Increased Range of Motion Without Exercise

In this video you will see how we found weakness in the toe extensors causing limited range of motion in the ankles of a golf professional.

By addressing the neurological cause, range of motion improved immediately without any stretching or exercise.

Jeremy Reilly is a personal trainer and golf professional.

Jeremy does a great job with video to explain fitness and training and he is very good at honestly demonstrating some of the challenges he and his clients face and overcome in their quest to be fit and strong.

Recently he posted a video that caught Simon King's interest.

Jeremy was trying to develop a press squat which is all but impossible for ordinary mortals but is essential for anyone wanting to train in Olympic Lifting.

His predicament piqued my interest because with my training in Afferentology, I usually find that joints lose their mobility when the muscles that move them aren’t pulling strongly enough, and I wondered if that might be his problem.

I wondered if a weakness of the muscles which extend his ankle (dorsiflexors and toe extensors) might be inhibited, so I offered to check him over.

In this video you will see that we did indeed find weakness in his toe extensors. The next question is "Why?" and I am sure you will be surprised by the solution.

It turns out that Jeremy’s toes did not need exercise, they needed to be made to work properly by finding the source of nerve interference that was messing up his toe function.

Naturally, there was still work to do, but at least now when Jeremy exercises, his ankle will extend more and all of his hard work will not go to waste.