Episode 137: The #1 Functional Task Most Dancers Struggle With
Functional tasks, or fundamental movement patterns, are movements that lay the foundation for more complicated movement patterns. They are often considered essential movements for activities of daily living, and are some of the first movement patterns we develop as babies and toddlers when we're learning gross motor skills.
Dancers spend endless hours training complex and highly skilled movement patterns, sometimes at the expense of these foundational movement patterns.
In this week's podcast, I discuss the #1 functional task that I see dancers struggle with in the clinic and why it matters for more than just injury prevention.
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