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One passive way to work the core, sit on a yoga ball instead of a chair. Just start slow, maybe 30-60 minutes at a time.
This puts a lot of pressure on the lower back. Sitting down for long periods without any back support doesn't seem like a great idea to me.
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What do you so for core conditioning and strength? Also I'm looking for ways to put together a workstation in the horizontal position
I'd seriously consider Yoga. But to get started, deep breathing I feel has had an affect on my overall core strength. At times, you'll feel like a moron. Deep, deep breathes. I'd suggest starting off for session of like 5 or 10 minutes. It doesn't matter how you do it. Just breathe deep as a practice. But if you need something to get started: something that's standard is X second in, X second hold, X second release.…
The comments about the dangers of doing yoga are valid, but every sport or exercise can be dangerous depending on your condition, even swimming which is usually recommended as a safe sport. General tips are: ask your doctor for movements that you should avoid, tell your yoga teacher about your condition, if it hurts don't do it. More importantly I think, is for you to understand your condition. Read about it, feel your body and how it reacts to each exercise.
For example, even though I should avoid back bends they still help me build strength and improve my posture when done carefully. I am always aware of that during my yoga practice so I either skip the back bends or I do them softly, depending on how I feel.
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This puts a lot of pressure on the lower back. Sitting down for long periods without any back support doesn't seem like a great idea to me.
I would argue that half an hour to an hour is no one's idea of long periods.
Anyway, I recommend that people ask their doctor for advice or at least Google up a bit about the pros/cons of this and try to find articles from reputable sources. I did that some time ago and wasn't very impressed with the results.
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With all due respect, "traditional Chinese Medicine" was invented by Mao because he couldn't afford to give his half billion strong agrarian proletariat actual medicine and didn't want them to notice. >“Even though I believe we should promote Chinese medicine,” Mao told him, “I personally do not believe in it. I don’t take Chinese medicine.” > In 1923, Lu Xun, China’s most famous man of letters, reflected critically…
It's interesting how we have this cohort of people who don't use TCM, have strong opinions about it, and have no trouble finding sources to back up their claims. I don't argue with them. Because at one time I knew TCM was bullshit too. Then we have this other cohort of people with chronic issues who exhausted, or are unsatisfied with, the treatments offered by western medicine. They go on to discover TCM, are healed…
This article doesn't have one mention of TMS or the work that John Sarno did? That is borderline irresponsible. Read "Healing Back Pain: The Mind Body Connection" by Jon Sarno.[1] I lived with chronic knee pain for over 8 years, and would routinely have "carpal tunnel like symptoms" with my wrists. Literally within a week of reading that book my knee pain was gone, and my wrists have not had any issues since. My pers…
This article doesn't have one mention of TMS or the work that John Sarno did? That is borderline irresponsible. Read "Healing Back Pain: The Mind Body Connection" by Jon Sarno.[1] I lived with chronic knee pain for over 8 years, and would routinely have "carpal tunnel like symptoms" with my wrists. Literally within a week of reading that book my knee pain was gone, and my wrists have not had any issues since. My pers…
I won't give away spoilers but the treatment plan is HILARIOUSLY simple Seriously? This isn't a novel or TV show. That statement of yours just makes me think it is a scam.
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+1 to this. I suffered from back pain for a long time. Long distance running made it worse. Running made my core weaker and my back pain became worse. Physical therapy did not help. MRI scan revealed a 5 degree scoliosis and a slightly bulging disc (L5/S1). What has helped since then is massaging my glutes thoroughly with a lacrosse ball regularly. Foam rolling my back, glutes, ITB and quads. Strength training for th…
Those Glutius Medii (sp?) are tough cookies!!! Core and stability work are often more important than just strength. Also the hip flexors are really key too. My adductors and I have a love/hate relationship. :)
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What do you so for core conditioning and strength? Also I'm looking for ways to put together a workstation in the horizontal position
"What do you so for core conditioning and strength?" I tend to avoid recommending specific exercises - instead I like to recommend that you think of your trunk in three dimensions and apply weight bearing loads to at least every 90 degrees around that circle (which implies at least four exercises). So that would mean your flexing your back, your abs, and each of your two sides (Abdominal external oblique, I think). I…
Lovely article, as an orthopaedic surgeon I can tell you that most of us know this. Treating chronic pain with surgery is generally a bad idea, I spend a large share of my time explaining this. Some patients are grateful for this, but I think that many go and try to find "a real doctor". An interesting development is that there is generally an increased acceptance for psychiatric diagnoses. More are accepting that ju…
I've seen through meditation how simply learning to experience pain in a more productive fashion eliminates the vast majority of it. So much of the pain that I used to experience was the result of feeling a small amount of physical pain and my mind blowing it completely out of proportion. Learning to experience pain with equanimity rather than distress causes pain to recede into the background.
In addition to using disciplined thinking to control pain, I've also used it to increase the amount of time I can hold my breath from just over a minute to over six minutes. Like pain, the urge to breath is a little bit physical and a lot mental. Learning to experience it with calmness and acceptance dramatically reduced its power.
The tendency of modern medicine to look for a pill to cure everything is very dangerous when the problem you're dealing with cannot be objectively measured. The mind is a very powerful thing and it's measurements will always be at least partially the result of the patient's thought processes...there's no way to separate them. And with all the negative consequences of these drugs (both painkillers and drugs that target neurotransmitters have very serious side effects), there should be a lot more emphasis on patients exhausting all non-pharmaceutical approaches first.
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I'm enthusiastic about milk, but why is it so good for us?
If you read Starting Strength, you'd know. To summarize, it has everything baby calves need to grow strong, which is also similar to what humans need to grow strong. Lots of protein, along with some sugar and lots of vitamins and minerals.