My lower back pain has almost completely disappeared since I've been playing tennis three days a week. Ironically, I think it's from bending over to pick up balls rather than from running and striking the ball. On the other hand, some of the other elders that I play with have been injured by falls, etc.
Oh well, Frank Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 On Oct 11, 2017 12:38 PM, "gⅼеɳ ☣" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm happy to say more off-list. But just to finish out the thread. > > Free advice is always worth what you pay, of course. 8^) But I've > mitigated nearly all of my spine problems by: > > a) calisthenics, and > b) a standing desk (sitting will kill you!). > > My calisthenics are a mix of martial arts, stretching, and "yoga-like > stuff" (at least that's what friends who have some experience with yoga > have told me). I also do some posture exercises. A search on youtube.com > for posture, "forward hip", "forward head", etc. can yield productive > results. Just be skeptical with what you find. > > One exercise that I've been doing since I started recovering from my > childhood chiropractor/charlatan was an isometric exercise for my neck. > You stand straight with your hands against your head and push, first > forward, then backward, then from each side. Don't move, just push (not > too hard) your head against your hand(s). So, it's 4 positions. > > 1) two hand heels on your forehead and push forward with your neck muscles, > 2) two hands clasped behind your head (not your neck!) and push backward, > 3) right hand heel above your right ear, push rightward, > 4) left hand heel above your left ear, push leftward. > > Kinda like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kWF968uFXY But I keep > my neck straight and stand while I do it. (Did I mention sitting will kill > you?) > > If you want professional advice for your neck, I'd go to a *sports* > doctor. They have all sorts of experience with weird body mechanics > problems. There's also a nice build-up of evidence that yoga really works > for spine problems ... though I have yet to try it. > > None of this applies to TMJ, though. I'm completely ignorant of it. > > > > On 10/11/2017 10:48 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote: > > Oh thanks glen! > > THAT is very good to know. Purely For What it's worth the students I > click > > with as much as possible avoid using vague langauge with helping manage > the > > TMJ and cautionend me that chinese medicine his a little hit and mis for > > sniffing out the root what's causing TMJ. Basically the person I am > pretty > > lucky to try is also studying to be a GP I simply don't know if that's a > > new thing to the SouthWest school or not he's the 3rd person their be > into > > nutriction, health etc. > > > > > > Sufficed to say I was under the mis-impression that Chriopracties might > be > > able to help. thank Buddha for the caitonary tale. > > > > > > If Chriopracty(SP) is not a good idea after all. Any idea where or to > get > > help with from it? Just to keep the cards on the table: I tried PT > several > > months ago for the TechNeck and some of the TMJ. It helped some but with > > only 5-6 essions it's hard to make solid progress. > > > > What might be the next step then? BoddyWork specialist maybe? If their is > > such a thing? > > -- > ☣ gⅼеɳ > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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