I agree on everything not on your definition “more passive”. In fact I would define it more active,as it involves maximal activation,both recruitment and rate wise.
I did not go into how you do what you do, it is not my intellect, give credit where credit is due. I was referring to how your method as a whole could create less damage than what my man practised.
I had similar exercises that worked multible joints and I C U see you isolating.
My exercises were not aimed at treating a problem more at avoiding them.
Reason - There was a Knott - once the knott is removed, like a hose, if that is all you did, 2 things tend to happen
1 - The muscle becomes sore the next day - If you stretch right after, very minimal Soreness, if any.
2 - To stop the muscle from re-tightening too soon afterwards. It tends to want to Pull back to the position it was just in. Stretching tends to say “hey, you should stay relaxed”
Also - you may, or may not, depending on the muscle, want to increase the Length of the muscle, it may not be opening up long enough?
Also - We spend only 5min, sometimes 6min, on stretching at the very end of our running classes - 30sec muscle.
It bring the excited muscle back to a calmer postion, and stops it Tightening up too quickly after running around like a crazy bugger…
I never used to stretch, for many yrs, till i was like 32. Since introducing stretching at the end of workouts like above, recovery from sessions is faster, I feel relaxed a good 3-4hrs sooner. Not just me either…
Would have to say, my legs are in better shape and running condition now, at 35, than when i was in my 20’s! Not just from stretching mind you…
Dynamic stretching is done just like CF shows in the GPP DVD at the start of workouts.
Should also note - we don’t deal with kids here,
Avg age would be around 35yrs old for Running activities - and 45-50yrs for 1 on 1 clientèle
semantics - strapping a machine onto you whilst doing an exercise, to remove tension, well, still therapy.
Doing some scapular pulls to strengthen a weak rhomboids = therapy
Don’t get me wrong, I like, i agree, i also do. Though i only have a TENS - which i don’t use that much.
Agree, look at the whole person.
What i feel needs to be expanded upon though, is
One - At some point, you must be doing some form of Hands on therapy, otherwise, HOW do you tell if what you have done, has loosened up the muscle / s enough that you have been targeting? What is your parameter of success?
Two - Due to compensation - Muscles not relieved from tension, will tend to remain under tension, even if the cause is removed.
I used to believe that remove the cause, then the other issues will take care of themselfs. However, Over time, more skill, more practice ect, i have found, even though the Issue goes away - lets use an example,
Hip flexors creating a sore lower back.
You remove and lengthen the hip flexors, the sore lower back goes away.
However, The back and other surrounding muscles have been in a compensation pattern for some time, and even though your range is better, if not Good - there is still tightness in the lower back muscles, still tightness in surrounding hip muscles, like abductors, adductors, hammie ect - It might be too small a tightness to really notice, but it’s still there.
So, you don’t worry about them, and, like the guy on that YouTube video says about ankle sprains - up to 6 months later, other issues come about due to compensation patterns.
I believe, you need to uncover all The layers, remove all the compensation issues.
check, then double check.
Like they say in trade school, Measure twice, Cut once.
The issues are
1 - Fix the hip flexors, bang for buck, biggest improvement for results seen.
2 - Fix the other issues - less visible improvement for Funds outlayed.
3 - Funds available from person willing to pay for what appears like a lot of therapy (if indeed you are removing all compensation issues, seen or otherwise)
Other issues
Cost - ARP = $$ - i could not find a cost, but for accessory’s, you are charged what seems like Hundreds. Could only imagine thousands for the device? I imagine, from what is seen - you need a 2nd person to help control. So, only one person at a time? Like using a TENS
I would still like to get my hands on one though 
Cost for Foam rolling and stretching - less than a Hundred dollars. Can be done anywhere. If you’re training a team of people, it’s easy to teach so they all can do it at their own pace. However, people are also inherently LAZY - and it can HURT - the ARPwave should be a great alternative.
Plus you could charge MORE for use of the ARPwave?
Pakewi - what would be interesting - is to test the ARPwave treatment by using a Foamroller AFTER treatment. If tension is Indeed fully removed, You will know. If you know how to use a Foamroller that is…
I have used many treatment modes -
1 - i would like to get my acupuncture licence.
2 - would like to try and perhaps buy a ARPwave. Never seen one.
3 - Have never tried Cupping - and due to bruising from what i have seen, will never try.
I can’t think of anything else i have not tried. Just so you know
Oh,
Some older clients, refuse to do any Therapy, they only want to “TRAIN”.
Putting the ARPwave onto them, whilst they “exercise” Could remove that “problem” ??
See my description above about Therapy
When i say TRAIN - they want to leave feeling like they have done a workout. Doing Therapy exercises does not give you that same feeling. Though the ARPwave looks like it could?
I understand,and agree,great insights as usual.
The ARPwave system is a whole system,just like CFTS is,not a device or a machine. You do not train like what you just described in the ARPwave System,nor do therapy that way,if we accept to differentiate.
