{"id":10749,"date":"2024-07-22T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/summit-education.com\/blog\/?p=10749"},"modified":"2024-07-26T11:13:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T17:13:37","slug":"core-stability-is-a-team-effort-abdominal-muscle-buddies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcontent.summit-education.com\/blog\/general\/core-stability-is-a-team-effort-abdominal-muscle-buddies\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Stability is a Team Effort: Abdominal Muscle Buddies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Written By: Dr. Sarah Petrich, PT, DPT, PRC, NCPT<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Many abdominal exercises<\/a><\/strong> practiced in rehab are designed to isolate the abdominals from other muscles and don\u2019t train the abdominals in multiple planes of motion. There is a time and place for that kind of work, but that is not how we function in everyday movement. In reality, our deep abdominals don\u2019t function alone during functional activities. Abdominals integrate with other muscles as specialists in connecting and coordinating the upper body and lower body in multiple planes of movement. Some muscles are more neurologically primed to easily train these abdominal connections and functional patterns of movement. They can potentially give us a quicker, easier avenue to help our patients discover and utilize their core faster and easier. I refer to these muscles as abdominal muscle buddies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Below are my 3 favorite abdominal muscle buddies, inspired by concepts from the Postural Restoration Institute\u00ae, with exercise examples on how one can use them to engage deep abdominals effectively. ONE IMPORTANT NOTE… all of these abdominal muscle buddies work best when paired with a slow purposeful breath pattern of: full exhale, pause for at least 3 seconds, and inhale through the nose.<\/p>\n

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Hamstrings<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Hamstrings can extend a hip, they can flex a knee, and they can stabilize an innominate bone in a neutral pelvis position. When hamstrings stabilize the pelvis (pulling the sit bone inferior \u2013 when in a 90\/90 position it creates a decompressive posterior pelvic tilt), the internal obliques can help internally rotate the ribs above creating the correct posture of the ribcage for good diaphragm mechanics WITH coordinated abdominals.<\/p>\n