EP 40 Common Movement and Muscular Issues and the Importance of Stabilization | with Ethan Brown, PT
EMBody Radio
Emily Duncan
4.9 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2018
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Today's episode of EMBody Radio is part one of my interview with Ethan Brown. Ethan is not just A physical therapist, he's MY physical therapist! After many sessions and conversations with Ethan, I knew I needed to bring him on the show to share his knowledge. Ethan is a competitive bodybuilder himself, and he also runs his own physical therapy practice, Bodies By Brown Physical Therapy, with his wife, Kaitlyn. With his experience in bodybuilding, Ethan has a unique perspective as a PT as it pertains to bodybuilding-style training. Today we talk about:
-Common causes of low back pain in serious trainees and how to fix it,
-Hypo and hypermobility as it relates to the spine,
-The problem(s) that arise when superficial muscles are forced to "take over" the role of deep stabilizer muscles and structures,
-Relying on the muscle to create the movement, not the weight used,
-The importance of stability exercises,
-Stability/mobility drills for things like your transverse abdominus, shoulders, and rotator cuff,
-Internal shoulder rotation, why it happens, the problems that arise with it, and how to fix it,
-SO much more!
This episode (and part 2) are definitely very information-heavy, so be sure you're ready to take notes.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Embody Radio. I'm your host Emily Duncan, |
| 0:03.3 | Kinesiology major, fitness social media influencer, |
| 0:06.1 | coach, and bikini competitor. |
| 0:08.1 | On this show, I'm here to spread scientific knowledge |
| 0:10.2 | on the topics of strength training, nutrition, |
| 0:12.2 | health, fitness, and physique sports, |
| 0:14.0 | while also helping you grow stronger as an individual from the inside out. |
| 0:18.0 | In each episode, you'll hear from myself and some of the top professionals in the fitness and health industry. |
| 0:22.0 | Let's dive in so you can start embodying your strong. and some of the top professionals in the fitness and health industry. |
| 0:23.0 | Let's dive in so you can start embodying your strongest, smartest, most empowered self. |
| 0:28.0 | What's up you guys? Welcome back to Embody Radio. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm your host Emily Duncan. |
| 0:32.0 | If you're new to the podcast if you're not |
| 0:33.8 | familiar with me I'm Emily what's up people call me m-dunk that's pretty pretty typical but I am |
| 0:39.2 | a kinesiology major I'm about to start my final semester of undergrad in the fall so I'm very |
| 0:44.8 | excited about that. I'm a fitness social media influencer I am a bikini |
| 0:48.4 | competitor in the NPC I'm also a sports nutrition specialist through the I S.S.N so really this |
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| 1:03.8 | I talk a lot about mindset and stuff on here too. |
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| 1:11.1 | most empowered self, just like the intro says. |
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