those who did Hadia's teacher training were reviewing this topic, and one got a nice full answer by email from Hadia on why using a bent-knee position as a base posture does damage. Thought other fans of Hadia would enjoy it!
1. The quadriceps muscles will become overworked, overdeveloped and adhered
(stuck together). In this state these muscles will create referred pain,
known as "trigger points" directly into the knee. Although the pain is only
a referred pain, it will cause decreased blood flow into the area of pain
and eventually cause injury adn degeneration into the knee itself.
2. The iliotibial tract, on the outside of the thigh will become shortenned
and thickened if hte knee is chronically bent. It will also become adhered
(stuck) to the vastus lateralis muscle (the outside quad). Both the
iliotibial tract and the hypertoned, shortened vastus lateralis will then
physically pull the patella (knee cap) laterally. This causes the patella
to mistrack to the side as it moves up and down in the groove in the femur
(thigh bone). This will gradually wear down the cartilage on the patela and
the femur and create irreversible damage to the knee cap.. This is patellar
tracking dysfunction.
3. The shortened Iliotibial tract will also pull the pelvis down and
forward through its attachement to the tensor fasic latae which is found
beside and below the anterior iiliac spine (the boney bumps at the front of
the abdomen on either side of the navel). If the pelvis is pulled down and
forward, the curve in the lumbar spine (lower back) is exagerated and the
joints become compressed. This will eventually cause disc and nerve problems
in the lower back.
4. The above situation will also result in a shortened iliopsoas, which will
cause chronic trigger point referral pain to the lower back and worsen the
excessive lumbar curve and resulting joint, disc and nerve problems.
5. This position also causes the back of the calf to be chronically
overstretched and the front of the calf to be shortened, which will
eventually cause achilles tendon strain and injury.
These are 5 good reasons to stand tall, be counted, be elegant and save your
knees and other things from a painful future!
1. The quadriceps muscles will become overworked, overdeveloped and adhered
(stuck together). In this state these muscles will create referred pain,
known as "trigger points" directly into the knee. Although the pain is only
a referred pain, it will cause decreased blood flow into the area of pain
and eventually cause injury adn degeneration into the knee itself.
2. The iliotibial tract, on the outside of the thigh will become shortenned
and thickened if hte knee is chronically bent. It will also become adhered
(stuck) to the vastus lateralis muscle (the outside quad). Both the
iliotibial tract and the hypertoned, shortened vastus lateralis will then
physically pull the patella (knee cap) laterally. This causes the patella
to mistrack to the side as it moves up and down in the groove in the femur
(thigh bone). This will gradually wear down the cartilage on the patela and
the femur and create irreversible damage to the knee cap.. This is patellar
tracking dysfunction.
3. The shortened Iliotibial tract will also pull the pelvis down and
forward through its attachement to the tensor fasic latae which is found
beside and below the anterior iiliac spine (the boney bumps at the front of
the abdomen on either side of the navel). If the pelvis is pulled down and
forward, the curve in the lumbar spine (lower back) is exagerated and the
joints become compressed. This will eventually cause disc and nerve problems
in the lower back.
4. The above situation will also result in a shortened iliopsoas, which will
cause chronic trigger point referral pain to the lower back and worsen the
excessive lumbar curve and resulting joint, disc and nerve problems.
5. This position also causes the back of the calf to be chronically
overstretched and the front of the calf to be shortened, which will
eventually cause achilles tendon strain and injury.
These are 5 good reasons to stand tall, be counted, be elegant and save your
knees and other things from a painful future!
posted by:
|
Toronto
|
-
Re: Hadia on avoiding squatty dancing
Fri, March 30, 2007 - 11:15 PMthank you for posting this! Its good to have stuff like this to show students and be like 'see, here it is' because so many folks are used to squatty dancing and they're like 'uh...why?" and it gives me something besides my humble explanations.
