Are You Stretching Correctly?
There is a right way and a wrong way to do this stretch.
There are a number of videos floating around that just do not teach the right technique.
The man in this video has it right.
Can Cobra Pose Help my Back Pain?
Video with beginner to advanced version of this well known yoga pose, cobra. It is great for strengthening and toning back muscles. It starts with the easiest version for the total newbie and stiffer folk. Then she progresses through more advanced setup.
Loosen Up that Stiff Back
Stiff or tight back?
You will want to check out this simple forward bend taken from, Nancy Davison’s Back n’ Motion video.
In this first segment she shares the forward bend. It is probably a bit different for how you’ve seen the forward bend before.
Loosen Up Lower Back and Hips
Here is yet another good sciatica relief exercise. This one is quick and simple, the whole video is only 2 minutes long, including introductory instructions. The exercise is designed to loosen up the hips and lower back.
Get Rid of Sciatic and Lower Back Pain
Breathing deep and slow is one of the major keys in sciatica pain relief. This is a simple exercise, that takes just two minutes to do. Stretch one leg out on the floor and bend the other leg in to get started. Check out the video for full instructions.
Got Sciatica? Pain in the Low Back and Down the Leg?
A simple tool to ease sciatica – a tennis ball. This 3 minute video shows how to massage and stretch the piriformis muscle, using a tennis ball. A tight piriformis is one of the major causes of sciatic pain.
Osteoporosis Exercise – Skeletal Fitness by Mirabai Holland
All you need is a bath towel for this simple exercise. It is a great stretch and strengthener for the shoulders and upper back muscles. Squeeze the shoulder blades together for a great isometric exercise.
Yoga Warm Up
A gentle, low key warm up series, nearly anyone can do. If you cannot reach your toes, just hang on higher, up by the knees like I do, or on the shins. HarDarshan taught this class at Wake Forest Yoga. Keeping muscles loosened up and flexible can be very beneficial.
Sciatica Pain, while Playing Disc Golf
My sciatica pain suddenly flared up the other day, while I was playing disc golf. Luckily, I had a battery powered, portable Interferential unit, in my van. I hooked up the electrodes and fired it up.
Sciatica Exercises Part 1 – The Evil That Discs Do
McKenzie exercises offer hope for the sciatica sufferer. This first video is targeted towards people who have sciatica due to a disc problem, like disc bulge or disc herniation. Click here to see the second video, focusing on pain due to piriformis syndrome, and how to tell the difference between true sciatica and piriformis syndrome. [...]
