Mike Giardina sits down with Dr. Kelly Starrett, Stephane Rochet, Dr. Meghan Helwig, Jesse Burdick, and Dr. Jason Garrett to discuss the potential causes and effects of movement compensation in training.
This was fantastic. As a new, CF-L1 I often find myself trying to learn as much as I can as often as I can from others and this was a great way to sit down and listen to some of the experts in CrossFit. Thanks, Mike for formulating such great questions. My takeaway was in changing the language from fault to movement compensation which I feel fits the description of what is happening with the athlete a lot better. I know personally with having both shoulders replaced I often struggle with some movements due to limitations in the range of motion I have that the coaches have been helping me with. I also liked the comment that responds to the decades-old argument of is CrossFit safe: the gym has the least risk of injury versus when you are playing your sport or in your daily life. If what we coach is functional movement then it would be safely assumed that these movements are being replicated in actual life and without coaching to help correct them. I live in the north where I see a lot of back injuries as a result of movement compensations when people are shoving snow and haven't worked on their core stability throughout the year. Thanks, CrossFit HQ for bringing the knowledge and skills to the field.
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