3 Hacks To Improve Your Mobility

Do you ever feel like your mobility journey is like a roller coaster? Some days you step up the mat and as you catch your reflection in the corner of your eye and think, “damn I'm good”.

Theeeennnn there are other days… When it feels like your body is at war with some kind of sticky cobweb alien that is consuming your entire being.

Here are three M's to up your mobility game:

1. MAP THE COMPLEXITY

When we think of improving the mapping of a joint (e.g. the Glenohumeral joint with shoulder circles) the brain's maps can be bolstered by doing the circles with the rest of the body in various positions. E.g. neck in rotation, elbow flexed, spine extended… 

Shoulder circles always done from neutral is less effective than the drills performed with a variety of positions.

2. MOVE YOUR EYES

There is a reflex burned into your nervous system which helps your body move wherever your eyes are pointed. Look left whilst twisting to the left and your body will rotate further. Look up while backhanding and your spine will extend a little more. Same for touching your toes and looking down. 

Try this hack and let me know if it helps you.

3. MEDITATE ON THE GOAL

When we take a moment to visualise where we want our body to move, the motor cortex sends a movement map to the cerebellum telling it what needs to happen. This is an especially important part of the brain because its job is to detect when joints are outside of a safe range of motion. If a movement map has been sent to the cerebellum it's less likely to choose stiffness as a safely mechanism.

That's why most of the classes on the AnatoMove App have brain drills women into the sequences to take your practice up to the next level

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