Humour..... something I value highly in the real world, and in a virtual one like this...... Thanks again de Mark for starting this thread (in this case, I'm serious, not joking 
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I've given it 3 weeks, and wanted to stop by concerning Richard's post # 75.
I call it the (fly like) Superman Stretch.
Yesterday, I caught up with Physiotherapist I'd started with over 2 years ago, and described the results I'd been getting with the stretch. He named the muscle response that was going on, and said it made sense in my case. He had a caveat - said they are very careful in recommending that stretch, as depending on muscle conditioning (he's very familiar with where I'm at), in some/many people holding that stretch too long can cause muscle spasm.
That clinic is very careful (as they should be) when they are putting people through physio - they deal with severe (crash etc) trauma every day (not my case, I had a walk-in-the-park compared to many people I've seen there), and part of what they have to consider (other than actual damage) is what a person's pain tolerance is.
My results have been spectacular with Richard's Superman Stretch. It's probably been at least 10 years since I've felt this good..... but to underline my physio guy's point - the base of what I've built up the last 2 years (he sees me working out every week) is also a big part of why this switch-flip NOW worked so well for me.
I've been doing this Superman Stretch at least once a day, and pushing for time pretty hard - results have been very worthwhile - lower back muscles that have been wound like clocksprings about to break are looser than I can recall in a very long time.
My wife has seen my good results and has been starting to do this stretch too. Even w/o talking to my physio guy yesterday, I was a bit cautious about recommending the stretch..... I asked her to ease into it slowly.... so far so good for her.
Just a simple example.... my walking stride is notably longer, and it's not like I was shuffling before.
de Mark's thread here...... altho it may look like I'm a gen Facebook person in this one post, going on about myself..... just wanted to share the (spectacular) results I've had with that deceptively simple stretch...... if your back problems are diagnosed/defined and this type of movement/stress is not contraindicated, then I'd highly encourage anyone to ease their way into trying that stretch.
Until one has been through it, it is difficult to really understand how disruptive chronic pain is. Pure magic when it goes away; double bonus with no drugs :cool2:
Back Demons - Get Out !.
Rgds, D.
).I've given it 3 weeks, and wanted to stop by concerning Richard's post # 75.
I call it the (fly like) Superman Stretch.
Yesterday, I caught up with Physiotherapist I'd started with over 2 years ago, and described the results I'd been getting with the stretch. He named the muscle response that was going on, and said it made sense in my case. He had a caveat - said they are very careful in recommending that stretch, as depending on muscle conditioning (he's very familiar with where I'm at), in some/many people holding that stretch too long can cause muscle spasm.
That clinic is very careful (as they should be) when they are putting people through physio - they deal with severe (crash etc) trauma every day (not my case, I had a walk-in-the-park compared to many people I've seen there), and part of what they have to consider (other than actual damage) is what a person's pain tolerance is.
My results have been spectacular with Richard's Superman Stretch. It's probably been at least 10 years since I've felt this good..... but to underline my physio guy's point - the base of what I've built up the last 2 years (he sees me working out every week) is also a big part of why this switch-flip NOW worked so well for me.
I've been doing this Superman Stretch at least once a day, and pushing for time pretty hard - results have been very worthwhile - lower back muscles that have been wound like clocksprings about to break are looser than I can recall in a very long time.
My wife has seen my good results and has been starting to do this stretch too. Even w/o talking to my physio guy yesterday, I was a bit cautious about recommending the stretch..... I asked her to ease into it slowly.... so far so good for her.
Just a simple example.... my walking stride is notably longer, and it's not like I was shuffling before.
de Mark's thread here...... altho it may look like I'm a gen Facebook person in this one post, going on about myself..... just wanted to share the (spectacular) results I've had with that deceptively simple stretch...... if your back problems are diagnosed/defined and this type of movement/stress is not contraindicated, then I'd highly encourage anyone to ease their way into trying that stretch.
Until one has been through it, it is difficult to really understand how disruptive chronic pain is. Pure magic when it goes away; double bonus with no drugs :cool2:
Back Demons - Get Out !
. Rgds, D.
