Planes of Movement

FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT RESOURCES

This quick video addresses some common vocab words, but more importantly it reminds you of a key concept — to move the body in all ranges of motion, or “planes of movement”. This will help your students improve muscle and soft tissue function, as well as alignment, because you’ll be working with your students on strength and mobility of areas that are chronically tight, overused, or not functioning optimally because of their activities of daily living. Just remember that someone who’s an Uber driver vs a hair dresser, vs a construction worker, will require very different approaches based on what planes of movement the “live in most”.

TIP 💡Also, whenever you’re observing your student move, make sure that you change your visual perspective and body position as you teach, and move the body in all planes.