And it is nowhere near a TENS,or any EMS device,nor to remove tension as you say.
In the end: a matter of contents,NOT just semantics.
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Performance and newly patterned movement. Hands on therapy is only good as far it is the best option available. Trying to superimpose peripherally induced modifications over centrally induced ones may not be productive at all,as the brain will receive both signals,and eventually read them as “confusion”. Luckily it is more complex than that anyway.
1.Address the origin of the problem
2.Exceed neurological input which created the
issue in the firts place
3.Install correct movement patterns
4.Strength train (teach the system to better distribute and absorb more and more force)
Takes roughly three days ,and 10 less than 15 minutes long sessions.
Yes I do,as I know the possible outcomes,as I see them used quite a bit as rehab and prevention tools in Teams I work with. The focus is not tension,nor removing it.
It is addressing the real cause of that tension.
Which is simply nowhere a foam roller can get to.
To me budget is always an external factor,at least upon discussing principles.
I personally like both acupuncture and cupping,when done correctly.Also we have had a very interesting experience recently in using both to support recovery and complete structural healing after ARP treatments on acute muscle injuries during South Africa 2010 Soccer FIFA World Cup,with very promising results.
A 10 year old’s hamstring will still bend the knee when the kid is 80.
Anybody arguing with this?
Simplest things need to be reinforced all of the time!
Thanks,stilljd.
Generally, from a therapy point of view, you (or your clients) can have an imbalance of one o more of this structural complex system:
- Cranio-cervico-mandibular system
- Pelvic system
- Feet/gait complex
A chiro can help you to identify the cause of your problem.
Spinal manipulation can be a waste of time if you work only on this structure (too much adaptative).
jm2c
Identify,yes. Address it in the most (at least athletically/supporting performance speaking) efficient way,no.
That is the limit we daily find with the results of chiropractic manipulations of all kinds when applied in a performance driven environment.
Primary system integrity is the foundation for the structural health and athletic performance.
A good chiro or therapist, with a good background can work with an high rate of success.
Too much time we correct compensation and not the cause of the problems!
Many people during their therapy or gym work have great results, but often they create an adjunctive compensation pattern.
When your body compensation capacity is exhausted, you can have a niagara fall problems!
Compensation is not the enemy, but a normal, functional, adaptative body response to a neurostructural disorganization.
Find the real enemy and compensations will disapper!
Agreed,but you’ll have to show me how the real enemy can be efficiently addressed by chiropractic work only.
Fortunately a muscle is nothing like a hose, it works on the same principle as a solonoid, an electric magnet. When a current is present the magnet pulls a pin further into the recepticle. The formula one motors operate the valves this way and up to 17,000 rpm. The Japanese have the superfast trains pulled by magnets.
If one keeps pulling the pins out the magnet speed slows down. If you want more speed put another solonoid in. Fast twitch/slow twitch, remember short fibres/long fibres. When the kid is growing the bones lengthen at the growth plates and the muscles stretch as do tendons. Make more solonoids, remember the short solonoids are fast.
Does stretching as an exercise lengthen the fibres or promote the growth of more short fibres.
The African gene has short calf and long tendons.
Solonoid…interesting.
Good Question - I’ll find out
I must have African gene in me!
yes - But also consider the following. (which im sure you’re aware of - just putting it out there)
In addition to general skeletal muscle loss, the following changes occur as you age:
Muscles take longer to respond to brain signals in your 50s than they did in your 20s. As a normal course of aging, you begin to lose the muscle fibers that are responsible for making you move quickly. The speed of transmission of impulses from the brain to the muscles also slows down, so it takes longer to get the signal, “Hey! Move it!” Your muscles also can’t repair themselves as quickly as they used to, due to a decrease in enzyme activities and protein turnover.
The water content of tendons (the cord-like tissues that attach muscles to bones) decreases as you age. This change makes the tissues stiffer and less able to tolerate stress.
Your heart muscle becomes less able to propel large quantities of blood quickly through your body. As a result, you tire more quickly and take longer to recover.
I have heard good success from Cupping - surely there are better options giving the Bruising side effects.
I have heard there are short courses available for Acupuncture - would be a very useful tool
To answer the 1st Q.
The end goal for most of my clients is to loss body fat, gain lean tissue.
Q 2 - Can it be done without progression to heavier loads v’s doing the exercises in the 1st place at maximal intensity. - Yes it can. However, I test everybody 1 x per month, Body Fat/Lean Tissue.
without doubt, Heavier loads, done correctly, done maximally, in perfect form create a far better response in Fat/lean tissue composition.
Your last part - totally agree. I find most people scale back to mediballs, much like in the videos shown, when their from in Dumbbells drops. Then a week or two, or three later, they are ready to hit the dumbbells again.
Plus there is Variety = less boredom
It is the only thing that I know of in the mechanical world that works along the same lines.