WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.639 --> 00:00:05.160 For members only. Golf Smarter number three hundred and ninety one, 2 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:07.919 published on July to twenty thirteen. 3 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:13.080 Welcome to Golf Smarter Mulligans, your second chance to gain 4 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:16.719 insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the 5 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:22.760 Golf Smarter podcast. Great Golf Instruction Never gets old. Our 6 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:27.640 interview library features hundreds of hours of game improvement conversations 7 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:31.320 like this that are no longer available in any podcast app. 8 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:34.439 If you have all the muscles firing on all cylinders, 9 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:37.399 it's amazing how your body will respond and things will 10 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:40.320 feel a lot less of an effort for you. When 11 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:43.640 everything's firing one hundred percent, like you doing a squad. 12 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:45.799 You feel like you have like super strength. 13 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:49.039 Actually, I've gone out and like whether it's playing golf 14 00:00:49.119 --> 00:00:51.920 or gone out and wakeboard it. After I've had sessions done, 15 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:55.000 your body knows internally what is supposed to do. When 16 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:57.200 you've practiced enough, And when I go out there and 17 00:00:57.280 --> 00:00:59.479 I've had maat done, it feels like it's effortless. 18 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:00.479 I don't have to think about it. 19 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:02.679 My body just does it because everything's fire. 20 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:03.359 In all cylinders. 21 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:06.000 And I'm sure you've had those days where you've gone 22 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:08.319 out and it just seems like everything's an effort. 23 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:11.400 It's not effortless. It feels like you're struggling for every swing. 24 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:14.439 You're struggling for everything that you're doing, and you can't 25 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:15.120 figure out why. 26 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:25.319 Muscle activation technique therapy for more consistency and distance. This 27 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:30.319 is Golf Smarter. Laura Loreman, Welcome to Golf Smarter for 28 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:31.079 members only. 29 00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:32.680 Hi, friend, how are you? 30 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:35.920 I'm doing fine? Thank you so much for reaching out 31 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:40.280 and wanting to come on to the podcast. How the 32 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:42.680 heck did you find Golf Smarter. 33 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:46.599 Through my fiance. He actually turned me on to it. 34 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:50.879 And I'm a golfer myself, and I've also had a 35 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:53.799 lot of joint issues and stuff, so it was kind 36 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:56.200 of one of those things I work with golfers to 37 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:58.959 try to make them feel better, and I just kind 38 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:01.159 of thought it would be kind of a cool venture 39 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:05.000 to get on a podcast and let people know how 40 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:07.920 muscle activation techniques can help their golf game. 41 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:10.919 You know, it's something that a lot of people have never. 42 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:16.639 Heard of, right, and and we're talking about muscle activation techniques. Correct, Okay, 43 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:20.680 for before I ask you what exactly that means. First 44 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:25.240 of all, congratulations on being engaged. And you obviously a 45 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:30.479 very smart guy. If he found golf smarter, good for him, 46 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:33.400 Good for you, Thank you, thank you. So you have 47 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:35.639 a date set, No. 48 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:36.479 We're not going to go there. 49 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:42.719 Okay, smart and so who's got the commitment folk? Okay, 50 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:45.479 So let's talk about muscle that's. 51 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:46.479 A whole other podcast. 52 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:50.560 Yeah right, that's on the Mommy podcast. So let's let's 53 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:56.360 talk about muscle activation technique or matt right, Yes. 54 00:02:56.400 --> 00:02:58.599 Yep, yep. That's the easiest way to refer to it. 55 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:01.240 We refer to it as m AT. 56 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:04.199 Okay, And what is it that you do and that 57 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:07.120 got you to muscle activation technique? To make way? 58 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:10.080 So I started, I started out as a personal trainer. 59 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:16.080 Prior to that, I actually competed wakeboarding professionally for eight years. 60 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:18.840 And I don't know if you're familiar with wakeboarding some 61 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:22.439 people may not be. It's basically like snowboarding behind a boat, 62 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:25.360 but you know, lots of flips, a lot of impact. 63 00:03:26.120 --> 00:03:28.840 I had all kinds of joint issues myself, whether I've 64 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:33.199 had two ACL surgeries, I've had hip problems and back 65 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:35.439 problems and shoulder issues, and I. 66 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:37.400 Have many problems. 