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I first noticed tat there was some sort of problem about 5-6 yeas ago. Gradually., i could been over less and les. Three years ago, i was finally able to start physical therapy, and that time there was a slight bend, but i could still leave the house, but with a lot of pain. ALL of the exercises the therapist had me do was laying on my back or sitting on the edge of the therapist bench. You know, squeezing a ball between my thighs and lifting my legs in the air with the help of a rope with a opp as i lay on my back. Would tell me to lay on my back and lift my hips toward the ceiling, but i couldn’t budge. Did this for several months until covid hit, and i didn’t return, because it felt worthless. She told me to do it twice a day at home and i was going to therapy 2 times per week.then, it worsened over the last 3 years, and i find a lot of videos on the internet tat don’t make any sense for a person with an almost 90 degree tilt and i observed what i believed to be a lack of strength in butt muscle. All the videos for tight psoas would start with the person on the floor mostly. I couldn’t;t get up and down to the floor. Or they would start with something that required an upright standing position
Been a few years stress of pandemic, parents illnesses and passing, working at home, stress of being unable to walk without walker....scary journey been told its everything from a to z. Thanks for help with this!
My sacrum was injured by a bad chiropractor and I was sitting here in ain when I found you and I did the first exercise and the pain went away!!!!!! WOW, I'm so happy I found you. I have been in physical fitness for over 30 yrs and this simple move helped me so much, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally a video that’s clear, funny, using things most people have, and tadaaa - not for athletes ! Everyone with a back and two legs can do these and work op from there. This is super helpful and the issues themselves are so clearly explained ! Can’t be improved !!
Have been depressed and sitting alone in the dark after a tragic house fire. I've sat so long walking is now a struggle and standing up straight is impossible. Making this comment to hold myself accountable. This is Day 1 of getting my life back. 2:306:209:12 Did all 3 exercises and now my muscles are twitching - they're finally waking up! Will be back tomorrow. Thank you so much!
I sit for really long time teaching online….This really works, it fixed my severe back pain, I couldn’t sit or stand straight….after one attempt I saw a remarkable difference….thank you sir for sharing
Desk job 9 hours a day for the last 14 years (I do believe that sitting is the new cigarette.) You nailed it when you got up and it felt like you couldn’t straighten up with me. I have invested in the best chairs and accessories for my seat to be properly positioned but these small exercises you’ve showed me here has helped greatly. Much appreciated. God bless you
I had polio at 16 months. I have been in and out if PT my entire 75 years… I had my Right knee replaced 16 years ago. I was told two years ago to stop doing all the streches I had been doing forever (ish) by that particular Physical Therapist ; who also told me to never walk anywhere without a cane. I can stand up straight. I cannot stroll around aimlessly. I am able to walk “ normally” with a shopping cart. I am stiff upon rising with bilateral stiffness down both of my outer thighs …every Doctor I have talked about polio says something like: “ I have never met anyone who had polio before”! My back does not hurt and my bone mass is “excellent “. Covid has not been helpful and my sofa is not my friend! I enjoy your candor and appreciate your kind words…. I am adding these streches to my daily chair aerobics😅!
Hi am an ex-marathoner now diabetic and bent-over person, now 75 years old ...... I have just started this video and it is promising. I have had problems with my hip flexor and my PSOAS for years ... Stay Tuned!!
I worked 12 hours a day at a desk job for a decade. Then I became a team over the road truck driver where the truck rolled for 22 hours a day, for another decade. These two decades of sitting for in excess of 12 hours a day, FOR A LIVING, resulted in much harm to my body. Thank you for the information and sharing your expertise
Im 37 and I havent recovered from straining my low back 2 years ago by repeatedly lowering my baby into the crib and staying in the bent position as long as I needed to make sure he stayed asleep before removing my hands from underneath him. He was a VERY needy baby and didnt want to be left alone. It didnt hurt while in that position but one night after holding that position longer than usual I could hardly lift the baby or walk the next day. I iced and stretched and with time its gotten better but still flares up especially after standing for long periods or carrying my now toddler. Was thinking abt seeing a Dr but found this video and felt a little relief after trying these stretches. Im hopeful it will continue to help. Thanks
Can’t believe how much this helped. I couldn’t even stand up straight. Nothing worked.. heat, stretching, inversion table. Your exercises got me standing straight!
Thank you so much for all your tips and tricks. I am 66yrs old I have had RA for 50yrs. I have had a lot of joint replacements over the years. I am having left hip joint pain and weakness, your hip exercises have made vast improvements allowing me to walk my dogs again. I am so great full to you.
Inactivity during the pandemic/fires and menopause led to serious hip arthritis and sarcopenia of legs/glutes. Too weak and painful to climb stairs, sit down, stand up, and kneel. I went from athletic yoga teacher to cane walker in 2 years. To recover, I’ve changed diet and re-started exercise working thru the pain. It’s an uphill effort, but small progress has been made and will hopefully continue. Against orthopedic advice, I cycled to keep joints moving since they were getting too tight from strength training. Stretching helps but strengthening has been most effective in regaining mobility. I have to unlearn all the compensatory movement I developed over time injured. Exercise, anti-inflammatory diet, and focusing on proper movement has been key to getting back to “normal”
You are amazing!!!!! I hurt my knee a couple of years ago and because I was walking funny I started feeling it in my hip. I ordered your FAI FIX and have been using it for about 3 weeks. I'm old 🤣, and very stiff so it's slow but I see improvement. This video will also help so thank you so much for all of your videos 🥰 I forgot to say, the Dr said I need a hip replacement. I'm going to fix it your way!!!
You are a life saviour. I had a really severe lower back pain and I couldn’t even stand straight. Finally i did the first exercise and now i feel so good. I can stand now. Thankyou so much 😇😇
This was so extremely helpful! Ive been completely bent over for two days, heating pad, hot bath with epsom salt, NOTHING was helping! I did these exercises for literally 5 minutes and was able to stand up so much straighter! Not completely up but WAY way better and the pain had lessened somewhat!
