Movement Fundamentals

Whether you’re working out in the gym, playing a sport or cleaning out your garage, every movement you do can be broken down into 6 or 7 main categories. Just like all the music you have ever heard comes from the same 8 notes, most experts in the field of functional movement agree that all physical activities are derivative of a few basic and innate patterns that you are either doing wholly, a part of, or a combination of.

An analogy used by Paul Chek compares these Primal Patterns to the keys on a calculator. With the digits 0-9, you can make any number in the world. If you have a broken key, it is similar to having a dysfunctional movement pattern that you will now have to compensate for. At best this will lead to diminished performance and at worst lead to injury. Are all your keys working???