Jack and Spidey: Back Inaction

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I can’t help looking at people’s posture and seeing clues as to why they are hurting…(See PowerWire# 34)

With relatively little training, by Watching TV, you can see whose backs must be suffering off-screen.
 
(I have a decent track record predicting professional sports injuries before they happen by watching players’ postures!– See PowerWire #34)
 
2 Actors with Postures jumping out as being painful are Tobey Maguire and Kiefer Sutherland (Spiderman and Jack Bauer) –
 
It stands to reason – Fighting Dr. Octopus and avenging your murdered wife, respectively must be hell on your low back!
 
 
Let’s look at Tobey:
My Spidey Sense tells me that Tobey may not be the guy in this suit!!!
Postural Clues:
Do you see the uneven way Tobey’s arms hang???
  • There is no space between Tobey’s left arm and his left side.
  • This means Tobey’s pelvis is shifted left (a scoliosis)
  • His left leg is bowed compared to his straight right leg (probably a constricted left Piriformis Muscle (See Bitter End at RanksAcademy.com)…
  • Tobey needs to free up his left hip (See PowerWire #’s 25, 22) if he is going to make it to Spiderman IV!!!
 
Here Comes Kiefer:
More Clues: Look closely at Kiefer’s left shoulder…Can you see it hanging WAY OUT over his left leg?
  • Now check out the shirt collar – see it cling more to the right side of the neck? A postural correction is happening at the head as well (See PowerWire #14)
  • My strong sense is Kiefer’s Right Hip Flexor is pulling his posture FORWARD and to the RIGHT
  • With all of his postural zig-zagging it is amazing Kiefer manages to shoot terrorists so accurately!
  • Kiefer likely has a case of RUNAWAY HIP FLEXORS and FLAT BUTT SYNDROME (See PowerWire #’s 23 & 31)
 
The point is that Spiderman and Jack Bauer (Both Great Americans!) can be BACK IN ACTION when the right POSTURE villain is found and treated….
 
(I teach Postural Analysis to trainers and health professionals at the RanksAcademy “Working with the Older Athlete” Workshop…- look for it this fall...Also look for “RanksAcademy Posture School” for you 40+“do-it-yourselfers”….)
 

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