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As I mention in chapter 1, “Mobility–Modern Flexibility Training,” we shouldn’t mobilize every part of the body.

When someone mobilizes everything and forgets to create tension in certain areas, that person will experience symptoms similar to someone who only strengthens the muscles but never mobilizes. Pain and injuries occur when we ask too much of our body, exercise in too one-sided of a manner, or forget about balance. I cover more on this topic in section 3.2, “Pain and Injuries.”

For example, let’s think about ball sports, like soccer and tennis. Torn ligaments are common occurrences in these sports. Usually, the problem is that the athlete never practiced the position in which she got injured. Hence her brain and nervous system didn’t have the information on how to stabilize her body or the joint in the respective position.

As I mention in section 2.1, “How to Become More Mobile,” it’s critical that we maintain control over our joints if we want to stay mobile and injury-free in the long term.

The joint-by-joint approach helps differentiate between stable and mobile joints. This determines which priorities you should set in your mobility training.:

One question I often get on Instagram is this: “How can I make my lower back more mobile? That part of my body feels so rigid when I deadlift or during yoga.”

As the joint-by-joint approach shows, your lower back (lumbar spine) should be stabilized. To make your spine more mobile, it’d be better to focus on your thoracic spine and your hips. These two areas are crucial to your upper body’s overall mobility, which is why they must be mobilized when there are limitations. By contrast, the lower back links the upper and lower body. When there’s too little stability in that area, the other joints must work harder to maintain the body’s basic stability.

One reason why some of my coaching clients are stiff is having too little stability in their core, which is why all other joints are producing an excess of tension. I cover more on that in section 3.3, “Guideline for Pain-Free Training.”