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Update #2!! I’m thrilled to announce KAC’s collaboration with The Strength Guys which will soon not only entail launching a new Biomechanics for Powerlifting online education course, but also Jason , Ben and the TSG team have been working hard behind the scenes to help revitalize my Powerlifting Biomechanical analysis service and Technique Insights reporting capabilities🎉🎉🎉 . Also, we will be collecting movement data and generating population norms for lifters - filling a huge gap to empower lifters and coaches with truly data-informed training decisions. Stay tuned for more updates! 💪

🌟 Update 1: I am thrilled to announce that I have found a fantastic team and home base at Ascent Health and Sport Injury , where we are launching the Ascent Athletics department to bridge the gap between injury prevention, rehab and athlete performance. It’s new in-person service options available for lifters and their coaches in, or visiting, Calgary, Alberta:

1️⃣ Technique Coaching & Consultations for all training experience levels and practitioner types.

2️⃣ Athlete Assessments using state-of-the-art motion capture technologies & AI-driven analytics.

3️⃣ Full clinical integration at Ascent Health & Sport Injury to bridge the performance gap for when injuries occur.

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For those not local to Calgary, don’t worry! Stay tuned for updates on upcoming online options that will be available through collaboration with The Strength Guys 🌐💪

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Somatosensation involves sensory information from the skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints capsules, bones, and internal tissues.

Somatosensory input therefore provides the central nervous system (CNS) with information regarding temperature, pain, pressure, vibration, stretch and tension, and body positioning (proprioception).

We often don’t realize the important role these signals play in depicting our movement strategies and muscle force generating capabilities.

Based on the sensory information the CNS receives results in a series of decision making processes to determine the “best” way to produce movement, when to contract muscles, and regulate the tension that they are creating to control the movement. Think of it like it has a bunch of pre-planned motor solutions to choose from and our sense determine which one is picked. Yes it does have its favourite, but that can change if the somatosensation says so!

Example 1: PAIN is a manifestation of what the sensory receptors in the body are telling the brain. When pain receptors are stimulated, the CNS will inhibit muscle actions that will cause further pain or injury. If you’ve injured a muscle, the CNS will down-regulate its motor signal for contraction and loading demands will be transferred to another muscle that crosses the same joint or to muscles at different joints during compound movements. This will result in a change in movement characteristics and technique.

Example 2: adding a vibration machine at the Achilles’ tendon to trigger mechanoreceptors, will cause the individual to lean backwards and even fall backwards if their eyes are closed. This is because the vibration stimulus tricks the brain into thinking the calves are in a more lengthened position (leaning forward), and automatically triggers them to contract to cause plantarflexion and bring the muscle length back to what it thinks is neutral standing position (which is obviously wrong lol).

Crazy right?

Can you think of some circumstances in your training where something like this has happened to you?