67 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:39.960 That's what I thought I was like, there's got to 68 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:43.400 be an answer out there, and I was a massage junkie. 69 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:46.000 I went to the chiropractor, I went for acupuncture, and 70 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:49.599 not that there wasn't anything wrong with those. They helped 71 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:51.759 me to a point, but I just felt like there 72 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:52.759 had to be something. 73 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:53.120 More out there. 74 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:56.560 Sure, So that was kind of it's my quest to 75 00:03:56.599 --> 00:03:58.800 make myself feel better, is kind of how I came 76 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:04.120 across it. When I quit competing, I went back to 77 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:07.080 what I had gone to school for, which was exercise science. 78 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:11.080 So I started doing some personal training and I got 79 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:16.319 introduced to MT through my boss at the time, and he, 80 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:18.279 you know, he used to give me a hard time 81 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:20.920 because I was always trying to stretch and do yoga 82 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:23.439 and trying to get rid of the tightness in my body, 83 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:24.000 and all it. 84 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:25.079 Did was kept coming back. 85 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:29.319 And so he introduced me to the MT and he 86 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:32.079 started working on me, and it was night and day 87 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:34.519 difference the way my body started feeling. I was starting 88 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:38.040 to get long term effects instead of it being every 89 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:40.279 single day I had to go through and try to 90 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:43.439 stretch out those same muscles over and over and over again, 91 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:47.240 and my body just started turning around and moving forward. 92 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:50.360 And it was about a year after the work that 93 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:53.720 I had, you know, I started getting I decided to 94 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:57.680 get certified in the program myself and it's it's, you know, 95 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:00.000 become a career path for me and I'm helping people 96 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:02.879 and I feel like it's changed my life and I'm 97 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:04.279 changing other people's lives. 98 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:09.720 Awesome, that's fabulous. Congratulations. It sounds interesting because I've been 99 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:12.519 a long time. If you've listened to the show and 100 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:14.959 you said that you have, I've been a longtime advocate 101 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:19.600 of yoga yea and practitioner, and it's helped. But I 102 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:22.800 still have lower back issues. I think I have siatica 103 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:26.399 is basically my biggest issue is my sciatica. And like 104 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:29.959 yesterday I was. I played eighteen holes yesterday on a 105 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:33.560 course out here in northern California, very hilly course. It's 106 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:37.519 a tough walks. It's five and a half close to 107 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:43.120 six mile walk and there are many hills, so much 108 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:45.759 so one of the hills is so extreme that between 109 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:47.879 number thirteen and number fourteen you have to take an 110 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:49.639 elevator up the side of the hill. 111 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:52.199 Okay, yeah, that's a little extreme, right. 112 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:53.800 So I mean, like if you're in a golf cart 113 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:56.480 lazy fools wide, so many people. If you're in a 114 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:58.279 golf cart, you can drive up a path. But if 115 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:00.879 you're walking like I was, they give you elevator up 116 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:01.959 the side of a hill. 117 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:03.399 That's great. 118 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:06.920 And it's very cool. I took some pictures of going, 119 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:09.480 all right, this is the most unique spot of most 120 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:14.040 most unique golf spot in Marin County. But anyway, so 121 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:17.839 after that, you know, walking those hills, my hips started 122 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:19.839 hurting me again and like I had to stretch it 123 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:22.639 out and it was like it affected my swing and 124 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:27.399 you know, yep, so all those things. So I'm intrigued. 125 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:30.240 I want to know some of the research that you 126 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:33.079 send me talks about Peyton Manning. 