié for three counts and straighten in one. Note: Make sure hips are acting as an elevator – vertical axis, only up and down. Repeat 4x.
  2. Next, take another slow plié for three counts and hold.
  3. Finally, take 8 small pulses of the knees outwards.
  4. Repeat the exercise two more times.

Reassessment:

Did your pain or discomfort decrease? Do you feel as though you are gliding down the stairs?

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Written on August 30th, 2016 ,

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