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Gray answers the follwoing question: “Why are you so intrigued by primitive patterns? We have to coach our babies not to poop their pants, why can’t we coach our clients in pelvic tilt?”
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Gray Responds to the following question: "In the Functional Movement Screen Manual, there is a recommendation for an exercise, the Wall Sit, that is supposed to be held for five to ten minutes…?
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Gray Cook responds to the following question: “During the workshop, you mentioned that the foot during the squat test (in the Functional Movement Screen) will very often externally rotate as someone descends into the squat if they have imperfection in the pattern (which is one of the common compensations seen). You mentioned during the lecture that the feet externally rotating and the knees collapsing inward into valgus were the same issue.”
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How and why the toe touch is an important progression exercise.
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Gray answers the following question: “In the sidelying rotation drill, you progress until you get your shoulders to rest on the ground while doing your sets. Once this is accomplished, is that the end of the progression? Or do you then work to reduce the size of the ball under the leg?”
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Why it is important to maintain toes forward in a deep squat test on the Functional Movement Screen
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This article briefly describes the FMS and how it is scored.
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Gray answers the following question: I have a herniated disc at L5-S1, so after reading McGill’s work, I have been avoiding spine flexion. If I failed the deep squat on the Functional Movement Screen, the exercise progression begins with a toe-touch progression, which is spine flexion and goes against everything McGill advocates. If I want to improve my deep squat, where should my starting point be to avoid spine flexion?”
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Gray answers the following question: In your opinion, what is the primary cause of lower extremity external rotation and rearfoot pronation during the deep squat pattern?”
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Since most people fail the rotary stability test, what sort of exercise do you prescribe besides side pillars or side planks?
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Lee provides a brief research statement and Dr. Rob Butler provides a review of the most recent Literature based on the FMS.
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How parts of the body such as muscles, ligaments, etc. have an influence movement.
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Gray answers the following question: “Do you see yourself adding any more movements or making a new movement screen in the near future?”
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Gray answers the following question: “I’ve noticed a tendency for most people to rotate their hips more easily to one side than the other. Do you think there are lifestyle factors that contribute to the preference of rotation in one particular side?” … “I know you advocate combining bands as slings with deadlift movements to stabilize, however, I’ve noticed that after correcting any mobility difference, there is a fair amount of repatterning that has to go into squat movements. Any advice?”
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An article on how the Functional Movement Screen became to be and why it is important to have good movement patterns as oppose to single areas of injury.
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Statement regarding numerous questions concerned with the modification of the Functional Movement Screen for opposite ends of the spectrum-- older and younger individuals.
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Important points while doing the Movement Screen.
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Important points while doing the Movement Screen.
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Has the NFL approached or asked the Functional Movement Screen to be part of the combine? It seems that it would be an ideal place for the FMS since they poke and prod every player coming through anyway?
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How the FMS test can target non-athletic adolescents.
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