13: Should We Teach Alignment?

In this episode, Laurel answers a listener’s question of whether or not it’s within a movement teacher’s scope of practice to help people with their posture. Her answer is yes and no depending. Here’s what else this episode gets into: How Laurel formerly identified as an alignment-based teacher and why she no longer does. The difference between “default-mode” alignment versus deliberate alignment. Alignment less in binary terms of good v. bad and more as a neutral tool for helping to restore variability and influence adaptations toward specific skills. Theory-induced blindness and the difficulty of noticing flaws in theories that inform your professional work. How our beliefs about posture can produce a nocebic effect. How Laurel sees posture and alignment instruction as well within a yoga teacher’s scope of practice, but how she also sees movement teachers stepping outside of their scope of practice in providing instruction. Reference links:SITE WIDE SALEPaper: Therapists Perceptions of Optimal Sitting and Standing PosturePaper: To flex or not to flex? Is there a relationship between lumbar spine flexion during lifting and low back pain? A systematic review with meta-analysisPaper: Posture and time spent using a smartphone are not correlated with neck pain and disability in young adults: a cross-sectional studyPaper: Is neck posture subgroup in late adolescence a risk factor for persistent neck pain in young adults? A prospective studyPaper: Clinical measures of foot posture and ankle joint dorsiflexion do not differ in adults with and without plantar heel painTodd Hardgrove: Great New Paper on Targeting the Brain for Treatment of Pain Sign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and a series of free pelvic floor exercises.Watch the video of this episode at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!