First we must answer this, what is stability?? Stability is the full integration of your muscles, joints and ligaments that allows for powerful transmission of forces while you move. It is the mechanism in your body that protects your bones and joints as you move heavy objects. It also adapts your body to sudden or unexpected forces so that your body can react and stay safe. Stability is what gives us athletic strength and speed. Stability is also what helps to prevent falls and minimize injury risk.

Having strong stability starts with posture. To determine the cause of your postural issues, we assess the alignment of your spine. If the alignment of your spine is shifted out of the normal position, then you’re a candidate for spinal correction. Correcting the alignment of your spine is vitally important to ensuring optimal stability in the body. Think of the spine as the foundation of your house. If the foundation is poorly constructed, then the rest of your house will be impacted. The spine is essentially the foundation of the human body.

The next component of stability comes from muscles and fascia. In order to test these two tissues, we take you through a Selective Functional Movement Assessment. This helps us to determine whether your movement patterns are impacted by weak, inactive muscles or fascial restrictions. Then we can go to work on the primary issues that are impacting your stability.

In the body we have muscles that are optimized as main movers of the body, but we also have smaller muscles that are designed to give strength to our joints as we move. These tiny muscles are what activate to give us stability. Kettlebell training is a fantastic way to activate and strengthen the stability muscles in the body. Every SPC patient learns how to use kettlebells.

Another key component of stability is fascia. Fascia is continuous throughout the body. It covers the muscles and connects them in different patterns to allow for muscle groups to work together. Fascia can be worked on in multiple ways to help with stability.

First, we isolate and release facial restrictions using soft tissue treatments like Graston Technique and cupping, and educate our patients on self-myofascial release techniques to do at home. Second, we train the facial chains. Using kettlebells and functional movement exercises we train the body to function as a whole. You’ll never walk into SPC and find someone doing traditional exercises that isolate one muscle. For optimal stability, it’s important to train the entire body to work as a unit.

Stability training is a major component of the treatment protocols we design at SPC. Every single patient gets a unique and different treatment plan, but EVERYONE gets some form of stability training that is right for them.

There’s not one person in this world who doesn’t need stability. It is important to intentionally train and emphasize stability on a regular basis. Are you ready to take your healthy and fitness to the next level? Contact us now and let’s start your journey.