Exercise Library - First Principles of Movement

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Education/Training Principles

Athletic development pt.2 – The foundational stage of development (Rodriguez, Liebenson & Duncan, 2019)

Gamification (Liebenson, 2017)

General Physical Preparation: the big rock of fitness (Duncan & Liebenson, 2019)

Micro-Breaks (Liebenson, 2002)

Motivating Pain Patients to Become More Active (Liebenson, 1999)

Musculoskeletal myths (Liebenson, 2012)

Re-education of faulty respiration (Liebenson, 1999)

Self-care pt.1 – Athletic development: Youth considerations (Duncan, Rodriguez, Liebenson, 2019)

Sensory-motor training (Clinician) (Liebenson, 2001)

Sensory-motor training (Patient) (Liebenson, 2001)

Strength matters (Duncan & Liebenson, 2018)

The ABC’s of movement literacy (Liebenson, 2009)

Training for speed (Liebenson, 2009)

Self-care exercises: Core

Abdominal exercises made simple — Part I (Liebenson, 2007)

Abdominal exercises made simple —Part II: Self-care (Liebenson, 2007)

Abdominal exercises made simple —Part III: Self-care (Liebenson, 2007)

Abdominal training from a yoga perspective (Liebenson & Brown, 2015)

Functional Abdominal Training (Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 2003)

Functional training with the kettlebell (Liebenson, 2011)

How to stabilize my back (Liebenson, 2004)

Plank to push-up (Liebenson, 2016)

Self-management: Patient section. The New Abds (Valouchova & Liebenson, 2009)

Sparing your spine (Liebenson, 2015)

Spinal stabilization— an update. Part 3 (Liebenson, 2004)

The baby get-up (Liebenson, 2012)

The missing link in protecting against back pain (Liebenson, 2010)

The partial get-up (Bott & Liebenson, 2017)

Self-care exercises: Upper body

Press in snatch (Liebenson & Johnson, 2015)

Serratus Punch (Liebenson, 2012)

The bench press: The most misunderstood lift in S&C (Carroll & Liebenson, 2017)

The halo exercise for shoulder and thoracic spine mobility (Chang, Senior, & Liebenson, 2014)

The kettlebell arm bar (Coffel & Liebenson, 2017)

The low diagonal (oblique) sit exercise (Liebenson & Sato, 2014)

Warm-up and Training Exercises for the Overhead Athlete (Liebenson, Crenshaw, Shaw 2008)

Y Exercises for correcting the most common faulty movement pattern of the shoulder/neck region (Liebenson, 2011)

Self-care exercises: Lower body

Activity modification advice: Part 1– The hip hinge (Liebenson, 2003)

Functional Fitness Training —Part 2 (Liebenson, 2006)

Functional training of the gluteal muscles (Liebenson, 2009)

Hip Muscle Training (Liebenson, 2011)

How Should I Squat (John, Liebenson 2013)

Learning the single leg deadlift (Liebenson, 2015)

Reverse lunge slide (Liebenson, 2013)

The deficit reverse lunge (Duncan & Liebenson, 2018)

The Hip Hinge (2003)

The kettlebell lunge clean exercise (Henkin, Bento, & Liebenson, 2018)

The lateral squat (Sato & Liebenson, 2013)

The modified bear exercise (Liebenson, 2014)

The shin box get-up (Lee & Liebenson, 2016)

The skater squat (Wilmot & Liebenson, 2018)

The teeter (Liebenson, 2014)

The windowpane squat (Liebenson, 2016)

Training the hip: A progressive approach (Liebenson, 2013)

What can I do for Sciatica? (Liebenson, 2012)

Self-care exercises: Full body

Better Balance Exercises (Liebenson, 2005)

Dynamic Warm Up (Liebenson, 2008)

Functional training with the kettlebell (Liebenson, 2011)

The Turkish Get-Up (Liebenson & Shaughness, 2011)

Mobility Training

Hip Mobility Training (Liebenson, 2012)

Improving Trunk Rotation (Liebenson, 2010)

Rest, Resiliency, and Retuning the Body (Hartman, Liebenson 2016)

Self-treatment of mid-thoracic dysfunction: a key link in the body axis – Part I: Overview and Assessment (Liebenson, 2001)

Self-treatment of mid-thoracic dysfunction: a key link in the body axis – Part II: Treatment (Liebenson, 2001)

Self-treatment of mid-thoracic dysfunction: a key link in the body axis – Part III: Clinical Issues (Liebenson, 2001)

Self-treatment of the slump posture Part II: Intermediate Exercises (Liebenson, 2001)

Self-treatment of the slump posture Part III: Advanced Exercises (Liebenson, 2001)

Self-Care for Musculoskeletal Pain

Exercises for Anterior Knee Pain (Liebenson, 2006)

Functional reactivation for neck pain patients (Liebenson, 2002)

How to take care of your back (Liebenson, 2004)

McKenzie for Sciatica (Liebenson, 2005)

Self- Treatments for Head and Neck Pain (Liebenson, 2002)

What can I do for Sciatica? (Liebenson, 2012)

See also: Movement through Medicine Resources from CASEM

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