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Stephen Gangemi, DC, DIBAK, DCBCNWashington DC, September 2015
Natural Movement: Moving Our Bodies the Way They're Designed
to Move
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What is...
NATURAL MOVEMENT ?
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As well as how the human animal moves in nature!
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Unnatural Environmental Stressors
WE LIVE IN A ZOO
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What are the essential qualities that make an overall movement practice “natural”?
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EVOLUTIONARY…the way we move has not changed
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ENVIRONMENTAL…connect with nature
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INSTINCTUAL…movement is instinctual; technique is not
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UNIVERSAL…movement belongs to every human being regardless of origin, gender, or age
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PRACTICAL…our movements are based on need
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VITAL…movements help keep us safe and are useful in times of emergency
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ADAPTIVE…movement depends on context; learn to adapt
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Getting Back What We’ve Lost(and maybe never developed)
• Re-establishing our movement patterns and our fascial connections in our body
• Kinesthetic sense: “movement sense”• Proprioception: “joint position sense”• Mechanoreceptors: Sensory nerve endings
which respond to mechanical stimuli, (touch, pressure, muscular contractions), and affect the entire CNS
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(Re)establishing Two Important Movements
• The Deep Squat• Shoulder Mobility
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Deep Squat
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Shoulder MobilityWeightless Range of Motion
Shoulder Elevation Shoulder Depression20
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Shoulder MobilityWeightless Range of Motion
Shoulder Protraction Shoulder Retraction21
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Shoulder MobilityScapular Push-Ups
Shoulder Protraction Shoulder Retraction22
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Shoulder MobilityScapular Push-Ups
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Shoulder Mobility: Hanging
Shoulder RetractionActive Hang: Shoulder DepressionPassive Hang
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Questions, Information & Research Questions, Information & Research
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