How to do a Core Brace for Spinal Stability

Chiropractor Dr Mark Mullan demonstrates how bracing your core can help to stabilise your spine, and act as a safe foundation upon which to build all other exercises.

[kingharvick]

this is a very good and to-the-point explanation! thanks, yall helped me

[AnkurVashishtha]

It's hard to maintain breathing after bracing. Thanks for the video.

[JConner]

I've been lifting while getting this wrong! Been sucking in and tightening my core that way. I'm lucky I didn't get hurt. Perhaps I'll do better now that I know how to actually brace my core.

[rahulsaha]

This was crisp and the point of breathing separately is a good cue

[yuwon.n]

Wth, it's easier to understand than reading the whole module about this lesson

[mvillegasv]

So, bracing your core is actually your stomach moving outward, instead of tightening your stomach muscles, which really seems to move your whole stomach wall in an upward, inward position? It gets confusing for me because they tell you to brace your stomach like you're about to get punched in the stomach. That, to me, means tightening the muscles in an inward position and stiffening them up! I mean, which one is it? Does the whole stomach wall move inward and harden or outward? It seems like you made it move outward. Please let me know. Thanks!

[maazrizwan]

I have tendency to hold my breath to maintain the brace is their a trick or tip to let you breath comfortable while doing this?

[patrickdesjardine]

Can you brace and push out too much? Should you hollow and brace to avoid over-bracing?

[zmazma]

chears, those two bons...hardly to pickup, where they are