Our third video in the Performing and Scoring the FMS series we bring you the Rotary Stability. The rotary stability screen is one of the hardest movements to score a 3, and also one of the screens that is most commonly scored incorrectly.
This one isn’t as easy as the Active Straight Leg Raise Screen and Shoulder Mobility Screen because it’s more than just a measurement. Make sure that you are scoring the rotary stability screen correctly by checking out our video below.
It’s that simple!
We make sure that all of our clients have at least symmetrical 2′s before doing most major lifts and especially any dynamic or power exercises. Inability to perform 2′s on the rotary stability is an inability to control the “soft” or “inner” core, and the client would need more ground based core training before moving on to advanced exercises.
Check out the blog next week when we will bring you the Trunk Stability Pushup Screen to check that “hard” or “outer” core firing.
My question is , how old does someone have to be to start your program.I have an 11 yr old son that has just gotten over his severs foot disease in the last 6 months , he can’t touch his toes!! , and is pretty weak in his core. He is crazy about baseball and keeps bugging me about exercising to get stronger. I have him doing dynamic warm ups like crossovers, forward and backward overhead lunge reach , straight leg march , and spiderman crawls , he can’t plank vary well so I guess I need a series of progressions and regressions. Most of the stuff you guys talk about I assume pertains to adults. Please correct me if I’m wrong.I’m looking for a safe way to train my kid that will get him stronger and more flexable. Please advise. Thanks Jeff
Hey Jeff, great question, thanks for asking!
The principals that we talk about pertain to people of all ages, sizes, abilities, and goals.
We screen most of our clients regardless of age, looking at basic human movement is never a bad idea. So in order to really know what to do with your son, I would need a screen. Also, fresh off a foot disease I would want to talk with a clinician or specialist to make sure I know the whole story.
That being said, if mobility is cleared we usually start with rolling, crawling patterns, and walkouts to start to restore base stability. With a kid that age, we would also have them playing a lot of floor based games and other games like monkey tag etc.
Let us know if you need me to elaborate. Thanks again for a great question!