I injured my knee playing football at 15 which left me with a permanent 10 degree bend. By my 20's I began to notice lower back pain anytime I washed dishes, shaved, etc. Anything where I had to bend over slightly. I think walking on slightly different length legs may have contributed. By my 40's I got outsourced and ended up working in a call center for 16 years, unable to stand or move around at all. During all this time I walked, ran, biked, hiked, lifted....with mostly knee pain. A couple of years ago I had a knee replacement but that didn't straighten the leg. My back pain began to increase and walking more than a mile became very painful. This video is me now. At 65 I walk like a 95 year old. I can't exercise like I used to and I finally went to a doctor. We're trying PT but the results are not great yet. I'm going to give these exercises a shot and see if it helps. Braces and pills worked for a while but now they do nothing. I just want to enjoy retirement and be able to do the things I once did while I still can.
First of all I appreciate your video and support. Secondly I am not only walking bent over but also stiff and have spasms /restless leg. Thirdly my sofa isn’t like yours it’s way shorter, so I am unable to do the first step. I will keep your video in mind as I progress. I’m currently in Physical Therapy. Thank you!
Thank you for this video. I've discovered that old-school house cleaning, like washing the floor on my hands and knees, has helped my psoas and thigh tightness. I'm sore after the cleaning, but I do not hurt the next day and don't need pain relief. I sit all day at work, so I'll add these exercises to my weekly routine.
This video is so helpful and amazing! Thank you for explaining how we arrived at this situation. That knowledge I now have helps me focus on more mobility while at the desk! Thanks!
To answer your question, after my 13 hour fusion l2-s1. Life's been a battle ever since (muscle imbalances, pain, lack of sleep.... I could go on and on 😞. Looking through all your videos I'm getting some hope back (of moving like a normal person) yay!
Matt, don’t have a corner on a couch like you.😅 so I got a ball and laid on the ground with ball under thigh and flexed my leg while lying on it. Felt great! Thank you!
This video gave me plenty of great ideas and a lot of help in the future. I am sitting for 8 h daily and truly need to do something about it. I shall start your exercise right now. Regards from the northern parts of Europe.
Hi, just found your video. I haven’t yet had the opportunity to try any of the exercises, but just reading that there are others out there with the same problem as me helped me a lot. I have had right hip pain for nearly 2 years and last summer the pain left me but I was left with the lost ability to stand up straight. I can no longer make a meal, walk any distance etc. The doctors look at me like I am crazy. Thanks again.
I've Been like this for years It got worse in 2012 after I had injections Originally for hip pain But it ended up causing back pain And stiffness in my lower back That never goes away. Done everything to help this short of surgery which I was discouraged from doing saying that it probably wouldn't work by 1 doctor and another doctor said it would be maybe a year to recovery. If you can help me I will be amazed because you would be the 1st. Now along with this I have Osteoarthritis in my right hip Which has progressively getting worse due to a recent accident. In July I was finally able to receive disability but I Really I would just like to be my old self again and walk like a normal person as you stated it in your video🙂
I've noticed for over three years my condition has been getting worse over time, I'm now at the point of tears. I'll be 67 in august, and my body is so weak from being too sedentary from too much sitting. I can't stand up straight and my whole lower extremities hurt like hell. Walking has become very difficult. I fell like my gait is unstable and I'm constantly stumbling. I can't walk a full block without having to stop and rest. I use a cane off and on. It makes me feel so embarrassed when to see seniors much older than myself who can walk better than me. I'm so afraid I'm going to have to use a wheelchair to get around. I'm praying your exercises will help me to be able to strengthen me so I can stand straight and walk without so much pain and struggle. 😢
Oh dear! I’m sorry for your pain! Your experience sounds very much like mine. I’ve been avoiding pain by sitting more and more. After several years, I got the name of an orthopedic doctor, who actually examined me, did some ex-rays & diagnosed a very bad hip! (I tried several doctors before this one). I’m now recovering from hip replacement surgery and doing physical therapy. It’s going to be awhile, but I the worst pain is gone. Gotta do those exercises- but get a diagnosis! Keep searching! You are worth it!
This is me. I've had another hospitalization recently, and was bedridden. I pray I can regain some strength. I certainly push myself everyday. I live alone, so obviously I can't, don't even want, to be in bed during the day. But it's impossible for me to stand up straight. I cannot walk without a walker/rollater. BTW, I have Myasthenia Gravis, but still I should be able to regain some strength, at least to my baseline.
Me too - same age - But here is one thing I learned that Might help you or others - I layed in bed and rolled my knees together slight side to sides a few times increasing over time - I stretched my legs and rolled my ankles stretching them and the calves (this one helped my balance because the weight gain also hurts the ankles) and then when I would stand and be more stable. Did arm exercises while laying flat - because I was too dam exhausted from pain and agony in my body in one section or the other to get up and do sitting exercises so I did it laying down. Maybe you can do that and gain some strength - its slow but its worth while.
I am unable to walk straight since 2 months. My late father was bed ridden and I had to feed him for a long period of time sitting on his bed .I had also to lift him from the bed to put him in the wheelchair. Now I am having difficulty to walk straight and also I have this shape pain in the piriformis area ... I have start your exercises today...hope that helps .thank you..😊
I'm excited to start your exercises! At age 65, I have had OA for 30 years, had a left hip replacement in 2003, abdominal surgery post- pregnancy. Recent sciatic pain sent me to physiatrist, and I'm trying to get regular with my exercises (very loyal to my pool every other day, though). Just the past three days I've had this issue about not standing up straight. I do a lot of desk work as a writer-editor, so yeah--the muscles are complaining. Couch-scolding worked for me, too! :) THANKS SO MUCH.
After two bouts of kidney stones, I felt a lot of discomfort in my hips and waist area. I coddled myself and the pain spread to the knees. I walk around like an old lady and feel pain after about 20 minutes of standing. This series of exercises points directly to my painful and weak areas! Thank you!
