Full-Body Functional System: Core Muscles

Core muscles are split into two major system. There are stabilization system which is the local muscles and the movement muscle which is the global muscles. Local muscles consists of shorter muscle lengths which attaches directly to the vertebrae and are the solely reason for generating force and support stability for the spine.

As a primary stabilizers of the spine, transversus abdominis and multifidi are the most outstanding ones. Surprisingly, they do not create movement for the spine unlike the secondary stabilizers. The secondary stabilizers consists of internal oblique, quadratus lumborum, erector spinae and so on. These stabilizers does its function to move the spine.

It is important for us to derive to a full-body functional

Anti- rotation can also be effective in rotating the body and testing the core muscles strength. It attempts your body to bend as the weight comes in and you have to resist it.

There are important sections that reflects on structural and functional integration.

Both structural and functional are a type of relationship where it provides others its support. Structural integration are ways to relieve pain and improve performance. The benefits are of improved posture and getting away from back pains, chronic back, and neck discomfort and so on. It can improve one’s balance and how they coordinate with daily activities. Function integration mainly focuses on movements. With having structure, there will be no problem to proceed with functional integration.

The core can also affect the kinetic chain from cervical spine, thoraco-lumbar spine, hip joints, knee joints, foot and ankle. There are series of adjacent segments where one joint causes a number of reactions. There are two of it: Adjacent and non-adjacent. Some people tend to have a really good strength, power

There will be an imbalance in the kinetic chain and therefore allowing them negatively to not be transferred properly. For example, since the core is of the middle of the body, it can mainly affect its upper and lower postures. At most, the kinetic chain has to go from ground to legs, hips, trunk and back, shoulder, elbow and lastly, wrist. But at some sports or training setting, people might go on from ground, legs, missed the hips but proceed to the wrist part. This occurs due to a missing link in the kinetic chain. It increases the risk of getting an injury due to a dysfunctional core. Apart from missing link in the kinetic chain, unfortunately, it is possible to have delayed in the trunk and back position during the sequence. Due to some mistakes done during its process.

When all of these unfortunate events occur, we have to look and assess on the cores.

In order for us to improve on having a strong and stabilized core, there are some assessment we can opt to do. Firstly, the plank test. It helps with testing the strength of rectus abdominis, transversus abdominis, obliques and erector spinae.