Your innate range of motion or movement hallway narrows over time, says this mobility specialist.
Heres how to keep yours open.
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Mobility versus stability is an old trope.
Most of us in our 20s have a big movement hallway, he says.
If you keep access to your native ROM, your movement hallway tends to stay open.
Starrett cites the example of a runner whose restrictions mean they can no longermaintain proper form in their stride.
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Imagine Im missing the ability to move the leg behind the body [properly].
If Im missing that shape, when the leg is behind, the foot externally rotates, he says.
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That position is me solving a movement restriction because I dont have access to my native range of motion.
Then the hip is not in a stable position.
Thats when you see people struggle to do simple tasks, says Starrett.
The number-one reason people end up in nursing homes is because they cant get up off the ground.
Thats usually a knee or hip problem, not a strength problem.
Youre going to have to change position a lot to get comfortable.
Your range of motion doesnt need to change, he says.
Its one thing we can control at any age.
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