I feel your pain, though for me it was my gallbladder. It was taken out in July but I'm still walking like I have to worry about incisions - which I hunched a lot for out of paranoia 😅 and of course I had to stay in bed as much as possible for the first couple of weeks. I made a joke the other day that the sound my knees make on stairs give me popcorn cravings 😭😂 I was only half joking! We'll get better with consistency though! Good luck in your recovery- and stay hydrated! 💕
Significantly reduce your intake if animal products. Animal protein consumption leads to kidney stones. ( I've seen it more times than I care to remember, in 34 years of renal medicine)
@@OldManDave1960 Ha ha! My doctor recommends a low oxalate diet. (He was in urology for years.) Meat, fish, eggs, and dairy are fine. All protein substitutes (beans, peas, etc) whole grains, most nuts, and many fruits and vegs are off! Who to believe? I swill water and lower my salt intake.
@@ImCarolB Spot on, Carol! "Who to believe" is the most intelligent question we ought to ask ourselves! There is so much divergence among what is best for us and what is not.
30+ years as a massage therapist (bending over...I am tall...with a very deep lumbar curve) unable to stand upright for over a year, until I had to have emergency lumbar fusion surgery. Four months post op, I STILL cannot stand upright but am still VERY restricted on what I can and cannot do (still no BLT). I just started real PT but I will try some of your exercises today to see if they can add to my recovery. Thanks!!!
COPD became very severe. No long able to stand or walk for very long and used walker to move around. Mainly sat at computer all day, as was difficult to do anything requiring exertion. Recently had lung surgery and able to breath a bit easier. Improving, but hate that every time I get up to walk anywhere, I am bent over. Eventually straighten up for a bit, to ease back pain. But cannot maintain that posture. Hoping what you are teaching will help me become a normal. upright human being, who can walk without feeling embarrassed.
I developed Stiff Persons Syndrome, which causes leg spasms. I started sitting more during Covid quarantine while I stayed with a caregiver. I'm better after treatment, but did not get enough exercise for 2 years. I'm working on strength, balance and flexibility. Need to build muscle. I walk with a rollator.
Interesting to find this when I’ve been worried about my inability to stand up straight. I slowly started getting weak in my late 40s and seems like it’s gone downhill from there. I am literally bent over and can barely walk. I do not have a lot of pain but my mobility is shot.
I noticed this problem (walking hunched over and barely able to stand in shower) 6mos - 1 year ago. After my agonizing shower today, I began to do some research (can't deal with this anymore). I should mention I've had 4 low back surgeries: 2 spinal fusions, a Decompressive Laminectomy and a SCS Implant....so, I guess I attributed the weakness to just "bad back". I NEED to strengthen my lower back, etc. because this problem has continued to worsen. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that these exercises help! Thank you!
I noticed it early last year as covid vaccines were coming available, and I drove to a smaller town about an hour south because they had appointment availabilities. I used the heat function on my seats, but my butt and lower back felt like a dagger was in place. I’ve lost 30 lbs and now do seat ups, but it’s not any better. Speaking of stand-up, you should moonlight as a comedian…you’re hilarious😂
I have some arthritis in my knees and an old injury to my right kneecap in my 20’s. I’m 63 now. Anyway my knee was hurting, went to physio but because I was favouring my knees now my hips and low back feels weak. Hard to walk standing straight so I’m hopeful these exercises help. 😢
Changing jobs from being active with children to working alone either standing still or sitting was when this started. I didn’t pay attention to it for years. It improved when I began adding short walks into my schedule. It got worse when I began working from home and stopped taking movement break. Now one hip hurts and hinders walking. I’m also bent at an angle when I walk! I often press my spine flush to a wall to force myself straight.
Thanks again Matt and Mr Boney McBoner, you make me laugh out loud while learning so much that sometimes I simply watch just for the fun of it and it lifts my mood.
Hello ! My name is Letty, I am 63 yrs. old I messed up my back by doing some gardening and land scaping ,lifting large rocks and cement and heavy loads of other stuff I have arthritis, bulging disc narrowing of the spine I'm waiting to see pain specialist for shots....It has been 1in half not able to do much in physical ther. now I do stretch nothing rally helps I was walking but I tend to over do things ...thank you for your stretches they do help some.
Was having some pain in the lower back/upper hip area and decided to try using a heat pad to alleviate it. Ended up with something much worse as a result. Walking is awful all of your descriptors in the beginning on the video were spot in so I'm watching now. Might as well consider you subbed cause I never comment on videos.
This so applies to me. However, at 81 i am fairly active, walking, cycling, home gym etc. One of my problems is cramp in my quads. Especially at night. I had no chance of completing this first part. Immediate painful cramp. Will have to work on that first. many thanks.
OMG! You must have been listening to me being concerned about my forward lean. While following you through the thigh massage I can feely hamstrings protest. Thank you for sharing these corrections.
I am anticipating hip replacement in the next 3 to 6 months with these exercise still be OK for me, I really am having trouble standing up straight, severe pain and lower back.
If you are new to this channel, as I basically am as I found it only about a month ago, do yourself a service by seriously watching MANY of his videos intensively for the next many weeks before you decide about whether to actually go through with the hip replacement surgery - he discusses such surgeries a lot in various different vids. His information is amazing.
I work in a warehouse and the whole floor area is solid concrete. Plus, we have to wear safety boots. So after 8 hours, when I drive home, I have a hell of a time with foot, and leg pains when I'm driving home. The only thing I found that helps so far is sitting in a tub of hot water when I get home. I stumbled on these videos and I'm going to start working on strength exercises and we'll see how it goes. I appreciate your videos. Thanks for doing these !
I used to have a warehouse job as an order picker when I was in college. I walked miles a day for 8 hours on concrete. If I had to do that again, I would wear thicker shoes and be doing leg massage and stretching a lot!
I became chair-bound when I was taking off opioid medicine it really helped me get out and exercise and be pain-free from a long illness do too bad chemo. So I sat in a chair because it was the only time I had no pain. And eventually I could not straighten up no matter how hard I tried.😢
I first injured my back at work by twisting at the waist in the sitting position to pick up an object. That was 25 years ago. Now been retired for 20 years and when I do too much sitting and reading I am stiff. It helps when I bend down at the waist to get up. Better momentum and I am using both thighs.
