“Musculoskeletal duality supports the notion that we can strengthen and stretch individual muscles during exercise, but the body is much more complicated than that. Movement is a whole-body issue because everything is coupled together and nothing happens in isolation. The biotensegrity concept recognizes that stability and ease of movement are not due to the strength of individual components but because of the way the system is configured to distribute mechanical forces: tension and compression. The tissues are coupled in such a way that when one part moves, everything becomes involved.”
- Pilates Applications for Health Conditions, Volume 1 Chapter 3 by Graham Scarr, Handspring Publishing 2025
This online workshop brings movement to life on the CoreAlign with four carts, each of which has a rotator disc.
Experience how forces of tension and compression are transmitted through the entire mesokinetic system, with guided demonstrations and movement-based cues you can follow in real time.
Expect a practical, engaging session that leaves you with tools you can immediately apply to improve movement efficiency, resilience, and performance.
Equipment Needed: CoreAlign®, 4 Carts preferred, but able to follow with 2 carts.
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OUTLINE
Hour one
Lecture
Fascia in Sport and Movement
Handspring Publishing 2021
Editors Robert Schleip and Jan Wilke
Chapter 13
Mechanical force transmission across myofascial chains
Chapter 14
Myofascial force transmission to synergistic and antagonistic muscles
Chapter 5
Mechanical loading and adaptive responses of tendinous tissues
Hour two
Movement demonstration, practice and analysis applying the lecture concepts to the Core Align
Supine Head neck
one cart with cushion pad
no cords
Quadruped with 2 carts
2 carts hip flexion - no cords; add cords
2 carts hip extension - add cords
2 carts shoulder extension - no cords, add cords
2 carts shoulder flexion - no cords, add cords
2 carts hip abduction adduction, carts together, carts separated - no cords, add cords
2 carts glenohumeral joint abduction adduction, carts together, separated - no cords, add cords
add one rotator disc per cart
practice each of the above moves with internal rotation and external rotation of hip joint and shoulder joint
Quadruped with 4 carts
each knee on own cart - no cords
each palm on own cart - use starter blocks - no cords
cross crawling pattern
add cords, continue cross crawling pattern
add one rotator disc per cart
practice cross crawling pattern with internal rotation and external rotation of hip and shoulder joints
Supine with torso perpendicular to the long frame
Torso on mat or on roller
one foot per cart
hip abduction and adduction
carts together
carts separated
no cords
add cords
add one rotator disc per cart
no cords
add cords
Bridge with torso perpendicular to the long frame
Torso on mat or on roller
one foot per cart
hip abduction and adduction
carts together
carts separated
no cords
add cords
add one rotator disc per cart
no cords
add cords
Hour three
Movement demonstration, practice and analysis applying the lecture concepts to the Core Align
Arm Front Plank with torso perpendicular to the long frame
one hand per cart
no cords
add cords
add one disc per cart
Arm Back Plank with torso perpendicular to the long frame
one hand per cart
no cords
add cords
Leg Front Plank with torso perpendicular to the long frame
one foot per cart
no cords
add cords
add one cord per cart
add one disc per cart
Single Arm Side plank with torso perpendicular to the long frame
one hand per cart
no cords
add cords
add one disc on cart
Stand facing the ladder
Alternating lunges in the sagittal plane
add one disc per cart
Vary hand placement on bars, higher and lower
Vary external and internal arm rotation
Stand at a 45 degree angle to the ladder, each side
Alternate lunging with front leg and back leg
Vary hand placement on bars, higher and lower
Encourage thoracic lateral flexion and lateral rotation
add one disc per cart
Stand with side to the ladder, each side
add sagittal plane knee and hip flexion variations
add pre rotator disc per cart
Questions and Discussion