Michael Jen – Musde Balance and Function System – Postural Alignment Exercises

When it comes to adapting, the human body is amazing. Postural Your body compensates for dysfunctions and We ask our bodies to compensate for many things as athletes. File Size: 260.5 MB

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Michael Jen – Musde Balance and Function System – Postural Alignment Exercises

I’m curious if anyone has experience with this system, or comments on the premise? I’ve been reading a thread on another forum about it, that makes it seem very impressive. Bad posture can lead to many problems. and This can be fixed by a variety of exercises. It’s similar, but it is superior to the ‘Egoscue Method’. I mention in the thread Barret’s article where he says there is no evidence to show muscle-Development aids Position, but it is refuted [see end of thread]. Anyway, I’ll reproduce here the main comments by the instructor I’m speaking to of Geoff Gluckmans’ system. It’s a lengthy post, but it might be interesting to some people.

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Here’s general idea of the system that I have been trained in. It is called Muscle Balance and Function. The human body is endowed with a certain amount of energy. “functional design”Basically, what we would consider perfect posture. By the way, please don’t think that posture only has to do with slouching and Standing straight. Within our lives, we do things to take our bodies out of that functional design (sports, sitting for long periods of time, accidents, surgery, traumas, what we do at our work, etc…). Postural dysfunctions can result. The farther your body begins to deviate from this functional design, you then begin to feel pains, increased susceptability to injuries, etc….

When it comes to adapting, the human body is amazing. Postural Your body compensates for dysfunctions and Our bodies have to compensate for our efforts as athletes. However, there is a point in which our bodies can’t compensate any further and that’s the point I reached before I began this therapy on my own body.

Consider your body as a car. The alignment of your car may be off. However, you can still drive it, but the tires will begin to wear prematurely. and unevenly. You can rotate the tires, balance them, replace them, or try to patch them up, but if the alignment isn’t straightened out, the tires will wear down prematurely and It happens in an uneven way, no matter how much you try because the root problem is not addressed by all of that extra stuff.

Let’s say the alignment is off and Your car will sway to your right. As I said, you can drive on it. and Even if you drive straight, you can compensate by turning your steering wheel slightly to the right. The tires eventually begin to wear down at a certain point, and may blow out. Some people learn from a blowout. and Alignment should be fixed. Some people will still drive around with a flat tire and let the pavement grind. These people are seriously damaging their cars.

Also, in the Muscle Balance and Function (MBF) System, what we do is you look a person’s body, see the postural dysfunctions, and Give the person corrective exercises based on physics and biomechanics is a process that allows the body to restore its functional design. You will often notice a reduction or complete elimination of pain as the various dysfunctions disappear. It’s amazing to see how the body can heal itself when it is given the right stimulus.

What makes this postural alignment therapy different from physical therapy, chiro, MD’s, is that we do not chase symptoms. We see the whole body. Let’s say you have neck pain. A doctor would perform some tests on your neck. and If the problem is not severe enough to warrant surgery, they may prescribe painkillers or anti-inflammatory drugs.-inflamatory and Send you on your journey. Perhaps a physical therapist will give you some stretching exercises and You can do exercises for your neck or place heat or ice on it. Although a chiro might do some of these things, the most important thing is that they will adjust your neck. A massage therapist would massage your neck. The MBF system would allow me to look at your whole body. and I can pretty much guarantee you that I wouldn’t give you a single exercises that isolates your neck.

Here’s a great example. My neighbor complained about pain at the outer edge of her foot as she walked. She saw a foot specialist. and The problem was her calves being too tight, the MD said. He suggested she do some stretches and had her purchase orthodics. and made sure she wore running shoes. Even though she did all this, the pain in her feet never stopped. I looked at my daughter. and I told her the problem wasn’t her calf. It was caused by everything above her leg. I advised her to spread her elbows and put her hands behind the head. and Bring her shoulder blades together. I let her walk. and She asked her how it felt. She replied that she didn’t lean on her left foot. and Her foot didn’t hurt when she walked. I informed her that, if the problem really was in her calf as the doctor stated, it would have no effect on her ability to walk if she had her arms in a specific position. She went through an entire personalize process later. and The foot pain in her feet was gone.

As I said, we need to look at the causes of our dysfunctions. BJJJ is movement. A movement is when you are not moving. You will see someone who is sedentary and unable to move if you look at them. and The neck is angled forward and the shoulders are rounded. and A flat back is best and Your going to see someone who has neck and Shoulder pain
So if movement can move your body out of position, then it makes sense that movement can move your body back into position…and that’s what the MBF system does. This is why people claim that chiro adjustments can be called “chiro adjustments”. “addictive” and that chiro’s are trying to scam you by getting you to come in to see them regularly. The reason that happens is because after the chiro’s adjust you, your bad posture pulls the adjustment back out of place. Personal note: I like the combination of posture therapy and massage. and a good chiro and Combining art and music is a winning combination.

