Basic Thoracic Spine Injury Prevention for Fighting Arts & Combat Sports

- (muaythai.newsbeet.com) - 3 months ago...

The actions of fighting arts (including combatives and self-defense systems) and combat sports place regular high stresses on the spinal column. I've previously mentioned the anterior-posterior compressive and shear forces that affect the lumbar spine, but not the transverse rotational (torsional) and lateral compressive forces that actions like punching, kicking, throwing and falling places on the thoracic spine. Basic fighting postures, such as a standing guard or striking can encourage thorac...

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