System stability is the foundation of everything we do at FITS. Optimal movements require complete system stability. Forget about the “CORE” it doesn’t exist. The body doesn’t work like that. The body is an interconnected system, where there are at least 5 key areas that must work in unison to produce optimal movements – otherwise injuries and sub-optimal performance will occur.
The 5 key areas that we focus on are the ankle and foot, knee, lumbo-pelvis and hip, scapulothoracic and humeral, and the cranio-cervical junction areas – we call this concept 5-Site Integrity. If we have weakness at one of these areas the entire system becomes compromised leading to a movement dysfunction. Key factors that effect these areas include:
- Postural habits
- Injury, Inflammation
- Strength and Conditioning: Force Output (force magnitude, rate of force development)
- Capacity (endurance)
- Motor programing / motor control
- Range of motion / mobility
Injury prevention and performance enhancement only works when we use an integrated approach to develop these 5 areas – not an isolated approach. Key qualities and principles that we must understand to develop these factors, in keeping with the principles of specificity include:
- The body is made links / chains where motor control and muscular capacities are necessary to maintain control / balance.
- There are at least 5 key areas in the body that are interconnected.
- Each area must control against loads being applied to each area, where if any key area is unable to control against those loads the system is disrupted
- No movement is identical. Movements create unique loads at each key area.
- Posture and what we are exposed to effects the mobility, stability and force output of the system
- Movement requires proper mobility of all joints, where loss of mobility at one joint will effect the entire chain.
- Fatigue or poor work capacity will effect 5 site integrity
If left unaddressed any movement dysfunction may progress into to an injury and decreased performance.
<blockquote>System Stability is the foundation of everything we do at FITS.</blockquote>
To learn more about how we improve System Stability here are some resource. Better yet check out our blog:
THE CORE SERIES
