Kinstretch® Mobility Classes
Body control. Flexibility. Range of Motion.
Kinstretch® is a movement enhancement system that develops maximum body control, flexibility and active ranges of motion.
Kinstretch® Classes
Kinstretch® takes the principles of Functional Range Conditioning® to the group class setting. Each Kinstretch® class focuses on improving hip, shoulder and spinal mobility. Laura often throws in exercises for toes, ankles, knees, and elbows as well. While passive stretching is incorporated into each class, most of the training done in Kinstretch® focuses on joint strength and control. Kinstretch® gets into the “dusty areas” of your joints to bring blood flow and stronger neurological connections.
What is Kinstretch®?
Kinstretch® is a movement enhancement system that helps develop maximum body control, flexibility and usable ranges of motion in the body through isolated joint training. Bones and joints makeup the framework of the human body. Joints are physical structures where parts of our skeleton merge together with soft tissue (muscles and connective tissue). Joints, along with the nervous system, allow the human body to move.
Every joint in the body evolved to move in dynamic, fundamental movement patterns. Each joint has a unique biomechanical job to perform so you can move. In Kinstretch® we isolate and train these fundamental movement patterns so each joint - and its surrounding soft tissues - are strong, in control, and resilient.
“I already exercise. Where does Kinstretch® fit in?”
The mainstream fitness industry was invented to combat obesity due to our increasingly sedentary modern lifestyle. Fitness trends began to emerge that focused heavily on weight loss and utilized exercises with limited ranges of motion, repetitive patterns, and linear movements. The more limited our lifestyle and training, the more limited our ability to move becomes. The phase “Move it, or lose it” has never been more true.
Kinstretch® helps fill in your movement gaps. For example, if you’re a runner you will be great at flexing (bending) your hip, however, if all you do is run then your hip is going to lose its capacity to rotate, extend (lengthen), adduct (cross midline) and abduct (away from midline). Losing capacity of the hip’s fundamental functions encourages compensatory patterns, aches, pains, and injuries. You don’t have to stop running, you need to train your hip joint to do more than flex. This is where mobility training comes in. Think of Kinstretch® as a multi vitamin for your joints!