Our Left Hand Doesn't Know What Our Right Hand Is Doing!

Learning about this was a total bombshell for me 15 years ago, so soon after completing my Clinical and Remedial Level 5 Soft Tissue Therapy. But when I did learn about it, the penny finally dropped as to why NO professional had been able to solve my sporting back injury 30+ years AND why whenever I had a ‘back massage’, it made my pelvis problem worse!

Section 1 - Context

Exercises, Manual And Movement Therapy Ignore A Key Anatomical Truth.

And This Anatomic Truth Is That Is That We Have A Sagittal Plane!

A LEFT-HAND SIDE (LHS) and a RIGHT-HAND SIDE (RHS).

Our Left-Hand Side and Right-Hand Side WILL ALWAYS Be Different.

So, why do we prescribe and do so many bi-lateral exercises and perform so much bi-laterial manual therapy work?

When:

• Our Left-Hand Side and Right-Hand Side Muscle Function will be Different

• Our Left-Hand Side and Right-Hand Side Pelvis Function will be Different

• Our Left-Hand Side and Right-Hand Side Thorax Function will be Different

• Our Left-Hand Side and Right-Hand Side Shoulder Function will be Different

And when I say different, I mean significantly different.

So, we always need to ‘treat’ (with exercise or manual therapy) our left-hand side and right-hand side very differently.

Consider the following (typically bi-lateral) interventions:

• Squats • Lunges • Jumps • Stepping • Press-Ups • Crunches • Sit-Ups • Pelvis Tilts • Bridges • Planks 

• Double-Leg Stretches • Most Core Exercises • Most ‘Postural Correction’  

AND  

• Back Massage (the reason why whenever I had a back massage it made my sporting pelvis problem worse!)

Section 2 - Muscles 

All Bi-Lateral Exercise And Manual Therapy Work Is Problematic!

As I said above, our left-hand side and right-hand side muscle function will be different.

• Our left-hand side and right-hand side muscle Physiology will be different.

• Our left-hand side and right-hand side muscle Biomechanics will be different.

• Our left-hand side and right-hand side muscle Biochemistry and Neurochemistry will be different.

Everything About:

• Muscle Structure,

• Muscle Weight,

• Muscle Strength And

• Muscle Load Handling

Will Be Different! 

So, muscles on our left-hand side and right-hand side will always need different interventions

And no more important than our back spinal extensor muscles (longissimus and iliocostalis).

So WHY are we taught to perform bi-lateral back massage i.e. working with both hands either side of our spine, each doing the same thing!

Section 2 - Our Pelvis 

Bi-Lateral Pelvis-Related Exercise and Manual Therapy Can Cause HUGE Issues.

And this is why, whenever I had a ‘back massage’, it made my pelvis sporting problem worse!

We Need To Stop Treating Our Pelvis As A Unified ‘Bowl’. 

The left-hand side and right-hand side of our pelvis function separately

Pelvis dysfunction will always be different on the left-hand side and right-hand side

And because of this, muscle dysfunction will always be different on the left-hand side and right-hand side.

And if muscle dysfunction is different on the left-hand side and right-hand side, then muscle interventions (manual therapy AND exercise) need to be different as well.

Anterior and posterior tilts con and misdirect us!

The first question I ask when somebody says ‘anterior or posterior tilt’ is “on which side?”

We can have an anterior tilt on the left and a posterior tilt on the right (and vice versa)

I do, which is why no professional (doctor, physiotherapist, chiropractor, osteopath and many others) was able to solve my pelvis sporting problem 30+ years ago.

Pelvis tilts, bridges, and other bi-lateral pelvis exercises, stretches AND massage can cause huge issues!

Specifically relevant to my injury case, bi-lateral massage of spine extensor muscles (iliocostalis and longissimus) can cause havoc at the pelvis!

Which is exactly what was happening to me!

The Solution:

• Understand each muscle's structure, strength and load handling ability (its physiology, biomechanics and biochemistry) as a minimum 

• Understand how the left-hand side and right-hand side of the pelvis is functioning

  
  

All BEFORE Intervening.

And before you cry out “I don’t know how to do all that!” … 

No, you don’t right now, and neither did I following my Clinical and Remedial Level 5 Soft Tissue Therapy qualification, but I now teach ALL this on my coaching programmes.

And it is NOT complicated.

It just needs a shift in thinking and some simple new analysis skills. 

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