Dear Mel,
Some people are drawn to just the kind of work they most need rather than
that they are adept at.
Sarah Striffler, PT
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Subject: Pilates Core Training Myths?
> While presenting at the recent World Class Coaching Conference organised
by
> the UK Sports Institute (UKSI) and the British Olympic Association (BOA)
in
> Birmingham (Nov 25-27, 2002), I attended a lecture and workshop given on
> Optimising Trunk Muscle Activation and core stability by Steve Saunders
who
> works with Richardson and colleagues in Australia doing some of the
original
> work on TvA (transversus abdominis) and other trunk muscle involvement.
>
> In this session he made the interesting observation that he and these
Aussiue
> scientists had examined several Pilates teachers and enthusiasts and had
> noted (via the use of diagnostic ultrasound and practical exercises, for
> example) that their ability to stabilise the core and activate TvA
> competently often was amongst the worst of all the subjects whom they had
> tested. Many of us found this to be most intriguing, because one would
have
> imagined that the wide range of fairly full range exercises used in
Pilates
> classes would at least have made them better than other moderately active
> individuals. Saunders suggested that the methods of pelvic alignment and
> postural management may not be optimal in traditional Pilates classes.
Many
> of us know, of course, that classical Pilates recommendations for trunk
and
> pelvic stabilisation are seriously incorrect for lifting heavy weights or
> raising them above the head, so that this may indeed be a valid point.
>
> Has anyone else come across this sort of finding among Pilates
practitioners?
> It is the first that I have come across scientifically which has examined
> the claims of Pilates folk about core stability.
>
> Dr Mel C Siff
> Denver, USA
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/
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