Dear Dr, Mel,
I am new to paddling my solo canoe w/ a double-bladed paddle &
still must remind myself to rotate my body w/ each stroke. When I
activate TA by tightening my abdomen, I rely most on my lower
abdominal mm anteriorly, judging by the area most sore later. When
I don't thus activate TA, but do rotate, I am most sore in my lateral
low lumbar region.
If I were to coach anyone as new to this as I am I would advise
activating TA. Perhaps you mainly are familiar w/ weightlifters
w/ much experience & many years of prior training, which is
why the conscious activation of TA is no longer necessary?
Sarah
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> On 10/4/00, Henry Tsao<[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
> << Interesting thing... TA is activated during sit up and coughing, but I
> guess
> you also activate other muscles as well. What what Dr Richardson says is
> that the aim is to control TA contraction at the correct time hence avoiding
> back pain.. >>
>
> ***We have all encountered or applied much of the advice given for
> controlling TA during the early stages of a movement or during static
> clinical situations, but how does one consciously activate TA during a
> heavily loaded task like lifting, especially when the action is rapid or
> explosive, as it is during Olympic weightlifting? In fact, is it important
> or advisable to attemopt to do during complex and rapid motor tasks like
> this?
>
> Will the body not respond in the most individually suitable manner if the
> person is taught to execute a lifting movement correctly without any emphasis
> on trying to isolate certain muscles. After all, we are very familiar with
> the general adage that "the body knows about movement, not muscles". Acquire
> the optimal movement or motor skills for any human action and, in the
> non-pathological, body, the rest should follow quite naturally in most people.
>
> As someone who has been involved with Olympic weightlifting at all levels
> for several decades, I have never come across a single lifter or coach who
> has applied any of the clinically promoted muscle isolation methods of trunk
> and "core" stabilisation, nor have studies ever shown that the incidence of
> back injury is even vaguely elevated in this group of athletes relative to
> the average population. Are these lifters just "lucky" or are all of these
> theories about stabilisation more hypothetical than practical in really
> demanding sporting situations?
>
> Dr Mel C Siff
> Denver, USA
> http://www.egroups.com/group/supertraining
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