CrossFit Brisbane’s Matt Swift and I will be holding a “Body Management” clinic on Wednesday afternoon (30/6/2010) from 5-7pm Looking after your body through self-therapy is an important component of ongoing CrossFit development. The clinic will have a focus on injury management and prevention, and will be “hands-on”. The aim is to give all participants a thorough understanding of how to use Triggerpoint therapy tools and methodologies to improve mobility and muscle tissue quality.

The cost of the clinic will be $10 to members and $20 to non-members.

The topics that will be covered include:-

• typical CrossFit/Weightlifting injury patterns and how to avoid them
• how to determine if you are at risk of injury (basic screening)
• common causes of injury
• how to manage injuries back to full functionality
• training around injuries
• body maintenance for CrossFitters
• accessing Allied Health providers and asking the right questions
• the 23/1 rule of health

The practical session will cover body maintenance strategies for restoring mobility and tissue quality to Hips, Thoracic Spine and Shoulders, and how to correctly use Triggerpoint Therapy.

As a special deal to participants … we (TP Therapy) are offering a 15% discount on any products purchased on the night.

CrossFit Brisbane is located at
39 Clarence St
Coorparoo QLD 4151
Ph: +61 7 38477876

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Thanks to San Francisco CrossFit Blog I landed upon this YouTube video shown below by Gil Hedley, Ph.D., of http://www.gilhedley.com where he gives the Fuzz speech lesson on the importance of movement and stretching to maintain the sliding properties of tissues in the body, as well as the value of bodywork modalities (like rolling) and yoga when movement potential has become inhibited.

It’s a great visual representation of how tissue can bind up, leaving you less mobile and in pain. Yes Gil shows you in a humorous way that the fuzz forms while your immobile and if you keep the muscle immobile then more fuzz will lay down limiting movement even more. Accumulation of fuzz is even greater with muscle damage and muscle damage comes about from training! So do you want to increase your efficiency and power output? Of course you do… then start removing the fuz! (warning! Human cadavers are shown to help the lesson)

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