Do you want to increase your flexibility but finding stretching just isn’t working as well as you thought it would? Maybe you need to work on your neural mobility.
I recently treated a 14 year old dancer from one of the local Gungahlin dance schools who’d experience pain when attempting the front splits. On assessment she had generally normal muscle length but experienced pulling pain in the lower back and down the back of her legs. For this young dancer there was something pulling on her nerves. This case reminded me of the importance of neural mobility in flexibility and the best way to treat this impairment.
Recently, we posted an article for dancers on a common problem of clicking hips. Flexibility or lack there of, is another common issue amongst dancers as well as many athletes and the general public.
What I’ll cover in this article:
- What is neural mobility and how does it relate to flexibility?
- Why stretching doesn’t always work?
- Types of nerve compression or impingement flexibility issues.
- Symptoms of nerve entrapments and restriction flexibility issues.
- 3 Easy steps to improve your neural mobility and flexibility?
