Saturday, April 29, 2017

spinal/back pain

Lumbar Stabilization- builds core strength for back pain reduction

  • supine
    • just arms, just legs, alternater
    • knees bent, neutral spine, engage ribs-setu bandha sequence
      • steps
      • lifts
      • dead bug (kundalini)
    • vipriti korani sequence
    • leg lowering
    • lifted leg extensions
  • prone
    • ustrasana variations with arms and legs
  • knees
    • arm and leg lift variations maintaining root lock and neutral spine
    • balance
    • planks (hands & forearms)
    • side planks (variations ---bent knees)
    • planks with rotation
  • standing
    • lunging & reverse lunging with root lock and neutral spine
    • balancing with root lock
  • ball work/chair work
    • ball lifts prone
    • crossed elbows to knees
    • belly on ball/bolster
      • leg lifts-closer to chest makes it harder, single double
      • cobras
      • cobras twisted
      • hands/no hands/weights
    • sitting on ball feet against wall variations
SPINAL STENOSIS

  • stretches
    • supine knees bent spinal tilts
    • legs lifted bolster
    • single and double leg hugs
    • twists with feet on floor
    • forward bends in chair with legs wide and feet pressed down
    • flat backed forward bends/knees bent to start
    • figure 4
    • lunge on step with belly on thigh
    • down dogs variations on chair


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