Sue Falsone - Perspective questions PDF

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Perspective questions whether or not structure and function are related...

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Sue Falsone’s perspective questions whether or not structure and function are related. Does a person’s structure dictate their function or does their function dictate their structure. Falsone’s also discussed that many issues that occur in people and athletes are related to their nervous system and not just the overall skeletal system. Our bodies are always striving to maintain homeostasis and in this case it’s the balance and coactivation within our diaphragm and pelvic floor. When these two are in alignment or parallel to each other, the body can function better in so many ways. According to Falsone, when this balanced is disturbed, our bodies tend to go back to their old ways and we begin to slouch. This could be due to past injuries, nervous system damage or fatigue. I think that it would be a great idea to incorporate her methods into training and rehabilitation programs because she can asses what is wrong with a patient internally. She focuses on both aspects because she also knows how to prevent common issues. This would significantly help athletes in their performance because the spine is important for all sports and many major muscle groups attach to the spine, which require good posture in order to function properly. I really enjoyed her information on the flared diaphragm within athletes because I have noticed this in a few people, but I always thought it was normal. Falsone mentions that the flared diaphragm is due to weak abdominal muscles, bad posture and not inhaling or exhaling properly. She also talked about how the diaphragm attaches from the ribs and spine and then to the central tendon, which moves up and down and helps with breathing. When a person has bad posture, the central tendon relocates along with the ribs and spine. We could possibly evolve and alter our structure by doing so. One way to fix this issue is to have athletes forcefully exhale and to fix their posture. Another point that I wanted to bring up from the video was when Falsone pointed out that there is a tendon that connects to the esophagus, the diaphragm and the spine. In Falsone’s presentation, she talks about how may athletes and even people have digestive problems and that could be linked to bad posture and a deformed diaphragm. I would like to research this topic a bit more as well. Compared to Gray Cook’s ideas and theories, I feel that they could definitely be more related than to the NSCA measurements and guidelines. I think that Falsone gave a very in depth presentation about ways that could easily fix may problems within the human body. Gray Cook thinks very dynamically and individualistically when it comes to patients. The NCSA only looks at separate parts of the body and not as a whole functioning unit. I think that’s its good to look for underlying problems that are overlooked because it may be the connection between certain injuries....