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Anatomy?
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Learning more about anatomy is definitely a good idea. I’ve studied anatomy, physiology, hydrotherapy and pathology as well as orthopedic testing etc… to earn my title as a registered massage therapist (now practicing for 17 years), and even I come up lacking sometimes when trying to figure out exactly how something works.
In my past 6 years of poling, I’ve come across numerous instructors who have led the class into doing unsafe strengthening and stretching exercises, and most of them were learned at specialty workshops for which they paid a lot of money.
Always ask yourself questions when exercising. What is your goal? What structures are involved? Are you feeling it in the expected places? Is there a safer/more effective way to do it? Is it painful? If so, chances are you are either not ready for the activity, or you need to modify to suit your personal needs.
To accomplish these things, it is helpful to understand your own parts, keeping in mind that we all have histories of our own that may affect how fast we can progress.
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