127 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:39.279 Yes, yes, Greg, Greg rosstop. He's actually the founder of 128 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:42.360 M A t H. He's based out in Denver and 129 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:45.959 so hence you know Peyton Manning being out there. He 130 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:47.879 works with the Denver Broncos and some of the other 131 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:51.439 sports teams out there, and Peyton Manning has had the 132 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:53.439 work done and you know that's how he came back 133 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:55.959 from his his next surgery. That was a big, a 134 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:58.759 big part of his recovery and you know he's back 135 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:01.800 playing professional football. I mean, that's a lot of impact 136 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:04.240 and to be able to do that after next surgery, 137 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:04.959 that's huge. 138 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:08.199 Yeah. I mean, for those who aren't familiar with Peyton 139 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:10.839 Manning is he's one of the all time great quarterbacks 140 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:17.160 in history in American football and he had next surgery. 141 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:21.000 It affected his game tremendously and then he had to 142 00:07:21.079 --> 00:07:25.040 have the surgery and the team said, yeah, I don't 143 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:26.480 think you're ever going to come back. You're too old 144 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:28.000 for this, and so they let him go and he 145 00:07:28.040 --> 00:07:29.839 was picked up by another team and he came back 146 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:30.759 and had a great year. 147 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:31.680 Yeah. 148 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:34.399 Yeah, it's pretty it's pretty impassive, and you know, when 149 00:07:34.439 --> 00:07:37.600 you're dealing with injuries at that level, it's something that 150 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:40.720 you're gonna have to probably, you know, keep getting the 151 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:43.959 muscle activation done because now you're dealing with a structural 152 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:47.120 change in there. But it's it's something that also allows 153 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:48.560 you to keep doing the things that you love to do. 154 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:49.399 M hm. 155 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:55.319 And so now explain to me what is Matt. 156 00:07:55.720 --> 00:08:00.759 Okay So muscle activation techniques, it's it's different from other 157 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:04.120 modalities because our main focus is not on the tightness 158 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:04.680 in the body. 159 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:06.000 A lot of. 160 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.759 Things such as yoga and massage and you know other 161 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:12.720 modalities they're they're focusing on that tightness and trying to 162 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:13.680 get rid of the tightness. 163 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:17.439 The whole philosophy, the whole philosophy behind. 164 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:20.879 Muscle activation techniques is that the tightness is there because 165 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:24.480 it's the protective mechanism of the body. The body's trying 166 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:29.120 to stabilize a joint that has instability in it, So 167 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:31.800 that tightness always wants to come back because the stability, 168 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:34.600 that instability is still there. So what we do is 169 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:37.519 we use the tightness as a guide as to where 170 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:41.919 the instability is. But our focus is on figuring out 171 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:45.120 which muscles aren't contracting the right way, which ones are 172 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:48.559 basically like misfiring and they're not getting the communication from 173 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:51.200 the nervous system properly. So what happens is then the 174 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:53.720 body starts to compensate, it starts to tighten up, it 175 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:56.879 starts to protect the joint because there's this imbalance going on. 176 00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:00.000 So what we're what our goal is is to figure 177 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:02.559 out which muscles aren't firing the right way, and then 178 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:05.679 we actually do a hands on stimulation of the muscle 179 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:08.200 where the muscle attaches. So we're going in with our 180 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:10.919 with the hands so a lot of people would compare 181 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:12.960 it to massage in that sense, but it's not really 182 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:15.799 because we don't deal with the tightness or the body 183 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:18.080 of the muscle. We only go to where the muscle 184 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:21.720 attaches and that actually sends a signal to the nervous 185 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:25.240 system and we get that communication going and it actually 186 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:28.080 you'll see that instant result on the table, which is 187 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:28.639 pretty cool. 188 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:33.279 Wait wait, wait, wait, wait, go let's move on to 189 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:35.600 that one. You see instant results on the table. 190 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:40.759 You do so for instance, So we start with the 191 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:43.879 range of motion exam and then from there we decide 192 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:46.840 let's say it's your internal rotation or your hip is 193 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:50.799 really is really limited compared to the other side. Okay, 194 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:52.360 so what I'm going to do is I'll go through 195 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:55.240 and I will actually do a muscle test for every 196 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:58.000 single muscle that can take you into internal rotation with 197 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:01.879 that hip. And if the muscle test's strong, we leave 198 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:05.039 it alone, we don't touch it. If it tests weak, 199 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:08.120 then we go in and do this hands on stimulation. 