Trying to keep a long story short - Numerous injuries to spine (several bulging discs 3 in my sacrum section, 2 in my mid and 1 in my neck, spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, age and immobility) all causing such fatigue and when I would try to exercise one set of muscles even easily and slowly it would flare up the other sets - a constant catch 22 of keeping me incapable of gaining the advantage so I could get mobile again. So 7 years immobility brought me here. And the weight gain does not help this at all ! Each time I began to feel improvement I would seek PT at home &/or professionally . But I would fall or have some other set back. Recently I began to heal enough I felt strong enough to try again. Now First time in eight years I do not have back pain. So I Joined a Sit and Be Fit Class in order to slowly progress. Then I got a Double hamstring injury - no idea what I did to cause it - all exercises were slow and easy - of course it didn’t happen while exercising it was after relaxing one day - the hamstring on one side worse than the other and on that worse side the piriformis muscle became so tight I can hardly move (locked in place) and of course it is flaring up the sciatic nerve. Good Grief. So now I am not in pain in my spine and neck and not fatigued from it but I can’t walk or stand up straight !! I am a pretty tough old lady though and I can get through a lot of pain to do the hamstring and piriformis stretches but at times it is so excruciating I nearly want to pass out and that happens mostly if I am standing and start to bend slightly at the hips and then - I can’t stand up straight and if I don’t sit down I will pass out its that agonizing. I am so happy to find this video you have shared with us - I know I can try these exercises and I believe its going to help a great deal. I can’t wait to start taking walks again and just do normal stuff. I am going to let you know how it goes. Thank you and God Bless you for sharing your knowledge.
Oh and to stop bad habits to bring me back to square one, I put my pad on a higher rolling table, allowing me to follow along even when I have to sit on that couch to watch your videos but now in a much better posture. Just an idea :-)
etymology (I looked it up.) *psoas (n.)* is a bilateral muscle in the loins or pelvis, 1680s, from Greek psoa (plural psoai) "muscles of the loins." Related: Psoitis; psoitatic. The word "psoas" is Greek for the loins, the muscles of the lower back. The psoas major is a long fusiform muscle located on the side of the lumbar region of the vertebral column and brim of the lesser pelvis. (Gk. [psoas], the gen. of the feminine noun [psoa], was mistaken by the French anatomist Jean Riolan (1577-1657) for the nom. of a (nonexistent) masculine noun. It was he who introduced this erroneous form into anatomy. [Klein]) In the Greek alphabet: ψόας (psi, omicron, alpha, sigma). Too much: The iliopsoas muscle (/ˌɪlioʊˈsoʊ. əs/; from Latin: ile, lit. 'groin' and Ancient Greek: ψόᾱ, romanized: psóā, lit. The Psoas Muscle - The Muscle of the Soul The psoas muscle can also take on stress from our emotional body, similar to the way our shoulders can become tight after a traumatic or stressful situation. This is why many have referred to the psoas muscle as the 'muscle of the soul'.Nov 4, 2019
I was in a horrible car accident and was broken badly. I had a compound fracture in my ankle that forced the bone out even where I could see it with my shoe on because the impact of a fracture to the small calf bone, fibula?, broke with such force against the tibia, the large bone. I was bed ridden for 4 years while they tried to save it and had 7 surgeries with fixators(cage) and the 8th they took it out while I tried to walk without the bones fused and no cartilage in my ankle. Reoccurring bone infections caused me to tell them in Dec the 3rd year to cut it off. That started a chain reaction and in 5 years I had 15 surgeries including a massive heart attack. But I stood fine and walked fine early on . I had a steroid injection in my lumbar and I felt so good I put down 450# of dirt, regraded my mulch beds, took all the mulch out of 12 years then I reached for an empty paper bag and something popped on the left upper mid back. I could not stand up. I spent 3 days in bed and during that time blood had drained under the skin and pooled at the lowest place/where I was sitting. I tried for months to teach myself how to stand up again. The dr and hospital refused to do an MRI until I did therapy. I refused therapy I’d to treat a known condition and they didn’t know. So 4 years later I’m 56 walk with a cane or cart. No disc left between L4-L5, stenosis, Radiculopathy, herniated and bulging discs, spondylosis, butsitis, and there’s 1 I can’t think of. I’m scared at 56 I’ll be in my wheelchair in a year full time. I cannot stand up! If I arch my back I feel like I’m doing a back end and then I’m straight! But my muscles are in a constant state of tightness being hunched half over. The pain is unimaginable and I can’t sleep! I’m ready to die. Literally feel like I’ll be in a nursing home but I’m alone and still trying to clean mulch beds out. Shoveling out old mulch, raking. I’m hurting so badly.
It started after my four hour drive to the location I work. Now it is also when I get out of bed in the morning. Seems like it is the same muscles in both activities. Stretches relieve the tension and I can eventually stand properly upright
3 years of painful sciatic nerve pain to where I leaned to one side when walking . And when I finally got rid of it it's hard for me to stand up straight and stand up for a long time.
Shirley here, I suffered with a bad hip for over 3 years, finally had replacement surgery and 7 weeks ago, walking with a cane but my lower back doesn't hurt it just get tired out or weak and I get discouraged because I thought with my surgery I would get better.
it started around 2013. mom was 50 olders then me and was in her 90s. she had osteoarthritis and her hip bone broke . and my focus became 1 of taking care of her so left myself go, she passed in 2015 and i went into depression, severe. didnt want to move or do anything.
Could someone help? I have a roman bench for hyperextension. However the pad is quite steep making you stand almost straight. But I am still able to bow forward. Would this still be as effective hypertension? Thanks!
Hi. what your doing at about three minutes in, could that not be done as effectively with a foam roller, or a combination of foam roller and a variation of a low lunge yoga pose? Or perhaps with a smooth Lacrosse Ball while in a Pigeon Pose ( that is if a person is familiar, experienced and knowledgeable of how to experience the pose as well as flexible enough to do the pose safely while leaning into a smooth lacross ball) Thanks!
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When did you first notice you had trouble standing up? What's your journey been like? Drop me a comment!👇
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Usually happens initially when getting out of the car. This car lifestyle is problematic.
mainly first thing in the morning . only started 3 or so months ago. after job became a lot more desk less walking around .