Postural Alignment therapists will simply provide you with a customized menu of exercises that will help you return to your functional design. A program is created by the therapist. and You can fix your problems by doing it every day. Why are you doing it daily? In order to counteract all the things that you do every day to mess your body up- BJJ; sitting for hours in front of the computer hunch over like a monkey; sports like golf, baseball, tennis that rotate your body in 1 direction; etc….

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Your posture is a key factor in how your skeleton and all of your internal organs are positioned, as well as your circulatory system. and Your nervous system. This not only has an immediate effect on your health but also greatly impacts your performance in sports. and I will speak more on that later.

Let’s say you take 2 people with the exact same limb length, size, weight, etc… One person stands with his feet perfectly straight and The other person is toed-out (duck-footed). Begin with the 2 persons. and A finish line is 100 feet away. Two people must take exactly the same amount of steps. The person with straight feet will be the first to reach the finish line. However, the duck-footed person (which is very common) will be approximately 15 feet behind.

This is why it happened. Physics is the reason. There is an opposite force for every force. Although the 2 people want to move forward, the person who gets toed out does not generate any. and Equal and The opposite force moves directly forward. His feet are actually creating force diagonally in the opposite direction.

So when you talk about sports performance, think about how being duck footed effects an athlete’s performance. This athlete will need to burn more energy running the same distance as another athlete who is properly aligned. It can have a significant impact on speed.

Let’s talk about “cardio”. In junior high, PE class would require us to run. The PE teacher would instruct us to stop after we had run a mile. Why? Because he wanted to maximize our lungs’ capacity so that we could get as much oxygen after we had run.

With that in mind, let’s look at an adult that is slouched over. Remember that the position and posture of your organs is determined by your posture. If you are slouched, your lungs will feel more capable of handling your aerobic conditioning.

Sports application has many other issues, but I have only touched on a few. Postural Untreated dysfunctions can get worse, just like an infection. This is especially true if people push their bodies beyond their limits. Although we will all eventually get old, it is possible to experience inability or even worsening dysfunctions as we age.

Correct posture with the Egoscue Method and Similar exercises are used, but the MBF is preferred. System is totally different in its methodology. My instructor, who invented the MBF System, actually worked with Pete Egoscue in the early 90’s and Pete Egoscue’s clinic in San Diego opened with the help of four therapists.

Pete Egoscue may be a genius but he doesn’t want other people to know his secrets. Even from his own therapists, he holds on to information. One of my students was given a menu by an Egoscue therapist. I carefully reviewed the menu. and saw that there was one exercises he really shouldn’t be doing as it was harmful to his knees. Coincidentally, my student claimed that the exercises did indeed hurt his knees. I relabeled.-wrote my students entire menu and He felt a lot better.

MBF has the largest difference and The Egoscue Method explains that MBF is an actual system based on Physics and biomechanics is used in its application. The Egoscue Method does not have a system. This is because I was a student of the Egoscue Method when I first wanted to learn about posture therapy. I was so miserable that I had to stop halfway through the course. and You asked for your tuition back. I was told by instructors that I had to keep my BJJ training secret so I understood exactly what the Egoscue people were trying to do. I have been through the Egoscue Method and cannot recommend it anymore. and Knowing that there is more to life than this. When Pete told me of his conversations with my instructor, I felt the same. and Also, I was shocked at how many clinic directors they had. and They felt that the information was being kept on them.

I highly recommend people read Pete Egoscue’s book “Pain Free” and “Health in Motion”. The Egoscue Method can help? Yes, in a way. Because there are so many people who are severely dysfunctional, any functional posture exercises can help. Many people have been helped by the Egoscue Method. You should spend your money if you want to save time. and effort, I’d feel a lot better knowing that I was doing a program that was 100% correct rather than only 70% correct.

Posture therapy is not like most people’s thinking. We do not do “for back pain we do these exercises” Oder “If you see an excessive anterior tilt of the pelvis, do these exercises”. You aren’t looking at the body as one.

This is the third instance in which I have discovered that this therapy doesn’t work.

1. You may not follow your prescribed programs every day.

2. You may not complete all of the exercises or follow the sequences that were given to you.

3. The exercises are not technically perfect.

At the age of 19, I discovered that I had a bulging disc under my lower back. The neurosurgeon said that the disc was not ruptured nor was it hitting either of the main nerves that go down my leg so I didn’t need surgery. The neurosurgeon sent me to physical therapist. Physical therapy basically does the same thing as back problems: they work on your abs. and stretch your hamstrings. It did not relieve my pain or make me more functional.
Let me tell you why. “strengthening your abs” This can make it difficult to be productive. Let’s say you have an posterior tilt in your pelvis (as if your tailbone is tucked under), flat low back, excessive rounding of the upper back, and Round shoulders. This situation will result in your ab muscles being tighter than usual. and Contract due to how “curved and hunched over” That’s what you are. In fact, you’re making your abs contract worse by doing more ab work. and tighten even more.

