STRESS = PAIN = STRESS= PAIN PART 5: BE ACTIVATED TECHNIQUE

The Be Activated (BA) muscle treatment protocol is a little something I came across about 2 years ago and is the brain child of a South African ex-pysio Doug Heel.

The goal of these treatments is to undo everything that stress does to you by recalibrating the body to do the 2 most important functions it can do - breathing and walking.

Breathing should be a primary function of the diaphragm. 

Initial movement is generated via the psoas through hip flexion (knee lift).

The diaphragm and psoas actually attach so they are directly affected by one another so when one has dysfunction, then they both will. 

The glute is the reciprocal muscle to the psoas (hip extension = leg going back behind the body) so it’s a hugely important muscle.

There are 3 zones in the BA treatment with zone 1 being the diaphragm, psoas and glutes. 

There are also zones 2 and 3 that go further out from the body but we'll worry about them another day.

Problems in zones 2 and 3 originate in zone 1 as zones 2 and 3 are compensation patterns from a pooprly functioning zone 1.

By activating zone 1, you’ll be able to achieve optimal breathing and movement efficiency and you'll also find that your chronic pain spots and stiff area's free up considerably.

Here's a video of performing a manual treatment on myself but it's a thousand times better when someone else does it so hit me up if you ant a treatment.