Exercise in all forms is an essential nutrient for a healthy body and brain.
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What exercise you can do to help maintain a strong, supple body and protect you from recurrent injury.
1.Start with the 4 minute workout to maximise your Nitric Oxide.
Common Sense is of Paramount Importance. You are in charge when it comes to how you move and what exercises you do. I will make recommendations for what should be safe for you to do and ultimately only you will know whether something feels good or bad when you listen and pay attention to the feedback your body is giving you - not only in the moment but in the hours or days following a workout. If you are experiencing pain doing any stretches or exercises you must stop right away and we will discuss the reason why and change our plan to fully stabilise your body before progressing an exercise routine. |
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What to avoid.
The number one priority for your body's progress and healing is to restore your natural, upright posture of your skeleton which includes reestabilishing the normal curvature of the spine.
As we know, there are bones in the body that can go out of alignment in a direction that the body cannot self-correct because it doesn't have muscles to pull the bone back into the correct position. In the spine this is into a forwards direction (I always explain this using the model spine in your second visit, and if you watched Dr Jeff Aberle's video you will have a good understanding of this.)
Bearing this anatomical premise in mind, you must avoid exercises that round the spine into a forwards bend, slumped or 'C' shape. Such as forwards bends in yoga and pilates or when stretching the hamstrings or doing sit-ups for example.
As we know, there are bones in the body that can go out of alignment in a direction that the body cannot self-correct because it doesn't have muscles to pull the bone back into the correct position. In the spine this is into a forwards direction (I always explain this using the model spine in your second visit, and if you watched Dr Jeff Aberle's video you will have a good understanding of this.)
Bearing this anatomical premise in mind, you must avoid exercises that round the spine into a forwards bend, slumped or 'C' shape. Such as forwards bends in yoga and pilates or when stretching the hamstrings or doing sit-ups for example.