Hip Assessment Findings
We now have the joint space to move the thigh bone into the zone of internal rotation (IR). At end range IR, instead of feeling the anterior capsule lengthen and tension emerge, there’s no tension—we hit a closing joint angle block as the rate limiter of bone motion.
In the prior session (a week ago), there was no joint space—no decoupling. We shaped the clinical programming to acquire that space—joint function Point B—and now you can see the thigh bone decouple into IR. But now we’re missing bottom-up reactive strength behavior. We are not at Point B…yet.
This is exactly how it goes in the clinic—we solve one problem, and another problem set emerges. It’s also why linear thinking fails in this chaotically nonlinear environment.
This is why we have to conjugate in the clinic.
Louie Simmons—powerlifter and strength coach responsible for conjugate adoption in the West—would always repeat Roddy Piper’s line: “Just when you think you have all the answers, I change all the questions.”
That’s exactly what occurs in real clinical time. Especially in our population—as they have scaled up neural networks of absolute strength that compress and output, which means they stagnate in real time.
Programming Target → Bottom-Up Element of Reactive Strength
After discussing the findings—as we always give agency to the different clinical options, the individual decides to focus this session on developing bottom-up reactive strength. Perfect. This is a solvable clinical problem.
Programming Intent → Goal: Synergize Neural Network & Connective Tissue
Programming Intent: sequence the session to conjugate effects that get us closer to Point B reactive strength. Our definition of reactive strength—not the old, outdated, legacy definition.
Specifically, perform work to synergize the neural network to generate force into and through the anterior hip capsule to elicit connective tissue reactions/transmissions (behaviors) to emerge.
Session Sequence