200 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:11.240 We go back and retest the muscle and that muscle 201 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:12.320 will test solid. 202 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:13.759 Hmm. 203 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:18.519 Yeah, it's pretty fascinating. Like I see the most amazing 204 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:20.600 things every day on the table and it just blows 205 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:20.960 me away. 206 00:10:21.799 --> 00:10:24.279 Wow. Yeah, it's pretty cool. 207 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:27.120 And as you get through all those muscles, you actually 208 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:29.000 will start to see the range of motion open up 209 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:32.639 as well, because the body stops it, lets go of 210 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:36.200 that protective mechanism and says, okay, I'm sensing stability in here. 211 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:38.960 Now I'll give you the range that you want. So 212 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:42.039 it lets it, lets that joint actually open up and 213 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:43.639 give you the range. 214 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:52.639 This is so interesting, I thought. 215 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:53.799 So that's why I got into it. 216 00:10:57.240 --> 00:11:00.840 How can these explained to me? The muscle imbalance? 217 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:02.559 Okay, the muscle and balance. 218 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:06.080 So there's there's so many different things that can cause it, 219 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:09.440 you know, there's Unfortunately we don't have the answers. Everybody asks, well, 220 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:12.120 why does the why does the muscle lose the communication? 221 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:15.240 Why does it lose that? It could be injury, It 222 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:18.559 could be overuse. It could be repetitive motion with which 223 00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:21.279 we get in a lot of sports. It could be 224 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:24.600 partly the aging process, you know, just our body's natural 225 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:28.320 aging process as we use it. And if you don't 226 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:30.720 continue to get that maintenance done, it's kind of like 227 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:33.200 as if we're like the muscle mechanics, we kind of 228 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:36.039 tune up the muscular system, and it's like driving your car. 229 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:37.799 If you never get it tuned up, that car is 230 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:38.519 not going to last. 231 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:40.960 Did you just say that we can turn back the 232 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:45.639 aging process? Is that what you're implying? Kind of Okay, 233 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:47.360 you just got a lot of people signing up. I 234 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:49.200 can guarantee that. 235 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:52.639 Well, you know, I'm telling you, I feel better than 236 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:55.320 I did two years ago when I started getting this 237 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:57.879 this work done. I look back and I'm like, I've 238 00:11:57.919 --> 00:12:00.720 come such a long way, and I've had a lot, 239 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:04.519 Like I said, I've had a pile of issues, you know, 240 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:08.279 Like I said, from two ACL surgeries, to hit problems, 241 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:11.799 to shoulder problems and even back problems. And when I 242 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:14.639 look at where I was, I still have work to 243 00:12:14.679 --> 00:12:17.639 go for myself. But when I look back, I am 244 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:19.799 so much better than I than I was two three 245 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:20.320 years ago. 246 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:23.399 Wow. Yeah, So when you say you have you still 247 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:26.480 have work to do? This is an ongoing process. Or 248 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:30.320 at some point can you be I'm done. I think 249 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:31.080 it's all better. 250 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:35.080 Now, Well are you going to stop using your body? 251 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:37.840 Uh? At some point? Yeah, Well. 252 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:40.279 That's the terminal end. 253 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:43.679 But you know what happens is and this is what 254 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:46.159 I tell people when I start working with them, I say, 255 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:48.200 give me a give me a chance. 256 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:49.120 Let's let's go. 257 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:51.799 Whether it's I might say, if you can, if you 258 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:54.960 can do once a week to start, and let's get 259 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:57.679 through the main issues that you have. Let's say it's 260 00:12:57.720 --> 00:13:00.320 a hit problem, or you're sciatica or whatever that is. 261 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:03.480 We don't treat. We don't treat specific things such as saiatica. 262 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:06.240 We look for that and balance. But let's say let's 263 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:08.399 try to get through your major issue areas where you 264 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:10.960 really feel like you have that problem. Let's get you 265 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:13.519 moving where you feel like you're making that progress, and 266 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:15.360 then from there you can kind of tone it down 267 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:18.759 where it becomes a maintenance thing for you. So if 268 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:21.440 you know a lot of people, I get them initially 269 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:24.919 because they have some kind of major issue, but you 270 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:26.840 know they can definitely. I have people that come and 271 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:29.159 see me once a month, they see me, you know, 272 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:31.840 once every six weeks. But then I also have the 273 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:33.279 people that just love it and they come see me 274 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:37.159 every week. So it's you know, it can be adjusted. 