Strengthening The Core Your core is known as many things Abdomen Center Trunk Midline Torso Spinal Stabilizers Core strength is connected to every movement you will execute You must learn to dance from your center which means understanding the muscles of the core and how they are conne ID: 413278
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The CORE
StrengtheningSlide2
The Core
Your core is known as many things:
Abdomen
Center
Trunk
Midline
Torso
Spinal Stabilizers
Core strength is connected to every movement you will execute.
You must learn to dance from your center, which means understanding the muscles of the core and how they are connected to our movement.Slide3
Core anatomySlide4
Transversus
abdominis
Contains fibers that run horizontally.
Can be difficult to feel and contract but It can give you that flat belly look.
Think of these muscles like a corset around your mid section bracing you while you dance.Slide5
Obliques
Internal and External
obliques
:
Internal oblique- fibers run diagonally. Aid in twisting, side bends, and jazz pelvic isolations.
External oblique- runs in the opposite direction as the internal oblique. Its primary action is flexing the spine and bending to the side. It also contracts in in spinal rotations from the other side.
The
obliques
also help your ribs feel connected to your pelvis.Slide6
Rectus abdominis
The muscles most people think of when they think of “abs”.
Actually divided into four sections, with the right and left portions separated by a fibrous structure called
linea
alba. This gives the washboard or six pack effect.
The varied direction of the fibers of the abdominal muscles create great strength. The walls of the abdomen do not have any bony reinforcement. All of the strength and stability comes from the muscles. Slide7
Core muscles of the backSlide8
Multifidi and erector
spinae
Multifidi
: Run along the posterior aspect of the spine providing spinal support for each vertebrae.
Erector
Spinae
: contribute to the forward tilt of the spine.
Both have numerous attachments along the entire spine. These muscles provide spinal security.Slide9
Pelvic floorSlide10
Role of the core in dance
Spinal Support, Posture
Lift of spine needed for jumps
Shock absorption and dispersion
Strength and speed of movement
Maintaining balance