WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAINTAIN THE HEALTHY FUNCTION OF YOUR JOINTS? THEN GUESS WHAT?
YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE THEM DAILY!
TO KEEP THE STUFF THAT WE'VE GOT AND NOT "LOSE IT" OVER TIME REQUIRES DAILY INPUT!
YOUR BODY PRIORITIZES REPAIRING AND IMPROVING TISSUES THAT YOU USE FREQUENTLY.
SO BASICALLY, ANYTHING THAT WE DON’T USE OUR BODIES ARE LIKE “NAHHHH, I DON’T NEED THIS” AND WILL NO LONGER BE MAINTAINED... YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM GETS WORSE AT CONTROLLING RANGES YOU DON'T USE FREQUENTLY. EVER WONDER WHY YOUR SHOULDERS AND NECK FEEL SO STIFF SINCE WORKING AT YOUR DESK JOB? OR MAYBE YOU DO HAVE THE HIP MOBILITY/FLEXIBILITY THAT YOU USED TO? THE CONNECTIVE TISSUES OF THE JOINT CAPSULES ARE NOURISHED BY MOVEMENT. sO IF WE STOP TELLING OUR BODIES HOW WE WANT THEM TO MOVE, WE START TO LOSE THAT CONNECTION OVER TIME. OUR JOINTS ADAPT TO THE POSITIONS THEY FREQUENT THE MOST!
THEREFORE, JOINT ROTATION IS THE BEST WAY TO GET AT THE DEEP CAPSULAR TISSUE AND KEEP THE “STUFF” THAT WE’VE ALREADY GOT.
THIS IS WHY HAVING A DAILY ROUTINE WHERE YOU MOVE EACH OF YOUR JOINTS THROUGH FULL ROM UNDER TENSION WOULD GIVE YOUR BODY THE STIMULUS IT NEEDS TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE YOUR JOINTS AND SHARPEN YOUR CONTROL OVER THEM. NOW YOU HAVE A MOVEMENT ROUTINE TO COMBAT THOSE LONG DAYS AT THE OFFICE OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU DO DAY-TO-DAY. IN FUNCTIONAL RANGE CONDITIONING, THIS IS CALLED CONTROLLED ARTICULAR ROTATIONS (CARS).
FREQUENT CARS WILL DO MORE TO KEEP YOUR JOINTS HEALTHY, THAN SPORADIC STRETCHING OR HITTING UP A YOGA CLASS ONCE A WEEK. WITH DAILY CARS, YOU ARE TELLING YOUR BODY, “I WANT TO USE ALL MY JOINTS THROUGHOUT ALL THEIR RANGES SO THAT WE CAN KEEP IT ALL IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.” FRC SEMINARS