275 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:39.240 You're going to get a benefit no matter how often 276 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:39.759 you use it. 277 00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:43.000 And this is not something like I can go do 278 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:44.039 yoga by myself. 279 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:45.759 Yes you can every day. 280 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:48.960 This is not something I can do. I can learn 281 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:51.320 and take care of myself. I need to have a 282 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:55.639 mat therapist person, So. 283 00:13:56.799 --> 00:13:59.639 Ideally is to have m AT specials to work with. 284 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:03.559 Now are isometric exercises that you can do on your own, 285 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:06.600 which I have incorporated into a lot of my client's routines. 286 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:09.759 So that helps them kind of maintain a lot of 287 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:10.600 the things that they're doing. 288 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:11.360 And you'll see it. 289 00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:15.279 Maintains the flexibility or the loosness of yep. 290 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:18.559 So the isometric contractions that you can do can actually 291 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:22.320 help increase range emotion as well and can help strengthen 292 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:24.639 the muscle. What you have to understand is what we're 293 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:27.159 working on too, is we're working on the communication part 294 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:29.720 of the muscle. So we're trying to make the muscle 295 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:33.840 communicate properly so that it maintains the proper tension so 296 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:37.240 when you apply force to it, it knows it responds immediately. 297 00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:41.919 So you can go through and you can strength train 298 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:46.799 and do all these other things. But sometimes you're reinforcing 299 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:48.879 the compensation that's happening in your body already. 300 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:54.360 I know that for some sports that say you're doing 301 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:57.639 weight training, you can go a little bit overboard and 302 00:14:57.679 --> 00:14:59.679 it prevents range of motion. 303 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:04.279 Correct correct because then again you're you're surpassing what the 304 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:07.240 muscles can handle. It then has a tendency to cause 305 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:10.639 you to tighten up, and it can it can limit 306 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:15.320 your performance, you know, overperform. I mean overtraining could be 307 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:18.320 your own worst enemy as well. You know, like you 308 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:21.320 can have undertraining and overtraining and it's you got to 309 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:24.279 find that happy balance. You need the rest time, you 310 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:26.759 need the recovery time. And that's the nice thing about 311 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:29.360 m A T as well. It's it's one of those 312 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:32.120 things that you can do on your off day. You 313 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:33.600 can you can do it on your off day, you 314 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:37.200 can do it prior to going out and performing. It's 315 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:39.080 it doesn't have to be an after the fact thing 316 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:41.919 because it's going to make you, uh, make improve your 317 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:44.320 improve your performance basically, so it's. 318 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:47.799 Not necessarily reactive. You can be proactive on this correct 319 00:15:47.919 --> 00:15:51.240 correct And if you if you say you're let's go 320 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:53.720 back to the weight training idea again and you're doing 321 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:58.519 the weight training, you're pushing yourself. Can the muscle activation 322 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:02.919 technique MATT, Can it help you like break through and 323 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:06.919 even go farther in your your goals of whatever sport 324 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:07.320 you're doing. 325 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:11.759 Absolutely absolutely, because if you have all the muscles firing 326 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:15.360 on all cylinders, it's amazing how your body will respond 327 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:16.200 and things will. 328 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:18.960 Feel a lot lot less of an effort for you. 329 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:22.840 Like when everything's firing one hundred percent, like you doing 330 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:25.799 a squat, you feel like you have like super strength. 331 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:28.120 Actually, it's it's pretty crazy how. 332 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:30.919 I've gone out and like whether it's playing golf or 333 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:33.960 gone out and wakeboarded, after I've had sessions done and 334 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:38.000 your body knows internally what it's supposed to do when 335 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:40.720 you've practiced enough, And when I go out there and 336 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:43.799 I've had mat done, it's just it feels like it's effortless. 