The answer is no “strengthen your low back” either. As you can see, your low back muscles will be in constant flexion when you are in this situation. Your low back muscles are working hard to keep you upright against gravity when you stand because you are hunched so much. Your low back muscles will be strengthened if you do not work hard enough. Imagine that your arm is bent at 90 degrees every day. and Do bicep curls in the evening. That’s definitely not going to make you feel any better.

I wanted to mention that people often find tremendous relief from pain right from the start, however, keep in mind that 1 menu of exercises won’t fix all your problems. Although this stuff is great, it doesn’t work miracles. It is not easy to change your body. and there are many factors that you must consider….
A problem that has been ingrain in a person’s body for 50 years is doing to take a lot longer to change than a problem that has only existed for 2 years.

Also, think about what you’re doing when you’re not working out. What are you doing during the remaining 23 hours and 40 minutes? Sometimes, you’re so messed up that a 20-minute menu may not suffice.

We have certain priorities in this therapy when it comes to fixing posture problems. Certain problems can be very destructive to the body. and These are the most important things to take care of. It is impossible to fix everything in one go.

It is impossible to predict when a particular part of your body might change more than the other. For example, let’s say that you have counter-Rotation in your body: Your torso rotates in one direction and Your hips are bent in the opposite way. You may notice that your pelvic rotation is less than the torso rotation. The pelvic rotation would be addressed in a second menu.

The interesting thing about dysfunctions is that sometimes they can cover up other dysfunctions. When one thing is resolved, it can reveal something else. I initially thought that I had left side forward movement in my body. Contra rotation was what I actually had. It turned out that my upper body is much stronger than my lower. My upper body rotation “overpowered” It appeared that my left hip rotated in my lower body, which made it look as if I was bending my knees. and The torso was rotated forward. My hips were aligned after my torso rotation had been removed. “released” My upper body and Then I saw my hips suddenly turn in the opposite direction.

Personally, I think I get faster results than the average person. Why? First, I do not miss a single day of my exercises. Second, particularly in the beginning, I did my menu twice a day. On rare occasions, I even did it three times in a single day. Third, I’ve had 8 different menus. I did not just want to ease pain; I wanted to make my body as functional and healthy as possible. and Be as pain-free as possible

I don’t know much about all the programs available. I can however tell you that functionality is not measured by joint mobility, flexibility or strength.

For example, a man could have a 15 degree anterior tilt of his pelvis. and His low back curve is too steep. That extreme dysfunction may explain why this guy appears to have very good flexibility. and Bridging requires strength and back bending.

Yoga instructors have had many problems, but their joints seem flexible beyond most people’s capabilities.

Remember that everyone’s bodies are different. It is impossible to find a program that works for everyone. This is why I tailor a list of exercises for each person when I present it to them. and Different people will have different needs. In yoga class, for example, the instructor may say, “It depends on you.” “tuck your tailbone in” All students standing. One thing I noticed was that most female yoga instructors have an anterior pelvic tilt. So, “tucking” Their pelvis is more neutral when they stand because their tailbone is in. What about people who have a posterior tilt but aren’t taking the class? They should be included “tuck” Their condition is only getting worse because their tailbone is so weak.

Okay, here are some comparison photos of me. Photos taken before I started the posture therapy and I then look at some new photos today.
By the way, here’s a list of my posture problems which can be see on my “before” pics. Take a look at all the problems I encountered and You can see why my body was so ill.

1. My weight is on the outside of my feet.

2. Both feet should point slightly inwardly, with the right foot pointing more outward than the left.

3. Bow-legged

4. Left femur rotated inwardly more than right.

5. Right hip is higher than left

6. Laterally, hips shifted to the right

7. Rotation: Right hip is more forward than left

8. Posterior tilt of the pelvis

9. Flat low back

10. Right shoulder higher than left

11. Too far forward on the shoulders. Rounding of the shoulders (left is more than right).

12. Rotation in the opposite direction to hip rotation – Left side of torso is more forward than right

13. Head offset to left

14. Rotate your head to the left (opposite direction of torso rotation).

15. Head and The neck slopes too far forward

16. Kneeflexion in both the left and right knees

These are the pictures you should see if you’re interested. “before” and “after” Pictures, e-mail me and I will send it to you in 2 Word files.

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Its lists are peer-Review of medical studies has shown no correlation between strength and age and Specifically, for pelvic tilt and shoulder position and lumbar lordosis. One study included a complete PT-designed exercise program that was intended to correct pelvic tilt. and No results from lumbar lordosis.

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He said: The link you provided above explains why physical therapy was not able to resolve the issue with lordosis and An excessive anterior tilt occurs when someone is trying to correct a postural issue by strengthening the muscle on its opposite side. That’s also why you aren’t going to change the posture of a person who is thorais offset to the left by strengthening his right side or remove rounded shoulders by having them do more seated rows.

You must also reaffirm your strength before you can strengthen.-Balance the body, or you will just be adding more problems to your already existing problem.

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