Three decades of sitting at a desk job, growing extremely obese and couldn't loose weight, had brain tb.
I first noticed tat there was some sort of problem about 5-6 yeas ago. Gradually., i could been over less and les. Three years ago, i was finally able to start physical therapy, and that time there was a slight bend, but i could still leave the house, but with a lot of pain. ALL of the exercises the therapist had me do was laying on my back or sitting on the edge of the therapist bench. You know, squeezing a ball between my thighs and lifting my legs in the air with the help of a rope with a opp as i lay on my back. Would tell me to lay on my back and lift my hips toward the ceiling, but i couldn’t budge. Did this for several months until covid hit, and i didn’t return, because it felt worthless. She told me to do it twice a day at home and i was going to therapy 2 times per week.then, it worsened over the last 3 years, and i find a lot of videos on the internet tat don’t make any sense for a person with an almost 90 degree tilt and i observed what i believed to be a lack of strength in butt muscle. All the videos for tight psoas would start with the person on the floor mostly. I couldn’t;t get up and down to the floor. Or they would start with something that required an upright standing position
Been a few years stress of pandemic, parents illnesses and passing, working at home, stress of being unable to walk without walker....scary journey been told its everything from a to z. Thanks for help with this!
My sacrum was injured by a bad chiropractor and I was sitting here in ain when I found you and I did the first exercise and the pain went away!!!!!! WOW, I'm so happy I found you. I have been in physical fitness for over 30 yrs and this simple move helped me so much, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally a video that’s clear, funny, using things most people have, and tadaaa - not for athletes ! Everyone with a back and two legs can do these and work op from there. This is super helpful and the issues themselves are so clearly explained ! Can’t be improved !!
Have been depressed and sitting alone in the dark after a tragic house fire. I've sat so long walking is now a struggle and standing up straight is impossible.
Making this comment to hold myself accountable. This is Day 1 of getting my life back.
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Did all 3 exercises and now my muscles are twitching - they're finally waking up! Will be back tomorrow. Thank you so much!
I sit for really long time teaching online….This really works, it fixed my severe back pain, I couldn’t sit or stand straight….after one attempt I saw a remarkable difference….thank you sir for sharing
Desk job 9 hours a day for the last 14 years (I do believe that sitting is the new cigarette.) You nailed it when you got up and it felt like you couldn’t straighten up with me. I have invested in the best chairs and accessories for my seat to be properly positioned but these small exercises you’ve showed me here has helped greatly. Much appreciated. God bless you
Came for the posture advice, stayed for the couch scolding 😂
You sense of humor helps me focus, not an easy task with my Primarily Inattentive ADHD!
The couch deserves it.
I had polio at 16 months. I have been in and out if PT my entire 75 years… I had my Right knee replaced 16 years ago. I was told two years ago to stop doing all the streches I had been doing forever (ish) by that particular Physical Therapist ; who also told me to never walk anywhere without a cane.
I can stand up straight. I cannot stroll around aimlessly. I am able to walk “ normally” with a shopping cart. I am stiff upon rising with bilateral stiffness down both of my outer thighs …every Doctor I have talked about polio says something like: “ I have never met anyone who had polio before”! My back does not hurt and my bone mass is “excellent “. Covid has not been helpful and my sofa is not my friend! I enjoy your candor and appreciate your kind words…. I am adding these streches to my daily chair aerobics😅!
Hi am an ex-marathoner now diabetic and bent-over person, now 75 years old ...... I have just started this video and it is promising. I have had problems with my hip flexor and my PSOAS for years ... Stay Tuned!!
I worked 12 hours a day at a desk job for a decade. Then I became a team over the road truck driver where the truck rolled for 22 hours a day, for another decade. These two decades of sitting for in excess of
12 hours a day, FOR A LIVING, resulted in much harm to my body.
Thank you for the information and sharing your expertise
Thanks for your hard work in that truck. Now it's time to work for your own body!
Im 37 and I havent recovered from straining my low back 2 years ago by repeatedly lowering my baby into the crib and staying in the bent position as long as I needed to make sure he stayed asleep before removing my hands from underneath him. He was a VERY needy baby and didnt want to be left alone. It didnt hurt while in that position but one night after holding that position longer than usual I could hardly lift the baby or walk the next day. I iced and stretched and with time its gotten better but still flares up especially after standing for long periods or carrying my now toddler. Was thinking abt seeing a Dr but found this video and felt a little relief after trying these stretches. Im hopeful it will continue to help. Thanks
Can’t believe how much this helped. I couldn’t even stand up straight. Nothing worked.. heat, stretching, inversion table. Your exercises got me standing straight!
Thank you so much for all your tips and tricks. I am 66yrs old I have had RA for 50yrs. I have had a lot of joint replacements over the years. I am having left hip joint pain and weakness, your hip exercises have made vast improvements allowing me to walk my dogs again. I am so great full to you.
This reason for my back pain is lifting weight in the gym.
Your exercises makes me better
Inactivity during the pandemic/fires and menopause led to serious hip arthritis and sarcopenia of legs/glutes. Too weak and painful to climb stairs, sit down, stand up, and kneel. I went from athletic yoga teacher to cane walker in 2 years. To recover, I’ve changed diet and re-started exercise working thru the pain. It’s an uphill effort, but small progress has been made and will hopefully continue. Against orthopedic advice, I cycled to keep joints moving since they were getting too tight from strength training. Stretching helps but strengthening has been most effective in regaining mobility. I have to unlearn all the compensatory movement I developed over time injured. Exercise, anti-inflammatory diet, and focusing on proper movement has been key to getting back to “normal”
Woke up with terrible lower back pain after doing probably too much lifting while moving things yesterday. This provided so much relief! Thank you!
After doing an overhead press improperly, that exercise putting my leg on the couch and moving my pelvis forward saved my back--THANKS SO MUCH!!
You are amazing!!!!! I hurt my knee a couple of years ago and because I was walking funny I started feeling it in my hip. I ordered your FAI FIX and have been using it for about 3 weeks. I'm old 🤣, and very stiff so it's slow but I see improvement. This video will also help so thank you so much for all of your videos 🥰 I forgot to say, the Dr said I need a hip replacement. I'm going to fix it your way!!!
