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The SpiralFlow Method of Joint Mobility

The SpiralFlow Method of Joint Mobility is a series of exercises that help to lubricate the main joints in the body. It is very similar to Tai Chi in that it is practiced as a series of drills performed in a continuous sequence until all the main joints of the body have been mobilized through their natural range of motion. Within 15 to 25 minutes, depending on the speed and number of repetitions practiced for each joint, you can feel totally energized, relaxed, and pliable.

Benefits of practicing The Spiralflow™ Method

The SpiralFlow™ Method of Joint Mobility restores the body’s pliability, it promotes healing to the body’s infrastructure such as the tendons, fascia, and ligaments. It promotes blood and lymphatic flow. It relaxes the body and lubricates the joints and sinews. In short, The SpiralFlow™ Method: REJUVENATES THE BODY!

  * Decreases Joint Pain
  * Prevents Frozen Shoulder
  * Reduces stress
  * Rejuvenates the joints
  * Improves posture
  * Improves overall range of motion
  * Higher energy levels
  * Improve overall circulation!

1. Posture

The first point to consider when formulating a fitness program for a boomer is body alignments. In other words, we must pay strict attention to posture and form. While posture and form are important regardless of one’s age, the boomer needs to pay extra attention to these because the condition of the connective tissue at the joints changes with age.

The reason this is important, is that all exercise involves the use of the joints and that a constant component during exercise is the effect of gravity. Thus, if the body is misaligned during exercise, the effect of gravity will in time cause the joints to fail due to mechanical disadvantage. Imagine how much more damage a joint that is misaligned will suffer while under a load (lifting a weight).

In light of the above, you can understand why posture is the first component addressed in the SpiralFlow™ Method, and the importance it plays throughout our entire fitness program.

2. Spiral Movement

The SpiralFlow™ Method of Joint Mobility adopts its name from the natural movement patterns found in nature which are spiral. A spiral movement is circular and directional at the same time.

Cartilage, the connective tissue on the surface of the bones on our joints is not vascular – it lacks blood vessels. The body’s way of keeping this tissue healthy in adults is through synovial fluid that is released into the joints only through movement. Besides lubricating the joints, synovial fluid also flushes the joints of the waste cellular metabolism creates. This is why it is so important to move the joints through their full ROM or range of motion: their health depends on it!

3. Breathwork

As a trainer, I find myself constantly reminding my clients to Breathe. We should differentiate between breathwork and inhalation and exhalation. The latter we do naturally throughout the day. The former is an actual practice of a breathing method.

When breathwork is synchronized to movement during exercise, it creates a meditative condition that establishes a mind-body connection. It makes an exercise holistic in nature.

During SpiralFlow™ practice, the breathing is always abdominal and the breath is never held. The benefits of this type of breathing are many and are transferable to other styles of training. Abdominal breathing plays a major role when practicing squats and deadlifts in that it pressurises the abdomen to protect the lumbar spine. Perhaps the most important benefit of deep abdominal breathing during exercise is that it keeps a fresh supply of oxygen to the muscles, and, hello boomers, it is a great antidote to anxiety.

You should also understand that there is connection between proper breathing and good posture. Several of the postural muscles in the trunk of the body are also engaged in the breathing mechanism. This is why The SpiralFlow™ Method of Joint Mobility places such importance to both of these key components of fitness!

  4. Your Feet and the Earth Are a Joint!

The SpiralFlow™ Method of Joint Mobility is about total body integration. When one part moves, it does so in concert with the rest of the body. All connective tissue moves as a living matrix and shares a common source of power: the earth!

I will teach you how to move using ground power and whole body integration. This is the secret to movement efficiency and to power development in the Chinese Internal arts such as Tai Chi, and now you too can learn how to incorporate time proven methods of movement through the practice of The SpiralFlow™ Method of Joint Mobility.

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