Elizabeth.I
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Just wanted to share an interesting epiphany that I recently had. Despite skiing a lot (for someone with a full time job), I found I was reaching a plateau in my skiing and it was really annoying. I just couldn't seem to get my body to move in the way I wanted it to move off piste. I had noticed some other problems in general, like feeling tightness and pulling in my right side when I ran and the tendency of my left foot to point outwards when doing a hamstring stretch. Anyway, as someone who is just chronically tense in general, I decided to start a mobility training program to improve my mobility. Boy, after just 1 week of doing the exercises I noticed a huge improvement in my skiing ability. I wasn't getting jostled around as much because all my joints were actually moving as they should be and I wasn't compensating on one side as much. I've also discovered that my left hip joint wasn't moving quite right (limited in some the ranges of motion/weakness of certain muscles). I also suspect I had a bit of a right hip hike as well.
I just wanted to post in case there are other people in my situation who would actually see improvements in their ski ability by simply working on their basic functional patterns of movement!
I just wanted to post in case there are other people in my situation who would actually see improvements in their ski ability by simply working on their basic functional patterns of movement!