You are a life saviour. I had a really severe lower back pain and I couldn’t even stand straight. Finally i did the first exercise and now i feel so good. I can stand now. Thankyou so much 😇😇
This was so extremely helpful! Ive been completely bent over for two days, heating pad, hot bath with epsom salt, NOTHING was helping! I did these exercises for literally 5 minutes and was able to stand up so much straighter! Not completely up but WAY way better and the pain had lessened somewhat!
I injured my knee playing football at 15 which left me with a permanent 10 degree bend. By my 20's I began to notice lower back pain anytime I washed dishes, shaved, etc. Anything where I had to bend over slightly. I think walking on slightly different length legs may have contributed. By my 40's I got outsourced and ended up working in a call center for 16 years, unable to stand or move around at all. During all this time I walked, ran, biked, hiked, lifted....with mostly knee pain. A couple of years ago I had a knee replacement but that didn't straighten the leg. My back pain began to increase and walking more than a mile became very painful. This video is me now. At 65 I walk like a 95 year old. I can't exercise like I used to and I finally went to a doctor. We're trying PT but the results are not great yet. I'm going to give these exercises a shot and see if it helps. Braces and pills worked for a while but now they do nothing. I just want to enjoy retirement and be able to do the things I once did while I still can.
First of all I appreciate your video and support. Secondly I am not only walking bent over but also stiff and have spasms /restless leg. Thirdly my sofa isn’t like yours it’s way shorter, so I am unable to do the first step. I will keep your video in mind as I progress. I’m currently in Physical Therapy. Thank you!
Thank you for this video. I've discovered that old-school house cleaning, like washing the floor on my hands and knees, has helped my psoas and thigh tightness. I'm sore after the cleaning, but I do not hurt the next day and don't need pain relief. I sit all day at work, so I'll add these exercises to my weekly routine.
This video is so helpful and amazing! Thank you for explaining how we arrived at this situation. That knowledge I now have helps me focus on more mobility while at the desk! Thanks!
To answer your question, after my 13 hour fusion l2-s1. Life's been a battle ever since (muscle imbalances, pain, lack of sleep.... I could go on and on 😞. Looking through all your videos I'm getting some hope back (of moving like a normal person) yay!
Matt, don’t have a corner on a couch like you.😅 so I got a ball and laid on the ground with ball under thigh and flexed my leg while lying on it. Felt great! Thank you!
Pefect
You're the one who caused the problem and you're gonna help me fix it. LMAO. Love it!
This video gave me plenty of great ideas and a lot of help in the future. I am sitting for 8 h daily and truly need to do something about it. I shall start your exercise right now. Regards from the northern parts of Europe.
Hi, just found your video. I haven’t yet had the opportunity to try any of the exercises, but just reading that there are others out there with the same problem as me helped me a lot. I have had right hip pain for nearly 2 years and last summer the pain left me but I was left with the lost ability to stand up straight. I can no longer make a meal, walk any distance etc. The doctors look at me like I am crazy. Thanks again.
I've Been like this for years It got worse in 2012 after I had injections Originally for hip pain But it ended up causing back pain And stiffness in my lower back That never goes away. Done everything to help this short of surgery which I was discouraged from doing saying that it probably wouldn't work by 1 doctor and another doctor said it would be maybe a year to recovery. If you can help me I will be amazed because you would be the 1st. Now along with this I have Osteoarthritis in my right hip Which has progressively getting worse due to a recent accident. In July I was finally able to receive disability but I Really I would just like to be my old self again and walk like a normal person as you stated it in your video🙂
I've noticed for over three years my condition has been getting worse over time, I'm now at the point of tears. I'll be 67 in august, and my body is so weak from being too sedentary from too much sitting. I can't stand up straight and my whole lower extremities hurt like hell. Walking has become very difficult. I fell like my gait is unstable and I'm constantly stumbling. I can't walk a full block without having to stop and rest. I use a cane off and on. It makes me feel so embarrassed when to see seniors much older than myself who can walk better than me. I'm so afraid I'm going to have to use a wheelchair to get around. I'm praying your exercises will help me to be able to strengthen me so I can stand straight and walk without so much pain and struggle. 😢
Oh dear! I’m sorry for your pain! Your experience sounds very much like mine. I’ve been avoiding pain by sitting more and more. After several years, I got the name of an orthopedic doctor, who actually examined me, did some ex-rays & diagnosed a very bad hip! (I tried several doctors before this one). I’m now recovering from hip replacement surgery and doing physical therapy. It’s going to be awhile, but I the worst pain is gone. Gotta do those exercises- but get a diagnosis! Keep searching! You are worth it!
This is me. I've had another hospitalization recently, and was bedridden. I pray I can regain some strength. I certainly push myself everyday. I live alone, so obviously I can't, don't even want, to be in bed during the day. But it's impossible for me to stand up straight. I cannot walk without a walker/rollater. BTW, I have Myasthenia Gravis, but still I should be able to regain some strength, at least to my baseline.
Yoga?
Me too exactly only i was 67 this past dec 31st
Me too - same age - But here is one thing I learned that Might help you or others - I layed in bed and rolled my knees together slight side to sides a few times increasing over time - I stretched my legs and rolled my ankles stretching them and the calves (this one helped my balance because the weight gain also hurts the ankles) and then when I would stand and be more stable. Did arm exercises while laying flat - because I was too dam exhausted from pain and agony in my body in one section or the other to get up and do sitting exercises so I did it laying down. Maybe you can do that and gain some strength - its slow but its worth while.
As a 16 year old dealing with this issue I'm glad I found this before its too late.
