New Sports Therapy Redefines the Body’s Core

By Ben Preston

Part training and part treatment, a new kind of sports therapy — Foundation Roots — revamps how active people look at the body’s strength core.

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A mishmash of yoga, tai chi and a handful of unique moves and poses designed to increase strength and flexibility, Foundation seems to be part training and part treatment. Founders Park and Eric Goodman insist that for years, everyone from professional athletes to weekend handball players have labored under the misconception that abdominal muscles are the core muscles of the body. Focused on strengthening and loosening the chain of muscles running from the lower back to the hamstrings, the duo proselytize to people about thinking differently and retraining the way they move their bodies.A mishmash of yoga, tai chi and a handful of unique moves and poses designed to increase strength and flexibility, Foundation seems to be part training and part treatment. Founders Park and Eric Goodman insist that for years, everyone from professional athletes to weekend handball players have labored under the misconception that abdominal muscles are the core muscles of the body. Focused on strengthening and loosening the chain of muscles running from the lower back to the hamstrings, the duo proselytize to people about thinking differently and retraining the way they move their bodies.

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