It is very hard to keep your centre of mass over the middle of your feet if your ankles don’t allow you to move forward. The number of CrossFitters working hard to achieve a good squat technique and mobilising every other area of their body but not the ankles is constantly surprising. Sometimes, mobilising the hips just allows you to go deeper with poor technique!Ĭan you place your toes 10cm (4in) from the wall, keep your heels on the ground, knee over the foot and touch the knee to the wall? Go back to basics and check your hip hinge: can you squat without the gap between your pubic bone (top of your pelvis at the front) and sternum changing? Mobilise to restore normal joint range, then control movement to maintain joint function.Īre you one of those CrossFitters that always has tight hips - mobilising with bands, massaging a lacrosse ball into the glutes and doing the couch stretch - yet you still have hip tightness? Mobility works, plain and simple so you are either doing it wrong, or you are moving your pelvis in a way that closes down the front of your hip joint, creating anterior hip tightness as you get deeper into the squat. In other cases, people are not maintaining good shoulder control during WODs so no matter how much mobility they do, they keep impinging the joint. In some cases, it is not their shoulder mobility that is the problem but their thoracic spine. Some people mobilise their shoulders repeatedly but complain that they are still getting shoulder pain. Regain normal joint range and function following intense workouts - this allows you to achieve good positioning in your next WOD.
Improve your joint range of motion from chronic poor posture or previous injuries.
Use mobility to recover and prevent injury, not just once you have pain Jon shares these five fantastic tips and hints for better mobility. The WOD Life had the opportunity to catch up with Australia’s Kelly Starrett and Jon Park from WOD Health. Mobility: it’s crucial that athletes maintain and optimise their bodies to ensure they perform at their peak for longer.
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