Description
This course is essential to anyone who has been suffering from back pain and wants to be independent and strong, now and in the future. It's designed for people with back pain who need to start slow and progress at your own pace so you don’t hurt yourself more.
It can be difficult to know how to effectively strengthen your back without injuring it further. This course aims to overcome this challenge by leading you through biomechanically-safe and effective exercises, stretches, and posture practices that help you to stay functional without making pain worse.
Doing the recommended practices regularly can help you decrease pain, get stronger, increase flexibility, regain and maintain mobility, and improve posture. At the end of this course, you will be able to recognize what you are doing to cause back pain and what you need to do to relieve it.
Master Back Health by Improving Strength, Flexibility, and Mobility, plus Building Awareness
Back pain is common for people of all ages. People are seeking effective ways to reduce pain so they can live the active lives they desire – we want to hike, bike, play golf, garden, and enjoy freedom well into our retirement.
People experience back pain for various reasons, either they have been too sedentary, their job or a sport has caused repetitive stress, they have an old injury, there is a congenital spinal condition, or they are dealing with arthritis or other conditions that develop as we age.
This program is somewhat different from a standard strength training or stretching program. Some of the practices may surprise you. It blends methods and techniques from various disciplines, including yoga and sport science, and emphasizes building awareness and moving in ways that are biomechanically-safe. The course leads you through exercises and stretches where you will learn to move mindfully and incorporate breathing into your movements while still getting a workout.
This course includes practical techniques for dealing with pain when it arises. It also includes education about core strength, the importance of the diaphragm, and breath work.
The key to a healthy back and reducing pain is three-fold:
1) Regular, biomechanically-safe movement in all planes of motion. This builds functional core strength.
2) Learning to release tension.
3) Practicing a unique kind of breath work which not only helps to achieve 1 & 2 above but it also improves the mind-body connection and strength of the diaphragm.
The benefit of doing it this way is that you learn how to recognize the things you are doing that make your pain worse. When we build awareness of imbalances, tension areas, and poor alignment then we are able to make corrections that can minimize problems.
Contents and Overview
This course contains a manual, 2 Functional Core Conditioning Exercise practices, 3 Gentle Yoga practices, 2 Breathwork practices, 4 lectures, and 5 hours of content. It’s designed for anyone, regardless of fitness level, who wishes to reduce back pain, increase strength and flexibility, and learn methods that help maintain functionality as we age.
In this course, you will:
practice biomechanically-safe yoga stretching and functional core exercises
learn what functional core strength is and how to create it
learn what to DO to keep your posture aligned at work or play so you decrease your potential for back pain
practice breathing techniques that reduce pain and strengthen your diaphragm
discover why a strong diaphragm is important for back strength
The exercises are presented in ways that you can start where you are and progress at your own pace.
There are sample 8-week schedules for you to use as a guideline but how often you do the practices will depend on your schedule, your fitness level, and your pain levels on any given day. Although the schedule is formatted for 8 weeks, you can take longer and then carry on with the practices however works best for you. You can use this program as an adjunct to other therapies.
By the end of the course, you’ll have valuable skills that will help you reduce back pain in your daily activities. You’ll know how to exercise your entire back in effective and safe ways that make you stronger, rather than causing you more pain.
With these practices and lessons, you’ll find that you have more control over your back pain and are able to function better in your life.
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