Bill DanielsOwner/trainer, Beyond Fitness online · Personal Trainer & Pain Science Expert Helping People Move Without Fear

Stimulating different parts of your vestibular system plays a role in how your body can move

25 Nov 2022 · 1 min

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In this short instructional video, Bill from Beyond Fitness Online demonstrates how activating the vestibular system—specifically the vestibulo‑ocular reflex (VOR)—can increase hip extension during a lunge. He explains the technique: extend the thumb forward, turn the head while keeping the eyes fixed on the thumb, which stimulates the horizontal semicircular canals. By performing this VOR activation, Bill shows a noticeable increase in his ability to extend the hip. He emphasizes that vestibular stimulation can influence various movements and invites viewers to follow for more similar tips.

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Hi, I'm Bill from Beyond Fitness Online. Today I want to demonstrate how activating certain parts of your vestibular system impacts certain kinds of movement, and it's pretty simple. So in this particular case, I'm going to show you extension, and I'm going to use hip extension as an example. So if I get down into a lunge and I try to really extend through here, you can see how much I'm able to get. And if we activate what's called your VOR, so we're going to put our thumb out in front and we're just going to turn our head while keeping our Our eyes on the thumb. That's going to stimulate your horizontal canals, which are part of your vestibular system. And just that little bit, you'll watch how much more I'm able to extend through here now. So the idea of this is just that stimulating your vestibular system can impact your movement, and there's a lot of ways to do that. So follow me for more tips and tricks just like these.