April 2020 Gray Institute Podcast

The Gray Institute Podcast

April 2020 Gray Institute Podcast Show Notes

Dr. Gary Gray answers the following questions

Question 1 from Sharon Tash
If the abs and lumbar spine are designed for stability, when doing an overhead reach in the sagittal plane, should the movement come from the thoracal cylinders since they should be the mobile part of the spine? Also when going in the front plane side to side, does the movement come from the thorax? Clarification would be most helpful. I work with women 50+ and the average age is 65. Thank you.

Question 2 from Fiona (Fi) Cressy
A friend’s son (who is hoping to study either medicine or physio from September) asked me for some information about what exactly is
over-pronation.

Question 3 from Hayes Engholm
As you know in PT school we are taught to load certain musculature with one dimensional exercises to promote muscle hypertrophy such as weighted knee extension and heavy XXX squats to promote quadriceps hypertrophy. My question is for a bodybuilder athlete. How can a therapist/coach promote quadriceps hypertrophy utilizing a three dimensional approach rather than using a one dimensional approach such as knee extensions or by consistently overloading the XXX squat pattern.