The Stabilisation Academy

Can your client efficiently transfer from the ground to standing… or are they compensating the whole way up?

One of the most underrated movement assessments in rehab?
The transition from Tripod - high kneeling to standing.

From a Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization perspective, this movement tells us a huge amount about:
✔️ stability
✔️ foot function
✔️ weight transfer
✔️ trunk control
✔️ hip strategy
✔️ nervous system organisation

The body should be able to coordinate this movement efficiently using integrated stabilisation patterns developed through developmental physiology.

But what do we often see instead?

❌ collapsing feet
❌ poor pressure transfer
❌ hip shifting
❌ trunk instability
❌ momentum strategies
❌ compensation through the lumbar spine or knees

Adding a small amount of load during a Czech get-up progression is not just “strength work.”
It becomes a way to assess and facilitate efficient movement organisation through the entire kinetic chain.

This is why rehab should move beyond isolated exercises.

The foot, trunk, pelvis, and nervous system must work together.

Because sometimes the issue isn’t weakness…
It’s poor movement coordination.

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Thongs aren’t just “unsupportive.”
They fundamentally change how the foot has to function - even the “arch support” ones !

To keep them on, your system relies on:
→ Toe gripping
→ Increased flexor dominance
→ Loss of natural foot recoil
→ Altered timing through midstance → propulsion

And this is where it matters 👇

When the toes are gripping to hold the shoe:
You lose the ability to create a stable, responsive foot tripod.

No tripod → no control
No control → compensation

And what you’ll often see clinically:
• Overactive long toe flexors
• Reduced big toe loading at terminal stance
• Poor propulsion mechanics
• Increased strain up the chain (Achilles, calf, knee)

This isn’t about “support vs no support.”

It’s about what strategy the nervous system is forced to use.

And thongs push people into a strategy that reinforces dysfunction.

👉 If you’re only prescribing exercises without addressing this, you’re missing a key driver.

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Hamstring injuries aren’t just a hamstring problem.

In the Australian Football League, players are stronger, faster, and more conditioned than ever…

…and yet soft tissue injuries continue to happen.

So why?

Because this isn’t just about strength.

👉 It’s about timing
👉 Coordination
👉 Propulsion
👉 And how the whole system works together

From a DNS and foot function perspective, we need to ask:

✔️ Is the foot actually creating propulsion?
✔️ Is the first MTPJ doing its job?
✔️ Is sagittal trunk stabilisation supporting efficient movement?
✔️ Is footwear helping… or changing the way the system loads?

Because when:
❌ Timing is off
❌ Foot function is limited
❌ The system loses coordination

👉 The hamstrings often become the compensator.

You can strengthen something as much as you like…

👉 But if it doesn’t fire at the right time, within a well-coordinated system, it will continue to overload.

This month’s:
📖 Blog
🎧 Podcast
📰 Newsletter

…all dive into:
– AFL hamstring injuries
– First MTPJ function
– Footwear
– Sagittal trunk stabilisation
– DNS and movement timing

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The toes are often overlooked…
but they’re one of the clearest windows into the nervous system.

If you take the time to actually look, you’ll start to see patterns:

→ Clawing or gripping
→ Lack of toe splay
→ Drift or deviation
→ Inability to load through the 1st MPJ
→ Asymmetry side to side

These aren’t just “foot issues.”

They reflect how the system is organising itself under load.

From a DNS and stabilisation perspective, the toes give you insight into:
• How well the foot is creating a stable base
• Whether load is being transferred effectively through stance
• How the system is managing balance, timing and control

Because if the toes can’t adapt, spread, and stabilise, the body has to find another strategy.

And that’s where compensation begins.

👉 What you’re seeing at the toes is often the end result of a global strategy , but it’s also one of the easiest places to start changing it.

This is why simply strengthening or stretching locally isn’t enough.

We need to understand what the system is trying to do and why.

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