337 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:44.759 I don't have to think about it. 338 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:47.879 My body just does it because everything's fire in all cylinders. 339 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:51.399 And if my body's out of line, and I'm sure 340 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:53.279 you've had those days where you've gone out and it 341 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:57.480 just seems like everything's an effort, like you cannot it's 342 00:16:57.960 --> 00:16:58.720 not effortless. 343 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:00.759 It feels like you're struggling for every swing. 344 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:03.879 You're struggling for everything that you're doing, and you can't 345 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:04.599 figure out why. 346 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:09.720 Yeah, yeah, yeah, you've seen me play. 347 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:13.160 So but yeah. 348 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:15.480 So that's the cool thing about it is not only 349 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:20.160 does it it improves the performance, but it uh, you know, 350 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:22.640 it takes all your practice that you're that you're doing 351 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:25.240 out there, whether it's on the course, whether it's in 352 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:27.680 the gym, and it actually. 353 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:31.119 Just it it improves all of that. It makes it 354 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.440 that much easier. 355 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:36.200 All right, Well, let's talk about golfers. Let's talk about 356 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:41.960 matt and golfers, and let's what do you see as 357 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:44.680 a golfer, but also working with golfers who have this 358 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:47.480 and they come in, do you see something consistent that's 359 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:50.960 going on in the imbalance that's happening in muscles? 360 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:53.880 Yeah, you know a lot of times one of the 361 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:56.039 biggest things is you'll put people on the table and 362 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:59.480 you'll see rotation issues in the trunk or hip and 363 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:01.680 balance and those are both things. I mean, you need 364 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:04.119 your hips to be able to open and you need 365 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:08.000 to be able to rotate through through the trunk so 366 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:11.319 that you can create the proper forces through and that's 367 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:12.519 a lot of people's limitation. 368 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:15.960 If they cannot perform the motion that they're supposed to. 369 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:18.200 You you can go and get lessons every day and 370 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:19.799 try to do that over and over again. But if 371 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:22.480 your body doesn't want you to do the motion, it's 372 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:26.200 not going to you know. So obviously you need to 373 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:27.920 have the lessons, you need to have all of that 374 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:30.960 because you have to have those proper skills, but then 375 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:33.200 you also need your body to be able to perform 376 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:36.799 those skills. So that's how that's how the muscle activation 377 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:40.240 can come in into play with improving that improving your 378 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.079 golf performance. 379 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:45.440 And so what things do you see specifically that are 380 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:50.119 consistent with golfers that Matt helps the benefits. 381 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:53.920 Okay, so the big thing is opening up trunk rotation. 382 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:57.880 I actually work with a golf pro up in the 383 00:18:57.920 --> 00:19:01.880 Illinois area here and the first time I got him 384 00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:04.039 on the table, uh you know, we sat him down 385 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:04.559 and his. 386 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:11.319 Rotation to the right it's good. Yeah, his backswing was great. 387 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:16.680 His rotation to the left like about half half half 388 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:18.880 of what his rotation to the right was. 389 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:21.000 And so I worked on him. 390 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:23.359 He actually went out and played that afternoon, and this 391 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:26.039 was the first time I had worked on him. He 392 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:30.960 he said it was unbelievable to him just how easy, 393 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:33.839 how easy his motion was. He couldn't believe the range 394 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:36.799 that he had and he said he actually had an 395 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:39.319 amazing round, you know, and that was working on him 396 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:42.519 that same morning. So it's definitely and that was his 397 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:44.200 first session, first session. 398 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:47.559 That's a heck of a testimonial, it is. It is. 399 00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:50.920 It's like he's he's absolutely blown away by it, you know. 400 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:53.960 And yeah, and he's he was fit. You know, he 401 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:56.160