The DRR Program employs proprioceptive training.
Our equipment and exercises focus on stability, balance, and
coordination. Proprioceptive training is used by the foremost
physical therapists and trainers in the world. Scientific
research has proven it to be the most effective way to promote
patients' overall physical well-being and to help train serious
athletes.
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What is proprioception? |
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- proprioception:
- (n) the language the body uses to communicate with
the central nervous system (CNS) so the CNS can decide
on a movement.
- proprioceptors:
- (n, pl.) the nerves that run throughout the body
to relay information to your eyes, middle ear, and
CNS which determine your body’s position in
space. The more proprioceptors recruited over time
through a workout, the more efficiently your brain
receives the information needed to determine where
your body is in space.
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Why is proprioceptive training important for injuries?
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It trains the body as a unit. |
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It is now accepted by
most doctors that an injury in one area of the body can be related
to a condition somewhere else in the body. For example, a problem
in one's low back can be related to a weakness in his or her
hip. Or a problem in the neck can be related to a weakness in
the middle back. Dynamic Rehab Resolutions appreciates this
fact and thus trains the body as a whole: our patients’
rehabilitation programs train more than the area where an injury
manifests. |
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It promotes proper spinal alignment. |
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Many doctors also agree
that a mis-aligned, imbalanced spinal column can be the cause
of varying muscular and systemic problems in a patient’s
body. Our rehab program focuses on spinal alignment by strengthening
the hundreds of micro-muscles that run along the spinal column.
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Proprioceptive training is better than training
on stationary work-out machines. |
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Performing an exercise
on an unstable surface recruits many more muscles and proprioceptors
than does strengthening muscles from a stable foundation.
Stationary exercise equipment has a limitation: the nervous
system is not challenged to recruit the optimum number of
nerves and muscles that it could. For example, a traditional
stationary shoulder press is designed to involve only one
muscle group in the exercise: the shoulder.
By comparison, the Dynamic Rehab approach is multidimensional
and will strengthen numerous muscles at once. A shoulder press
performed while standing on an unstable surface not only challenges
the shoulder muscles, but also strengthens the tiny muscles
in the ankles, calves, knees, quads, hamstrings, glutes, hips,
lower back, and the spinal column through stabilization. Many
more proprioceptors are engaged, so the body is strengthened
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From a DO or MD standpoint, the DRR program
can help heal patients injuries safely while at the same time further
strengthening other areas of the body prone to future injuries.
From a (DC) Chiropractic standpoint,
when a patient who is using the DRR program undergoes an adjustment,
practicing the DRR exercises will further stabilize the manipulation
by strengthening the micro-muscles of the spinal column.
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