Framework Physical Therapy & Dance Medicine

12/26/2024

Happy holiday! Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe holiday. We opted to skip all the craziness and stayed in LA and did an evening hike with friends❤️. It was what we all needed after this last year. Looking forward to '25 and all to come 🙏

05/16/2024

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01/30/2024

Injury Prevention-- As a performing arts physical therapist we are often brought in to walk the set, understand process, costumes and discuss proper mechanics to prevent injuries. Here today walking set for Black Cypress Bayou. I did the walk in my Crocs...not so safe, but performers shoes are much better. Lots of interesting terrain! Can't wait for this show. Cast is amazing one performer was practicing lines and said "can I get a hug?" I immediately turned and said "of course!" Gave her a big hug and she replied, "that's my line in play...lol but I always welcome the hugs! I appreciate you" 💜💜 I can tell we are off to a great start!!

01/15/2024

WELCOME!! So excited to share we have new providers renting at the studio! Check out their services and feel free to reach out to them directly or contact info@frameworkpt.com

📍Sol Luna is a wellness professional offering a variety of modalities. She will be at studio full time starting 2/1/24. You can also find her in Japan when she isn't in LA.

📍Audrey Brown is a massage therapist starting her journey as a new business. She currently is at Burke Williams. Check her out and book a massage.

📍Annalisa Pessin (not on IG so email us or her directly). A wealth of experience and so fun! Contact us to book your session.

Exciting 2024!!

10/15/2023

Thanks for an amazing weekend! My soul needed this💜. So fun connecting, reconnecting, meeting and collaborating with others. Thanks and you ladies rock 💜🙏💜. Thanks to my beautiful friends who helped my 💔

01/20/2023

Calling LA practioners interested in renting space! Check out the space and message with any questions or interest!

If you’re a freelance health and wellness practitioner with practices ranging from gyrotonic, physical therapy, massage, acupuncture, (outdoor) yoga, sound baths, meditation etc. and you’re looking to rent a space, we’d love to hear from you! As mentioned you’d have access to the main room a...

08/14/2022

GROUNDING ⏩ MOBILITY ⏩ STABILITY ⏩ MOVEMENT ⏩ STRENGTH. These our principles I learned early in my career as a physical therapist. I come back to no matter what modality I am using with a person. The foundation or framework of movement helps individuals find success. went through all these phases to find the STRENGTH to accomplish this beautiful pose. It looks effortless because we created success in his body 💜💜. Amazing job! Makes my heart happy to see you connect to your left side so beautifully 💜💜

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06/21/2022

MOVEMENT CLASSES START TOMORROW AT 9am🧘 Help us fundraise to build up our outdoor space! 💐

Sign up on the link in our bio. We hope to see you there!

06/14/2022

🚨CLASS CANCELLED TOMORROW🚨 Unfortunately, we have to move our start date to next Wednesday, June 22nd. We hope we get to see you all next week to kick off our summer movement class series☀️🙆

05/06/2021

Airplane test is a tool I use often to look at balance and dynamic trunk control. But, then turning it into a home exercise program. Everyone is different and you can get really creative with this exercise- add bands, weights, unstable surface, TRX, ect. has beautiful extension and we wanted to focus on the dynamic trunk control. I gave her upper body support (I would normally use a barre or wall) and used breath to help her feel the length and support in her spine without compressing or hyper-extending. Dancers are beautiful movers with alot of mobility we need to create success in movements in order to go into the larger movements. Comment below if you use this test to assess or as a home exercise program. Also, let us know what are some things you look at when using this test.

Also, join us Friday when we go live with on breathwork and spinal mobility. If nothing its a good wind down from the week😊

03/30/2021

Do you participate in a consistent strength and stability workout outside of your dance schedule?  If so, what? Did you know that research has shown a decrease in stabilization leads to an increase in lower extremity injuries?  

Stability is being able to control the position and motion of the trunk over the pelvis while producing force and motion to perform activities.  A decreased system leads to delayed activation of stabilizers and increased risk of injuries.
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Our trunk muscles are made up of global and local stabilizers.

Global are re**us abdominis (6 pack abls), external oblique (side abs),  and Quadratus Lumborum (back ms between ribs and pelvis) they provide large trunk motions and rapid, powerful twisting movements.

Local are deep muscles and include transversus abdominis, multifidus, and internal obliques and provide dynamic spinal stability.

A consistent strength and stability program working these muscles reduces injuries, improves motor control, proprioception, spinal stability and trunk musculature.

It also has been shown to improve pirouette, balance (static and dynamic), muscle performance and activation of transversus abdominis in functional dance positions.  

Another thing I like to add to a dancers program is to figure out a 5-10 minute warm up before class/performance that helps them to activate these muscles.  The research shows an improvement in performance over passive stretching techniques before class.
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