Helping You Get Straight and Strong with Kathryn Merrow, The Pain Relief Coach
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 9th, 2009
If you have back pain, you’ve probably heard that you should do sit-ups. While strong abdominal (stomach) muscles are good, sit-ups can be not so good. Here’s why: Your abdomen is basically the “front of your back.” Some of the muscles that attach to your spine are actually accessible through your soft abdomen by a [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, pain, posture, strength on Sep 25th, 2007
I had a client who was paralyzed. All Gloria could do was talk and eat, when someone gave food to her. But, boy, could she ever visualize! She would actually visualize herself exercizing so well that she would make her muscles ache. When I would see her, she would say, “Oh, I am so sore. I did [...]
