Muscle Imbalances

Muscle imbalances affect and cause a lot of postural problems and injuries. I just wanted to talk generally about them today as a lot of people left this in my comment section and trying to go through individual muscle imbalances in one post is madness. Remember nearly every injury I talk about results from some sort of muscle imbalance problem, so we will talk more in detail about them as I get more posts up!

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8 Responses to “Muscle Imbalances”

  1. Heather on June 24th, 2008 6:27 am

    Thanks Lauren… this is exactly what I need! :)

  2. Big Al on June 24th, 2008 10:37 am

    Great information Lauren, thanks for this post. Some constructive critisism about the video post: slow down! You’re clearly reading it, which is totally fine, but you’re rushing to get through it! No doubt you’ve read through it many times to make sure it sounds right and are probably bored of it!

    Think of it like an exercise - keep good form all the way through ;)

  3. Lauren on June 24th, 2008 12:19 pm

    yep was reading it, otherwise I forget what I want to say…and no, wasn’t bored of it, I just tend to speak fast! I’ll slow down.

  4. jonathan on June 24th, 2008 7:10 pm

    Good stuff. I have 1 hip higher then the other–what excercise do you recommend?

  5. Heather on June 24th, 2008 11:21 pm

    I’m the same as Jonathan and always thought it was overpronation.

  6. Lauren on June 25th, 2008 12:51 am

    You can do a lot of stretching work through the tight side…obliques, glutes etc, and do some more oblique work through the lengthened side. Side Prone Holds are good. Do both sides, but do the lengthened side once more each session.

    It may not be a result of this, it could just be you have one leg longer than the other.

  7. Erin on June 25th, 2008 10:27 pm

    Great post - I really needed this info. For some reason every problem I have (glute activation, muscle imbalance, dodgy knees!) there is always a fix for it here :D

  8. fatbastard on June 27th, 2008 11:36 am

    Great article. I’ve noticed since using the Wii Fit that I’m far more out of balance than I knew. I’m thinking that has a lot to do with my knee issues when I ran (that and the extra weight).

    Thanks!

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