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Improve Your Feet and Ankles with Mobility, Stability, Strength and Function

February 3, 2016 by IR Staff Leave a Comment

How much time do you spend on your feet?

With 26 bones (One-quarter of the bones in the human body are in the feet.), 33 joints and more than 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments, the foot is obviously an incredibly important part of our body.

Whether you’re working at a desk all day or you are a competitive athlete, we all need to address the health and function of our feet and ankles.

The Orange County Fitness Playground is known around the nation for its focus on mobility before stability, stability before strength, strength before power, and power with endurance, and we want to share some of our secrets with you, so you can improve your feet and ankles.

Just like every other body part, we need to improve the mobility, stability, strength and function of our feet as well as our ankles.

The video below will help you improve your feet and ankles with mobility, stability, strength, and function by walking you through a few of Innovative Results’ favorite drills:

Healthy and Functionally Strong Feet and Ankles Can Help You:

  • Improve Awareness and Control
  • Provide Valuable Feedback from our environment
  • Improve balance and coordination
  • Increase strength and power output
  • Decrease Pain in Your Knees, Hips, and Back

If you would be interested in learning more about strengthening your feet and ankles, please fill out the form at the bottom of this article to schedule your free trial.

One of our incredible coaches will set you up with the soonest available times.

Click the image below to find out more about how Innovative Results Active Recovery Classes can help you improve the quality of your life and the function of your feet and ankles.

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Stuck at a Desk All Day? This is the Exercise for You…

March 16, 2014 by ptpt 1 Comment

by Cori Lefkowithgreatest stretch

Last week, I was fortunate to attend a body weight workshop in San Diego.  Max taught us a variety of cool exercises, progressions and drills that will be a great addition to IR.  One of my very favorites was the sit thru to thoracic bridge.

Let’s face it…Most of us have pretty crappy posture from sitting hunched over a computer all day. And because of that crappy posture, many of us have back pain. To reverse that pain we not only need to stretch, but we also need to ACTIVATE inactive muscles.

The Sit Through to Thoracic Bridge is a great stretch AND activation move to fight against our rounded, forward posture and the pain it causes.

To do the Sit Through to Thoracic Bridge:

1. Set up on your hands and knees with your hands under your shoulders and your knees under your hips. Flex your feet and lift up onto your hands and toes.

2. Then lift your right and bring your left leg through and place your left foot flat on the ground.

3. Rotate your hips up toward the ceiling, squeezing your glutes to lift them up as high as you can.

4. While your lift your hips, reach your right hand down toward the ground, rotating your chest toward the floor.

5. Feel your glutes working to keep BOTH hips up, while you reach your hand down. We have a tendency when we rotate to drop that hip down. Make sure both stay up.

6. You should feel a nice rotation and stretch through your spine. You are twisting almost like someone wringing out a towel.

7. Then drop your hips and step your foot back through while placing your hand back down on the ground .

8. Rotate to the other side, bridging your hips up as high as you can.

cori - personal trainer orange countyThis is a great move for anyone with back pain because it stretches out your tight muscles from sitting all day while activating your glutes.

You can also simplify this move by doing the Thoracic Bridge by itself. To do this, start in a seated position supported with one hand. Then bridge up and reach your other hand toward the ground. Make sure both hips stay high.

Cori is a personal trainer in Costa Mesa, CA and a valued member of the Innovative Results family.

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