You’ve heard about the benefits of weight-bearing exercise for strengthening your bones. Being straight and having a strong backside puts the pressure of being upright on your bones, where it belongs. That lets your bones become strong. And you can read about preventing osteoporosis with good posture (which you can create with the SimpleStrengthening exercises.) [...]
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Posted in leg pain, pain, posture, strength on Aug 23rd, 2008
I was starting to have “crabby” knees, and decided I had to do something about it. I remembered working with a man who had severe damage to both knees. He told me he could walk without pain, even on stairs, as long as he kept the muscles around his knees strong. He did this with [...]
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Posted in back ache, back pain, pain, posture on Feb 24th, 2008
If I were to ask you what causes the pain between your shoulder blades, what would you say? Would you tell me the cause was stress? Overwork? Old age? Arthritis? Or from your nerves or bones? Would you be surprised if I told you that the cause was most likely…in most cases…muscles? But not any [...]
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Posted in hip pain, leg pain, pain on Feb 3rd, 2008
If a doctor looked at an x-ray of any one of us, he or she would say, “Oh, you have arthritis.” When the doctor can see bony changes in an x-ray, the assumption is that’s the reason for our hip pain as well as any other complaints we have. Well, maybe. Maybe not. We all [...]
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Posted in leg pain, pain, posture, strength on Nov 25th, 2007
Shins? Why on earth would you need to have strong shins muscles? Here’s why. 1. Strong shin muscles create balance between your strong calves and the front of your lower leg. 2. They help prevent charley-horses, or cramps, in your calves. 3. They help create balanced posture. A balanced body has less pain. 4. And, I [...]
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If our muscles get out of balance – some too tense or tight, and others too loose or flacid – it is easy to have muscle strain. Here is an example. You may recognize this pain that lots of us experience: The one on your back, between your spine and your shoulder blade. If you are right-handed, it will [...]
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Posted in back pain, pain, posture, strength on Nov 5th, 2007
There is a reason for your upper back pain. Most of the time we hold our shoulders in a forward position. Our head and shoulders are in front of our body during virtually all of our activities. As a result, the muscles in our back get overstretched. Then those muscles hurt and complain. They don’t like being overstretched. Strengthening [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, pain, posture, strength on Oct 28th, 2007
The first time I watched an exercise video that used small pumping movements I thought, “ha! That won’t do anything.” I tried it and as I followed along, I thought, “ha! This isn’t doing anything.” I was wrong. So very, very wrong. I was so sore the next day. Those simple little pumping movements create a [...]
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Posted in back pain, pain, posture, strength on Oct 14th, 2007
Do you have neck pain? There are many causes for neck pain, but here is a very common cause and a simple strengthening solution. Often our heads get “stuck” in a forward position. This happens because of the way we hold our head for long periods. The muscles both in front and in back of our necks can [...]
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Posted in back pain, pain, posture, strength on Oct 2nd, 2007
All day long we are very often stuck in one position. Our shoulders get tired and ache. If we are a new mom, the position we are stuck in might be holding our baby. If we work at a desk, it could be leaning over the desk. If we are a mechanic or line worker or cook, it is [...]
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