Thank you all for contributing.

To clarify, the purpose of the blog post was to highlight the need to counterbalance an overused posture (which doesn't just single out Muay Thai, it's true for any activity that you spend considerable time repeating), and secondly, to offer some corrective strategies for the given example. If any of you haven't read the blog post yet, please do, it'll help put things in context. :)

There are many different issues that arise from practising our sport (thank you all for your input), which of course can't be addressed by simply practising the sport itself - this makes things worse. I'm hoping to help Thai boxers see the benefits of supplementing their technical and tactical Muay Thai training with efficient, effective 'extra curricula' training that helps keep you injury free (and able to keep training Muay Thai) and boosts your athletic foundation/potential.

I have a private client that I teach Muay Thai to who is a Yoga instructor. She is a fantastic case study and a valuable learning tool for me. She's so aware of how her body feels as a result of years of Yoga practice, and along with daily practice, she can feedback to me where she's developed restrictions etc. as a result of her previous training session with me. It's fascinating to learn what the impact of our training does to a 'clean slate'. We don't notice how our body has compensated over the years of training.

Dave, good call. The core/lumbar is certainly a major player when it comes to both injury reduction and performance – especially in explosive, rotational athletes like fighters. There's currently a lot of research going on in this area, and I'm keen to keep an eye on the findings and their application to Muay Thai.

Steve, hopefully I've adequately explained what my intentions were with this piece.
As far as my background, at this time I've been practically coaching strength and conditioning for fighters for over 6-years (also competitively fighting as an international amateur and pro Thai boxer myself too.), and instructed Muay Thai for over 14-years.
I've owned a full time strength and conditioning/Muay Thai gym for over 4-years. I'm a Professional member of the NSCA and an affiliate member of the UKSCA (working toward accreditation), also a CYQ level 3 Personal Trainer (but please don't hold that against me!). I've got a Bsc. (Hons) degree in mechanical engineering, and I'm looking to complete a MSc. in sports science as soon as I get the time...

I'm forever and student and love sharing some of what I'm learning along the way too.