Hey what’s up guys, it’s Nick from Fit Futures here with yet another answer to yet another question.
Today’s question; we’re actually going to deal with over the next three videos because it’s quite an interesting one and it’s about learning but learning a particular anatomical concept. So, Quentin from Kawakawa Bay has asked about the ‘planes of motion’ and how best to learn those.
Now for those of you that are aware of the planes of motion, there are three of them, which is why we’ll deal with those over three separate videos starting today. We’ll deal with the ‘Sagittal plane’ first but first I’ll tell you why we’re actually going to discuss this, why it needs to be discussed. You see; typically you’ll be provided with a graphic and that graphic is of an individual standing in the anatomical position and there is usually some imaginary planes of glass which are dissecting them at various sections of the body. Now usually, certainly the case when I was studying, I was just given that and told that’s what the planes of motion are.
Right that is interesting because I can’t make head or tail of the diagram and then they’d say there’s three planes of motion they’ve got fancy names. Great but what does it mean and as a trainer how can I apply it. That’s going to be the basis for the videos moving forward. So Quentin, to answer your question buddy there are three planes of motion.
The first one is the Sagittal plane. Now this particular plane of motion I want you guys to picture yourselves in your Nan’s hallway. Okay, so it’s tight, we’re restricted for space that means that we can move in a forward direction or an anterior direction. We can move backwards but we can’t perform any side-to-side or lateral movements because Nan has a lot of shelves in her hallway and there are lots of ornaments and other little knickknacks that you wouldn’t want you to break. Suppose I was to throw the arms out, I can’t do that as I’m restricted. Okay, so the Sagittal plane will allow for forward and back motion.
But ,unfortunately a tornado ran through because Nan lives in Arkansas or Oklahoma or someplace like this and the roof of the house has come off. So that means we can also move up and down. What does that mean from a movement perspective? It means other than running and walking in linear motion, other than jumping up vertically, we can perform activities that involve flexion or extension of joints. So if we’re talking about the shoulder that means I can perform an anterior front raise. If we’re talking about flexion, it means that I can perform some leg lifts, it means that I can perform things seated such as leg extensions leg curls maybe a leg press. All these motions incorporate flexion and extension at various joints which is typically Sagittal plane applicable. So hopefully that’s given you a bit of an indication about the Sagittal plane and how we can actually incorporate it into training but how we can also apply it. Because it’s a theoretical concept, which is great but we need to be able to use it because it’s not all about the theory when we’re with our clients.
So guys, if you like that tip, there’s plenty more where that came from. As I said, we’ll continue with this in another video because there’s two more planes to cover.
Where can you find those videos? By clicking on the link and keeping an eye out for the notifications as to when they’re going to arrive. They’ll be with you shortly.
Until next time.
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