Tim, you’ve seen athletes from so many different sports. Any common behaviors that stand out between them all?

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Dr. Tim Brown · Answer

Hey Pat, thanks for your question, which is since I've seen so many athletes from so many different professional sports. Are there any common behaviors that stand out between them and dancers and emphatic? Yes, no matter what sport and athlete comes from, we tend to have similar problems with regards to areas that lack movement. And those areas that lack movement, also inhibit normal range of motion and therefore, put stress on joints muscles. And So, the common area is that these athletes tend to share with others. NBA NFL MLB PGA, WSL, doesn't really matter. These athletes all have similar balances in the front of the ankle. So their inability to bring their toes towards their knees and flex forward on that ankle. That's called plantar flexion, and then the inability to have full range of motion of the hips that's crucial because those hip muscles are so big. Big and so important to support our knees and our backs and allow for proper movement set in such movements is like they hinge squat, Etc. So those two areas are critical and then the rib cage and the thoracic spine. So your middle back and the ribs that are attached to it. Most athletes have limited Motion in those areas and that inhibits the ability to move. Normally, and therefore, you're going to put stress on the joints and that's when those athletes tend to break. So it's relatively predict. We have these imbalances and the imbalances disconnect the brain from the nervous system to the muscle. We have all kinds of injury problems. So that's my story today.

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"Tim, you’ve seen athletes from so many different sports. Any common behaviors that stand out between them all?"