Here is a quote directly from Lillahs blog – Body mechanics and proper alignment also play an important role in healing back pain.
Regardless of how our back pain arises, there will be muscles that are short, tight, or even in spasm, and muscles that are long, weak or overworked.
As we correct these imbalances with an appropriate yoga sequence, we are correcting and re-aligning our posture.
Here is a quick stretch that you can do right in your own kitchen.
This yoga instructor shares this pose that is supposed to help the lumbar spine, scoliosis, or people who round the head forward.
It is a great stretch for creating space and length in the spine.
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.
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.
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.
Take a look at how you are sitting in 3-D space.
The 2 most important dimensions are up – down and front to back.
Even if you have a chair that is not so good, it’s possible to make the best of it, if you know what to do.
Proper posture goes hand in hand with a healthy back and spine. Poor posture can lead to back pain, sciatica and other problems.
This video shows a basic core strengthening exercise called, Belly Turning Pose.
This is part of Lillah’s 6 part series, Improve Your Posture with Yoga.
After my motorcycle accident, my friend loaned me his inversion table. It takes up too much space in my garage, he said.
I am more than happy to have it at my house. It is well worth the space it takes up in my house. Now he just comes over once a week to get a [...]
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. Often the [...]
Sciatic Nerve Can Become Entrapped in Several different Places Along it’s Path
Dr. Abelson draws out the path of the sciatic nerve right on the lovely model. This gives a great visual representation of where the sciatic nerve can have problems.
A variety of stretches and exercises are shown; each targeting a specific area.
