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Hello Friends, Once you learn the individual muscles, then it’s time to look at how they function together during movement and in your asanas. Use your knowledge to develop cues to refine and deepen your poses. Groups of muscles, ligaments and fascia that function together are known as “subsystems”. In this post we examine the posterior oblique subsystem in Bird Dog pose. The posterior oblique subsystem is comprised of the gluteus maximus on one side of the body and the latissimus dorsi on the other side, with the thoracolumbar fascia between (as shown in the inset illustration). These structures operate synergistically with other groups of muscles, ligaments and fascia, particularly during rotational movements such as a golf swing. Figure 1 illustrates how the fibers of the gluteus maximus and opposite side latissimus dorsi run perpendicular to the sacroiliac joint. Co-contracting these two muscles can be used to tension the thoracolumbar fascia, thus stabilizing the sacroiliac joint. Click here to learn more about the thoracolumbar fascia and its important role in core stability. Bird Dog is an excellent pose for strengthening the core and engaging the posterior oblique subsystem. A good cue for activating the latissimus dorsi muscle in this pose is to straighten the arm forward and then imagine pushing down with the hand against an immoveable object (as shown with the dotted arrow). Alternatively, imagine pulling down on a rope with the forward hand. Combine this isometric contraction of the lats with engaging the gluts on the side of the lifted leg to augment the stabilizing effect on the SI joint. Figure 1: The posterior oblique subsystem and sacroiliac joint in Bird Dog Pose. Click here to check our our previous post, "Connect Your Cuff to Your Core in Forearm Plank" and see how this subsystem works in plank pose. With this in mind, what other poses can be used to activate the posterior oblique myofascial subsystem? Place your answer in the comment section below… An excerpt from "Yoga Mat Companion 3 - Anatomy for Backbends and Twists". An excerpt from "Yoga Mat Companion 3 - Anatomy for Backbends and Twists". Thanks for stopping by--I hope you're enjoying learning about biomechanical concepts like the myofascial subsystems and how they work in your poses. Stay tuned for the next post when I'll go over the hamstring connection to the pelvis and lumbar. Click here to browse through the Bandha Yoga book series on anatomy, biomechanics and physiology for yoga. All the Best, Ray Long, MD
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Download scientific diagram | Allocation of experimental EMG signals to individual musculotendon units. The first level of each tree represents innervation zones in the human lower extremity. The second level represents the 18 muscle groups that are innervated from the corresponding innervation zone. At the second level, italic-style written names, connected by a dotted line to the first level, represent muscle groups for which experimental electromyography (EMG) signals could not be recorded (a, b, and g). The remaining 16 groups at the second level represent the muscles from which EMG signals were experimentally recorded. The third level represents the associated musculotendon units (MTUs) within each muscle group. All MTU names were abbreviated from the associated muscle group names in the second level with exception of the biceps femoris long and short head (bicfemlh, bicfemsh), semimembranosus (semimem), semitendinosus (semiten), adductor magnus, longus, and brevis (addmag, addlong, addbrev), and peroneus longus, brevis and tertius (perlong, perbrev, pertert). The gluteus minimus, medius, maximus, and the adductor magnus are modeled by three individual MTU compartments. Within each tree, branches have different colors referring to EMG signals recorded separately. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052618.g002 from publication: EMG-Driven Forward-Dynamic Estimation of Muscle Force and Joint Moment about Multiple Degrees of Freedom in the Human Lower Extremity | This work examined if currently available electromyography (EMG) driven models, that are calibrated to satisfy joint moments about one single degree of freedom (DOF), could provide the same musculotendon unit (MTU) force solution, when driven by the same input data, but... | Lower Extremity, Joints and Musculoskeletal Modeling | ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists.
After 2 months of fully raising my left arm from the successful decompression and microneurolysis of my Long Thoracic Nerve (see last blog), it became apparent that my A/C joint above my left shoulder was getting more sore along with the muscle/tendon beneath it. I also went through some episodes of mild subluxation of my
BandhaYoga QuickQuiz #1 Your Rotator Cuff BandhaYoga QuickQuiz #2 Your Piriformis Muscle BandhaYoga QuickQuiz #3 Downward Dog Pose BandhaYoga QuickQuiz #4 Warrior I BandhaYoga QuickQuiz #5 Your Hamstrings BandhaYoga QuickQuiz #6 Your Psoas BandhaYoga QuickQuiz #7 Your Gluteus Medius
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Hi everyone! So, if you are a visual learner like me, then you know that learning all of the muscles in the human body can be a daunting task if you don't have visuals to aid in your studying. I spend a lot of time in the cadaver lab and in osteology lab (with skeletal models) to learn all of the di
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