Why is Corrective Exercise Necessary Today?

Corrective exercise is the no-side effect, long term solution.

With corrective exercise, you train to use the right muscles at the right time in all your daily activities. You will move more easily.  You will feel more flexible. You will be noticeably stronger.  You will watch as your peers continue to complain of aches and pains while you no longer suffer. And you will witness a rejuvenation of your vitality. 

The Big 4 Corrections

The Big 4 Corrections refer to the most important four activations that you will learn to use over and over again in your corrective exercise program, and also apply to everyday life.  These are:

Core Activation

Core activation is the number one activation needed for most people.  First, you will learn diaphragmatic breathing, something that almost everyone is lacking.  It is the most important muscle in your body, and it is often severely under-activated.  Diaphragmatic breathing can be practiced as you inhale.  Second, you will learn how to exhale using the transverse abdominis and pelvic floor muscles.  Put it all together and you will have learned to use what Fit For Birth calls the Core Breathing Belly Pump®. Once you have the mechanics of steps one and two, you will learn how to use your pump as the foundation for most of your exercises and daily movements. 

Glute Activation

As made evident in the chair sitting explanations, your hip extensors (glutes) are probably seriously under-activated. These glutes are at the foundation of the majority of your basic movement patterns: squat, lunge, and bend.  So, we teach you exercises to activate the gutes, and then help you keep them active as you move about your daily life.  

Shoulder Blade Activation

Often in our computer prone world, one’s shoulder are rounded forward.  This posture tends to keep the shoulder’s internal rotators over-active and the shoulder blade muscles under-activated.  Add the weight of lactating breasts and a baby, and your shoulder are even more prone to this position.  So, we shall teach you exercises to activate the shoulder blade muscles, and then teach you how to apply it to your daily life activities.

Chest Activation

Often, because of our pre-existing postural positions, when we push open a door or reach our arm in front of us, we don’t have the proper muscle biomechanics.  One important activation for avoiding shoulder and neck pains is to ensure that we are able to activate the chest muscles, rather than over-activating the front shoulders and neck muscles.  We teach you how to activate the chest properly, so that the proper activations are more likely to occur in your daily life.