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The “core” is comprised of several groups of muscles including the

transversus abdominus, multifidus, diaphragm and pelvic floor muscles.

These muscles work together to produce maximum stability in the

abdominal and lumbar (lower) back region, as well as coordinate the movement of the arms, legs, and spine. Engaging these muscles is not something that most people do consciously, therefore it is important to.

An often used analogy is comparing the spine and surrounding muscles to a tent.

The bones of your spine act like a tent pole, however your spine is not rigid, so relies on the support of ligaments and deep muscles, to hold adjacent vertebrae and to stabilise the spine. This is similar to the guy ropes stabilising a tent.

If the muscles that stabilise the spine are weak or poorly controlled, then your spine will tend to collapse, exactly like a tent would if there was nothing holding it up. If a tent had guy ropes that pulled more to one side than the other, then the tent would lean.

If the muscles on one side pull more than the other due to imbalances in strength or flexibility, this will then pull your body into a poor postural alignment.

Where the similarity ends, is that a tent only requires static stability

maintaining a single stationary position. Your body needs to have dynamic stability maintaining optimal alignment of our core and limbs during movement.

You also wouldn’t be able to get the kind of view like the one above if your back/tent wasn't functioning 100%

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