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QUADRUPED SPINAL ROTATION

By Dr. John Rusin

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1. Unless you plan on being a dysfunctional weakling incapable of
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2. The most pivotal time to both achieve and maintain a strong Personal Trainer’s
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 This holds true for any movement.

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4. By combining components of a few basic thoracic spine mobility
drills, the Hybrid Quadruped Spinal Rotation was born.
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body weight o the oor, or just squatting a SmartCar, you better Training For Toned
damn well be able to own your spinal position.  It’s no big surprise Arms
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that the triad of shitty posturing, the cell phone, computer, and TV,
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The ability to extend the spine past neutral has become a lost art in
all populations and demographics across the board.  No matter if
your a water cooler rugby star or competing in the Cross t Games, if Therapists Should
you actually consider that a sport, you better learn to extend before Program Like
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your performance starts to slide.
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The Thoracic Spine

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T-Spine holds the key to many movement dysfunctions of both
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the upper and lower body.  While having the ability to ex and
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extend, while also rotating and side bending, the T-Spine is
considered a primary mobile region of the body. Pretty simple, right?
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Before we can maintain a strong extended position of the thoracic
spine, we must earn the necessary range of motion at end range
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spinal extension.  The most advantageous techniques to not only
gain mobility, but to experience what it actually feels like to achieve
“super-sti ness”  is through spinal rotations in the quadruped Find us on
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The Quadruped Thoracic Spinal Rotation has been popularized

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and for good reason.  This mobilization technique is extremely
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maintaining the Quadruped Position, while also generating plane
speci c segmental movement throughout the entire thoracic spine.
 This technique also integrates functional movement of the
Shoulder Girdle making it even more valuable for overhead
performing populations.  If you are not familiar with the movement,
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Quadruped Thoracic Spine Rotation

Quadruped Thoracic Rotation

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The Quadruped Thoracic Spinal Rotation is a highly Functional self
mobilization drill, meaning it doesn’t di erentiate the contributing
regions or structures that play a roll in achieving end range motion.
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the motion to isolate only the thoracic spine and see how well it is
moving into a closed packed extended position.
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Movement from the lumbar spine can also be taken out of the
movement.  By placing the hand behind the Lumbar Spine, the
Shoulder is essentially locked out and unable to contribute to
regional rotation and extension of the spine.  Also, by dropping back
from quadruped, maintaining an ass to heel position, the lumbar
spine is locked out in a exed position.  This leaves us able to assess
and enhance a purely thoracic movement pattern.  Check out the
setup here:

Lumbar/Shoulder Locked Thoracic Rotation

Lumbar/Shoulder Lock Thoracic Rotation

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Hybrid T-Spine Rotation
The most pivotal time to both achieve and maintain a strong
extended thoracic position is at the point of mechanical breakdown.
 This holds true for any movement.  It doesn’t matter whether we are
talking about the squat or the deadlift, the spine is at its most
vulnerable state at the bottom of the movement.

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Coming out of the hole in the DL and hitting proper depth and
exploding out of any variation of the squat challenges core and
spinal stability at an extraordinarily high level.  Though the
di erences in these patterns is vast, one similarity holds true; at the
breaking point, the hips are exed, and the thoracic spine better
damn well be held in extension.
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If we want dynamic thoracic mobility and stability to translate over
to our sport or functional activity, we better start by relearning
patterning that enhances the relationship between the hip and
thoracic spine.  By combining components of a few basic thoracic
spine mobility drills, the Hybrid Quadruped Spinal Rotation was
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born.

Hybrid Quadruped Spinal Rotation

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Hybrid Quadruped Spinal Rotation

Programming Considerations
Implementation of the Hybrid Quadruped Spinal Rotation  ts nicely
into any dynamic movement based warm-up, or as a mobility
drill paired with a heavy loaded movement inside a compound set.
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perfect the movement pattern.

Coordinate your breath with the Hybrid Quadruped Spinal

Rotation by inhaling with spinal exion and exhaling with end range
spinal extension.  This will aid in Core Activation and help link up the
moving segments.  Program 4-5 sets of 5 breaths per side.  Make
sure to complete all repetitions on one side before moving onto the
contralateral.

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Suzanne April 8, 2016 at 10:38 am - Reply

I like your hybrid quadruped spinal rotation mobility drill.

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However, wouldn’t it be more intuitive to exhale with the
exion portion of the movement, and inhale at end range
extension? I would think that this breathing pattern would
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better suit integration of the core.

Cristo¶ni Guillaume December 11, 2016 at 10:57 pm - Reply

Actuallly I was thinking the same thing… would love

to have your expertise on this Dr John Rusin.

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