I am unable to walk straight since 2 months. My late father was bed ridden and I had to feed him for a long period of time sitting on his bed .I had also to lift him from the bed to put him in the wheelchair. Now I am having difficulty to walk straight and also I have this shape pain in the piriformis area ... I have start your exercises today...hope that helps .thank you..😊
This is just for me... Thank you for your generosity
I'm excited to start your exercises! At age 65, I have had OA for 30 years, had a left hip replacement in 2003, abdominal surgery post- pregnancy. Recent sciatic pain sent me to physiatrist, and I'm trying to get regular with my exercises (very loyal to my pool every other day, though). Just the past three days I've had this issue about not standing up straight. I do a lot of desk work as a writer-editor, so yeah--the muscles are complaining. Couch-scolding worked for me, too! :) THANKS SO MUCH.
I love this! My massage therapist just massaged this area for me yesterday! This feels so good (only with the armrest!) I also feel my neck is relaxed
Amazing! Couldn’t stand up straight without pain in low back. Did these & I’m back up straight!
After two bouts of kidney stones, I felt a lot of discomfort in my hips and waist area. I coddled myself and the pain spread to the knees. I walk around like an old lady and feel pain after about 20 minutes of standing. This series of exercises points directly to my painful and weak areas! Thank you!
I feel your pain, though for me it was my gallbladder. It was taken out in July but I'm still walking like I have to worry about incisions - which I hunched a lot for out of paranoia 😅 and of course I had to stay in bed as much as possible for the first couple of weeks.
I made a joke the other day that the sound my knees make on stairs give me popcorn cravings 😭😂 I was only half joking!
We'll get better with consistency though! Good luck in your recovery- and stay hydrated! 💕
Significantly reduce your intake if animal products. Animal protein consumption leads to kidney stones. ( I've seen it more times than I care to remember, in 34 years of renal medicine)
@@OldManDave1960 Ha ha! My doctor recommends a low oxalate diet. (He was in urology for years.) Meat, fish, eggs, and dairy are fine. All protein substitutes (beans, peas, etc) whole grains, most nuts, and many fruits and vegs are off! Who to believe? I swill water and lower my salt intake.
@@ImCarolB Spot on, Carol! "Who to believe" is the most intelligent question we ought to ask ourselves! There is so much divergence among what is best for us and what is not.
Gotta find the right answers for YOU. Every time I try to switch to less animal protein, I also face A LOT of bloating and gas and discomfort...
Thanks! I really appreciate your time. I enjoyed it 😺
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent video. U identified exactly my problem regarding too much sitting tight hamstrings strong leg muscles and the need to stretch psoas. Perfect
30+ years as a massage therapist (bending over...I am tall...with a very deep lumbar curve) unable to stand upright for over a year, until I had to have emergency lumbar fusion surgery. Four months post op, I STILL cannot stand upright but am still VERY restricted on what I can and cannot do (still no BLT). I just started real PT but I will try some of your exercises today to see if they can add to my recovery. Thanks!!!
Thanks!
That's so kind of you!
COPD became very severe. No long able to stand or walk for very long and used walker to move around. Mainly sat at computer all day, as was difficult to do anything requiring exertion. Recently had lung surgery and able to breath a bit easier. Improving, but hate that every time I get up to walk anywhere, I am bent over. Eventually straighten up for a bit, to ease back pain. But cannot maintain that posture. Hoping what you are teaching will help me become a normal. upright human being, who can walk without feeling embarrassed.
I developed Stiff Persons Syndrome, which causes leg spasms. I started sitting more during Covid quarantine while I stayed with a caregiver. I'm better after treatment, but did not get enough exercise for 2 years. I'm working on strength, balance and flexibility. Need to build muscle. I walk with a rollator.
Interesting to find this when I’ve been worried about my inability to stand up straight. I slowly started getting weak in my late 40s and seems like it’s gone downhill from there. I am literally bent over and can barely walk. I do not have a lot of pain but my mobility is shot.
I noticed this problem (walking hunched over and barely able to stand in shower) 6mos - 1 year ago. After my agonizing shower today, I began to do some research (can't deal with this anymore). I should mention I've had 4 low back surgeries: 2 spinal fusions, a Decompressive Laminectomy and a SCS Implant....so, I guess I attributed the weakness to just "bad back". I NEED to strengthen my lower back, etc. because this problem has continued to worsen. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that these exercises help! Thank you!
I noticed it early last year as covid vaccines were coming available, and I drove to a smaller town about an hour south because they had appointment availabilities. I used the heat function on my seats, but my butt and lower back felt like a dagger was in place. I’ve lost 30 lbs and now do seat ups, but it’s not any better. Speaking of stand-up, you should moonlight as a comedian…you’re hilarious😂
Dude, you are hilarious. This was awesome. Straight up entertained the entire time 😂
I have some arthritis in my knees and an old injury to my right kneecap in my 20’s. I’m 63 now. Anyway my knee was hurting, went to physio but because I was favouring my knees now my hips and low back feels weak. Hard to walk standing straight so I’m hopeful these exercises help. 😢
Changing jobs from being active with children to working alone either standing still or sitting was when this started.
I didn’t pay attention to it for years. It improved when I began adding short walks into my schedule. It got worse when I began working from home and stopped taking movement break. Now one hip hurts and hinders walking. I’m also bent at an angle when I walk! I often press my spine flush to a wall to force myself straight.
These exercises are the absolute best. Thank you so much for bettering my life ❤
You're so welcome!
Thanks again Matt and Mr Boney McBoner, you make me laugh out loud while learning so much that sometimes I simply watch just for the fun of it and it lifts my mood.
Our pleasure!
Hello ! My name is Letty, I am 63 yrs. old I messed up my back by doing some gardening and land scaping ,lifting large rocks and cement and heavy loads of other stuff I have arthritis, bulging disc narrowing of the spine I'm waiting to see pain specialist for shots....It has been 1in half not able to do much in physical ther. now I do stretch nothing rally helps I was walking but I tend to over do things ...thank you for your stretches they do help some.
Thanks alot because I have a lot of Pain in my lower back my belly is big so it is hard to do some of the excise but I am going to try it thanks again
Was having some pain in the lower back/upper hip area and decided to try using a heat pad to alleviate it. Ended up with something much worse as a result. Walking is awful all of your descriptors in the beginning on the video were spot in so I'm watching now. Might as well consider you subbed cause I never comment on videos.
Excellent video....good explanation, and humor!!!
Thank you. These steps really work.
