Hi All,

Is it really necessary to bring ever studies that show what we are logically saying?
Abdominal muscles are never activated as we train them! Simply never!

Are we seeing, in normal life, a functional activity where I have my legs up doing some scissors? Does my children think to activate, as we told our patients, their TA while they are playing? Simply no!
And then? Are my children suffering from LBP? No!
Have I a chance to cross in a street a Pilates trainer?

We were told to restore functions but we are simply training some muscles beyond their context!

When needed, I'm using some modified Feldenkrais/Hanna exercises to strength Abs and yesterday a patient was really dubious about its efficacy. It was hard for him to lift the legs up and to breath and I said that he was just lifting the weight of legs! We tried then “my” abs and he pushed 70kg (my weight) without any effort!

It is just logical! We are designed to move as a whole not in parts!