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Transverse Process - Articles
Athletes Should Do This Exercise: Transverse Lunge To Balance
by
Mark D.

Posted
Mon 22 Sep 2008 10:13am
We all do lunges ---front lunges, reverse lunges, walking lunges, side lunges---- AND TRANSVERSE LUNGES, right? If you are an athlete, transverse lunges are an important exercise for you.
Many athletic movements happen in the transverse plane of motion --movements like rotations, twists, turns and pivots. So, this plane of motion must be adequa ...
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Strengthen those Transverse Abdominal Muscles!
by
Kathryn H.
Posted
Thu 02 Oct 2008 3:16pm
1 Comment
In almost every prenatal yoga class I teach, I dedicate at least a few minutes towards helping moms strengthen their transverse abdominal muscles. Here is a link to a page describing some of the breathing exercises we do in my class. Strengthening these muscles will help you push and can help with back pain and posture as well. A lot of back ...
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The Role of the Transverse Abdominis in Low Back Pain
by
Mike Reinold

Posted
Mon 27 Apr 2009 11:14pm
Today’s guest post is written by Harrison Vaughan, PT, DPT. Harrison is a physical therapy practicing in South Hill, VA at In Touch Therapy. His professional interests include clinical diagnostic tests and treatment consisting of orthopedic manual therapy, predominantly spinal manipulation. Harrison previously contributed an excellent artic ...
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Power-Up Transverse Plane Movements
by
Mark D.

Posted
Mon 15 Feb 2010 3:20pm
Your rotational movements (transverse plane) during games must be powered primarily through your legs to your core. If you have a weak core, that's where your power shortage will happen.
Training in the transverse plane of motion is critical for you to succeed as an athlete. The transverse plane is an imaginary bisector that divides the ...
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Transverse Arrest... Two Stories in Comparison
by
NicoleD
Posted
Wed 07 Apr 2010 12:00am
Vita Maturi has an awesome birth story (congratulations mama!!!) here of a transverse arrest. It mirrors, almost to a T, the birth of Tres . Just a good comparison model to show birth pattern, cervical, and physical indicators in relation to babies position.
LifeART (and/or) MediClip image copyright 2008. Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.- Lipp ...
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Transverse Abdominis Muscles
by
Bill ..
Posted
Wed 27 Oct 2010 8:00pm
The Transverse Abdominis are a part of your abs that controls a lot of your core strength. As we are all aware you need to work your upper and loser abs to get a 6 pack but behind all of that six pack muscles is your Transverse Abdominis and these muscles are what keep your gut in as well as helping you stand upright.
On ...
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Cough Your Way To Core Strength and Engage Your Transverse Abdominals
by
Kukhahnyoga
Posted
Sun 02 Oct 2011 10:47am
How To Train Your Transverse Abdominals and Strengthen Your Core For A Flat Tummy!
Here are some practical ways to connect to your TA …that is your transverse abdominals!
Training your Transverse Abdominals is tricky because it is so subtle it often gets overlooked.
It is difficult to train the TA alone as it often gets bulli ...
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Deep transverse arrest
by
AtYourCervix
Posted
Thu 05 May 2011 12:32pm
Ok ladies - your turn! I'm looking for ideas to help in trying to rotate a baby from a deep transverse arrest.
It seems to me that, when combined with a dense epidural, even with left and right lateral position changes, these babies in LOT or ROT positioning do not want to budge.
I had a woman who was stalled at 7-8 cms/-1 station for hour ...
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