Kyler Brown

And so if the diaphragm or the pelvic floor isn't doing its job, then our body's going to immediately start to compensate and create rotations and tilts around things.

And so if the diaphragm or the pelvic floor isn't doing its job, then our body's going to immediately start to compensate and create rotations and tilts around things.

I think that's the starting point that I wish everyone could automatically understand is that if you have a really prominent rectus abdominis, that six pack, that has nothing to do with how you stabilize your trunk. especially if I'm doing things in multi-planes like tilting and rotating.

I think that's the starting point that I wish everyone could automatically understand is that if you have a really prominent rectus abdominis, that six pack, that has nothing to do with how you stabilize your trunk. especially if I'm doing things in multi-planes like tilting and rotating.

So it's not just your obliques either, but it's the deep stabilization system that not only pressurizes with our diaphragm, the pelvic floor, but it's also all the small muscles up and down my spine, including like multifidi. Do all those muscles kick on and create stiffness in the right way at the right time?

So it's not just your obliques either, but it's the deep stabilization system that not only pressurizes with our diaphragm, the pelvic floor, but it's also all the small muscles up and down my spine, including like multifidi. Do all those muscles kick on and create stiffness in the right way at the right time?

I think a lot of times people are accidentally overcoached into thinking they only need stiffness because the second step to that is, okay, now I can activate that deep stabilization system. I have that bracing. I'm pressurized. I'm using my transverse abdominus, all these other structures down there. Now, can I do that with motion?

I think a lot of times people are accidentally overcoached into thinking they only need stiffness because the second step to that is, okay, now I can activate that deep stabilization system. I have that bracing. I'm pressurized. I'm using my transverse abdominus, all these other structures down there. Now, can I do that with motion?

And that's where you start looking at someone kicking or running or throwing. That needs to be a dynamic system, not just a stiff system. And I think a lot of people, they don't have the first one. So they see a ton of these exercises like the DNS three month or dead bugs or whatever else we want to call them that create deep core stabilization.

And that's where you start looking at someone kicking or running or throwing. That needs to be a dynamic system, not just a stiff system. And I think a lot of people, they don't have the first one. So they see a ton of these exercises like the DNS three month or dead bugs or whatever else we want to call them that create deep core stabilization.

But they don't see the next step after that, which is, okay, now how do I maintain that pillar and that strength? And then I get a free shoulder blade or a free hip to move. And one of our shared clients, he had a lot of radicular nerve pain from a disc issue. And he was convinced he had some of that.

But they don't see the next step after that, which is, okay, now how do I maintain that pillar and that strength? And then I get a free shoulder blade or a free hip to move. And one of our shared clients, he had a lot of radicular nerve pain from a disc issue. And he was convinced he had some of that.

But one of the most fascinating cases for me in recent memory, because with him, we were able to actually find a trigger point that referred pain that mimicked that radicular nerve pain. So when we literally pressed on his glute minimus, he got a referral that he thought was a tribute to his back. So that was a window towards, okay, that's a muscular issue. That's not your spine causing trouble.

But one of the most fascinating cases for me in recent memory, because with him, we were able to actually find a trigger point that referred pain that mimicked that radicular nerve pain. So when we literally pressed on his glute minimus, he got a referral that he thought was a tribute to his back. So that was a window towards, okay, that's a muscular issue. That's not your spine causing trouble.

And then we gave him these stabilization drills, which helped that glute just relax for once. What we see all the time in the clinic setting is muscles are meant to be a muscle. My bicep is meant to contract and relax. It's not meant to be a shoulder stabilizer. But if my stabilization isn't doing its thing, then that bicep and the trap and all these other muscles try to help.

And then we gave him these stabilization drills, which helped that glute just relax for once. What we see all the time in the clinic setting is muscles are meant to be a muscle. My bicep is meant to contract and relax. It's not meant to be a shoulder stabilizer. But if my stabilization isn't doing its thing, then that bicep and the trap and all these other muscles try to help.

And that's where we lose freedom of movement because your body is essentially perceiving a little threat, a little instability, and so it tightens other structures up. So then I see people coming into our office saying, will you dry needle this or work on me or do soft tissue work? They go to the stretch place. That's going to be a six hour benefit.

And that's where we lose freedom of movement because your body is essentially perceiving a little threat, a little instability, and so it tightens other structures up. So then I see people coming into our office saying, will you dry needle this or work on me or do soft tissue work? They go to the stretch place. That's going to be a six hour benefit.

But if we activate this deep stabilization system and get all the parts moving in unison and in sync, all of a sudden those movement problems go away and you're much more robust and strong.

But if we activate this deep stabilization system and get all the parts moving in unison and in sync, all of a sudden those movement problems go away and you're much more robust and strong.