Posts Tagged ‘stretch’
July 29th, 2010 | 
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Do you suffer from lower back pain? These back-relaxing stretches relieve tension and keep your body limber for workouts. For more Exercise TV Workout Videos and Products, go to http://bit.ly/9quCu
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Tags: exercises, instructions, lower back pain, lower back stretch, pain relief, relieve pain, relieve stress, stretch, stretching, workouts | 
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Massage expert Susan G. Salvo demonstrates a brief and effective lower back routine. She targets muscles such as the quadratus lumborum, psoas, and paraspinals with massage and stretching techniques. Salvo also throws in a little PNF. Use these techniques to help your clients reduce their lower back pain.
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Piriformis Stretch: is helpful for individuals with low back pain including sciatica. It is considered by many the best stretch that can be performed to help reduce low back pain, no matter what low back condition an individual may have. The piriformis muscle, also know as an external hip rotator, will alter gait and causes many to walk “duck footed”. Furthermore, it can cause low back pain when tight by pressuring the sciatic nerve, as this nerve on most of the population travels through the piriformis muscle.
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This video demonstrates an effective stretch for the chest muscles, or the pectoralis muscles. Find yourself a door frame and position the elbows just below the shoulders, and gently step through. This will produce a stretch in the lower fibres of each pectoralis major muscle. The second position, you will position the elbows at shoulder level, and gently step through. This will produce a stretch in the mid-fibres of both pectoralis muscles. The third position, position the elbows just above the shoulders, and gently step through the door frame to produce the stretch. Holding each position for a minimum of 30 seconds, to a maximum of 90 seconds, will effectively stretch your pectoralis major muscles.
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Tags: chest, Everest, exercise, fitness, health, Massage, muscles, Pectoralis, stretch, Therapeutics, Vancouver |
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This video demonstrates and effective stretch for your Iliopsoas and rectus femoris muscles, otherwise known as the ‘hip flexors.’ Position yourself, starting on both knees and using a wall for support. In the video we stretch the right hip flexors.
Bring the left knee up, into a lunge position, keeping the right knee planted firmly against the floor. Gently lunge forward to lengthen and engage the muscles of the right hip. You should now feel a light to moderate stretch in the front of the leg and it may travel into the pelvis, and you may feel it deep into the abdomen. Hold this position for a minimum of 30 seconds, to a maximum of 90 seconds, to effectively stretch and lengthen the right hip flexors. Slowly come out of this position when finished, and stretch to the other side.
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