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Teaching a beach yoga class last summer. Use it or lose it is so true. If you’ve lost any range of motion, get it back with a lot more movement in your day.
Try this routine before your next walk! When you engage in any form of exercise you want your body to be as balanced as possible. When your body is in balance it can move evenly and symmetrically. Symmetrical movement ensures that your weight is distributed evenly and makes it less likely that you'll become injured or plagued by pain.
and a body part hurts, or feels stiff, or you favor one leg, and you think ‘I should probably do something about this one day?’
For me, some of this stiffness was the result of needing to physically detoxify my body. But often, lack of motion on a daily basis leads to dysfunction and pain. And when you throw in all the sitting we do, and the wearing of shoes, you can begin to understand why one starts to hurt.
I have had desk jobs all my life, and quickly learned that if I don’t take motion breaks frequently, it’s like saying goodbye to my range of motion bit by bit. On this site you can read about the movement therapies I’ve gravitated towards over the years. They include Egoscue, Original Strength, Qigong, Activated Isolated Stretching, yoga, rebounding, and running barefoot. With a spinal fusion, I have found the less impact the better when it comes to aerobic conditioning (and hot yoga is one of my favorites for that).
I can’t recommend this book highly enough! It has exercises for each area of the body that’s hurting.
I think Pete Egoscue’s Pain Free book should be required reading for everyone who wants ease of mobility. This book is one of my movement bibles. It’s not just for pain, but for one shoulder that’s higher than the other, or tight hamstrings…you will feel straighter and taller after your menu of e-cises. Read the Amazon reviews if you’re still in doubt.
Egoscue talks about ‘easy mobility,’ meaning one position to another with ease of movement, without forethought, without hesitation.
You used to feel good moving around as a kid…I’m here to tell you that you can get a lot of that range of motion back!
A healthy person's energy flows smoothly. However, when her energy is blocked, illness results. Practicing qigong causes the blockages to lessen and eventually disappear.
When NASA was looking for an exercise that allowed astronauts to recover from prolonged weightlessness (and therefore weaker bones), they found that rebounding prevented osteoporosis. And that it was 68% more effective than running as an aerobic exercise.
I get many comments on this website from people who have had spinal fusions for scoliosis. Some of them are in pain and don't know where to turn. I am not a licensed physical therapist or masseuse or doctor but I do have a spinal fusion and a harrington rod, and have had my share of stiffness and pain.
On a muggy August morning I found myself in Penn Station, NYC, ready to board a train for Wantagh, Long Island. A month earlier I'd stumbled upon an article online by Marjorie Brook that described the benefits of scar release therapy.
An organized plan, and the support to accomplish it, are what we'll discuss now. Readers, we would appreciate your reflections and thoughts on these topics. What in life has worked the most for you? After so many years as a 'health nut', here are my thoughts.
I run barefoot on asphalt now. It's a bit rough. I am still getting calluses. I believe that means my form still needs help.
If you're an experienced barefooter and read my earlier posts, then you may have picked up on a few of my knowledge-gaps.
I ran 2.25 miles today on the beach, barefoot. It felt so much better than my old way of running that I ran right past my stairs exit without realizing it and had to backtrack!
Last night I started reading Barefoot Running Step By Step by Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton and today I decided to put some of it into use.
Coming back from my barefoot beach walk today I saw a boy in a purple shirt on his bike ahead of me, speeding up the slight hill towards the block
