5 High-Value Exercises To Use When Your Hurt

Often time when an injury is sustained the body tightens and immobilizes the area to protect itself. In turn, this causes the body to compensate in order to produce the movements its lacking.

This then causes imbalances within the body, setting you up for further injury.

This process is called the "cumulative injury cycle" and if you're any type of athlete or active type must be addressed and broken in order to sustain full optimal movement function.

We can break this cycle by introducing movements that restore our movement patterns without threatening the system.

Using constraints and biasing positions can help the body move without fear.

The suitcase deadlift is a simple movement that gets the body hinging and moving weight without too much threatening input.

A box squat will provide a similar function.

Then, adding light Indian Clubs can help restore movements of the shoulders and rib cage before adding heavier club movements like the shield cast and other throwing patterns.

Mark has suffered a long list of injuries as a circus performer, martial artist, and all around adventurer. 

Learn the exact protocols he uses to keep himself out of the pain cycle and on his feet moving forward.