A good workout program should make you move in every direction – forward, backward, sideways and even rotationally. We need to be strong in every plane of motion to help us prevent injury when moving in everyday life. But sometimes strengthening ourselves so we can move better and prevent injury means performing Anti-Rotational Exercises.

Anti-Rotational Exercises are exercises that build stability and strength to prevent rotation. This means that your body is able to resist forces acting upon it that may try to rotate or move it in a way and direction that it can’t move safely. If you are shoved, trip, slide on ice or are simply carrying something that is an uneven weight and awkward, Anti-Rotational Exercise can make your body strong so that your core can handle the torque without leading to pain and injury.

These Anti-Rotational Movements are either unilateral moves, moves unilaterally loaded or movements with an outside force trying to rotate and twist you while you resist.

An example exercise of this is shoulder taps; Your shoulder is the most mobile joint in the body, but also the most easily injured and the more stabilised your scapula is, the less likely you are to injure it.

“The more control you have over your body, the less likely you are to injure it,” 

By keeping your core and lower half completely still as you perform this move, you are improving your ability to control those areas of the body and training your mind to reconnect with those specific muscle groups. This is a concept called mind-muscle connection, and it’s based on the idea that by simply concentrating on how your muscles are engaged during an exercise, you can help them work more efficiently.