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Neck Pain Part 3

Friday, February 27th, 2009

You now have a picture of my situation at that time. I was restricted some what in what I could do, so every movement required some thought. You know when you’ve hurt your ankle your reluctant to put any weight on it in case you hurt it more. By using GENTLE movements – simple every [...]

Neck Pain Part 2

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

I walked around bringing myself to. A helicopter and ambulance and police were at the scene within 20 minutes, how they knew I don’t know. I was put in the ambulance with a collar around my neck, they thought I might have some serious damage. I was placed in the ambulance and the medics were [...]

Neck Pain Part 1

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

With any neck or shoulder issues there is always some form of trauma to the rest of the body as it tries to correct the imbalance. Some muscles go into spasm to protect you from doing further damage to your body, a reflex action. So what can I do to help my back pain, or [...]

Can A Pelvic Tilt Help My Back Pain?

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Let’s see if I can catch you. Your reading this article so far aren’t you? How is your posture? Are you catching yourself out? Are your shoulders over your hips and your ears over your shoulders? Great if they are, if not well not to worry at least you have become more aware of your [...]

Can A Pelvic Tilt Help My Back Pain? Part 4

Friday, February 20th, 2009

When you have hurt your back you are acutely aware of how you move. So whatever you do be gentle with yourself, do some form of exercise no matter how small, keep the blood flow going it will bring benefits. Also with the practice of yoga you can gain peace with your situation with meditation. [...]

Can A Pelvic Tilt Help My Back Pain? Part 3

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Being pregnant, your ligaments become more pliable and therefore you maybe a bit more vulnerable to injury so avoid heavy lifting. If you are carrying or lifting anything keep it/them close to your body and your knees bent. Try to equalise the weight that you are carrying, ie; perhaps a carrier bag in each hand [...]

Can A Pelvic Tilt Help My Back Pain? Part 2

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Again you can vary this by holding the pose for a count of seven and repeating the process. If you feel you are ready to go to the next level then you could try this. Laying on your back as before with knees bent, feet hip width apart and on the floor, catch hold of [...]

Can A Pelvic Tilt Help My Back Pain? Part 1

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

A great of way of helping back pain is doing Pelvic Tilts. These are often recommended for low back pain, developing your abdominals, working the sacroiliac joint together with the adjacent structures. For low back issues/problems they are great and make a good starting point for an exercise programme which is easy to do. In [...]

Can Yoga Help My Back Pain? Part 5

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

The more you put in the more you get out, and if you are like me, I want the best out of my body and the best out of life and yoga helps me get there. A few million years ago we stood on two legs and since that we have probably had trouble with [...]

Can Yoga Help My Back Pain? Part 4

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Yoga is very effective for treating neck, shoulder and back pain. It is very personal and gentle to meet your physical needs. Competitive it is not. You allow your body to be your guide and work as deep or As shallow as you body needs at that time. One day may be different from another. [...]

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