Woah had a terrible back pain after the gym, this really helped relieve it and let me stand up pain free. 💪🔥
Wow! The beginning of the video is me EXACTLY!! Thanks for this.
You're so welcome!
This so applies to me. However, at 81 i am fairly active, walking, cycling, home gym etc. One of my problems is cramp in my quads. Especially at night. I had no chance of completing this first part. Immediate painful cramp. Will have to work on that first. many thanks.
OMG! You must have been listening to me being concerned about my forward lean. While following you through the thigh massage I can feely hamstrings protest. Thank you for sharing these corrections.
Make sure you strengthen those hamstrings!
I am anticipating hip replacement in the next 3 to 6 months with these exercise still be OK for me, I really am having trouble standing up straight, severe pain and lower back.
If you are new to this channel, as I basically am as I found it only about a month ago, do yourself a service by seriously watching MANY of his videos intensively for the next many weeks before you decide about whether to actually go through with the hip replacement surgery - he discusses such surgeries a lot in various different vids. His information is amazing.
I work in a warehouse and the whole floor area is solid concrete. Plus, we have to wear safety boots. So after 8 hours, when I drive home, I have a hell of a time with foot, and leg pains when I'm driving home. The only thing I found that helps so far is sitting in a tub of hot water when I get home. I stumbled on these videos and I'm going to start working on strength exercises and we'll see how it goes. I appreciate your videos. Thanks for doing these !
I used to have a warehouse job as an order picker when I was in college. I walked miles a day for 8 hours on concrete. If I had to do that again, I would wear thicker shoes and be doing leg massage and stretching a lot!
I became chair-bound when I was taking off opioid medicine it really helped me get out and exercise and be pain-free from a long illness do too bad chemo. So I sat in a chair because it was the only time I had no pain. And eventually I could not straighten up no matter how hard I tried.😢
Today I noticed this is a chronic condition and I need to do sthg about it. Thanks for the video!
I first injured my back at work by twisting at the waist in the sitting position to pick up an object. That was 25 years ago. Now been retired for 20 years and when I do too much sitting and reading I am stiff. It helps when I bend down at the waist to get up. Better momentum and I am using both thighs.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH! YOU SOLVED MY 2 YEAR OLD PROBLEM!GOD BLESS!CONTINUE MAKING HELPFUL VIDEOS!❤
Thank you. I'm recovering from bilateral SI joint fusion.
great lesson today as all of your informative wellbeing episodes thanks mate
Thank you.
Trying to keep a long story short - Numerous injuries to spine (several bulging discs 3 in my sacrum section, 2 in my mid and 1 in my neck, spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, age and immobility) all causing such fatigue and when I would try to exercise one set of muscles even easily and slowly it would flare up the other sets - a constant catch 22 of keeping me incapable of gaining the advantage so I could get mobile again. So 7 years immobility brought me here. And the weight gain does not help this at all ! Each time I began to feel improvement I would seek PT at home &/or professionally . But I would fall or have some other set back. Recently I began to heal enough I felt strong enough to try again. Now First time in eight years I do not have back pain. So I Joined a Sit and Be Fit Class in order to slowly progress. Then I got a Double hamstring injury - no idea what I did to cause it - all exercises were slow and easy - of course it didn’t happen while exercising it was after relaxing one day - the hamstring on one side worse than the other and on that worse side the piriformis muscle became so tight I can hardly move (locked in place) and of course it is flaring up the sciatic nerve. Good Grief. So now I am not in pain in my spine and neck and not fatigued from it but I can’t walk or stand up straight !! I am a pretty tough old lady though and I can get through a lot of pain to do the hamstring and piriformis stretches but at times it is so excruciating I nearly want to pass out and that happens mostly if I am standing and start to bend slightly at the hips and then - I can’t stand up straight and if I don’t sit down I will pass out its that agonizing. I am so happy to find this video you have shared with us - I know I can try these exercises and I believe its going to help a great deal. I can’t wait to start taking walks again and just do normal stuff. I am going to let you know how it goes. Thank you and God Bless you for sharing your knowledge.
I totally agree! This is SO HELPFUL!!!
Oh and to stop bad habits to bring me back to square one, I put my pad on a higher rolling table, allowing me to follow along even when I have to sit on that couch to watch your videos but now in a much better posture. Just an idea :-)
Thanks for the info you’ve helped me get my walking back
Rock on!
etymology (I looked it up.) *psoas (n.)* is a bilateral muscle in the loins or pelvis, 1680s, from Greek psoa (plural psoai) "muscles of the loins." Related: Psoitis; psoitatic.
The word "psoas" is Greek for the loins, the muscles of the lower back.
The psoas major is a long fusiform muscle located on the side of the lumbar region of the vertebral column and brim of the lesser pelvis.
(Gk. [psoas], the gen. of the feminine noun [psoa], was mistaken by the French anatomist Jean Riolan (1577-1657) for the nom. of a (nonexistent) masculine noun. It was he who introduced this erroneous form into anatomy. [Klein])
In the Greek alphabet: ψόας (psi, omicron, alpha, sigma).
Too much: The iliopsoas muscle (/ˌɪlioʊˈsoʊ. əs/; from Latin: ile, lit. 'groin' and Ancient Greek: ψόᾱ, romanized: psóā, lit.
The Psoas Muscle - The Muscle of the Soul
The psoas muscle can also take on stress from our emotional body, similar to the way our shoulders can become tight after a traumatic or stressful situation. This is why many have referred to the psoas muscle as the 'muscle of the soul'.Nov 4, 2019
Fascinating! Thanks for writing this!❤
I was in a horrible car accident and was broken badly. I had a compound fracture in my ankle that forced the bone out even where I could see it with my shoe on because the impact of a fracture to the small calf bone, fibula?, broke with such force against the tibia, the large bone. I was bed ridden for 4 years while they tried to save it and had 7 surgeries with fixators(cage) and the 8th they took it out while I tried to walk without the bones fused and no cartilage in my ankle. Reoccurring bone infections caused me to tell them in Dec the 3rd year to cut it off. That started a chain reaction and in 5 years I had 15 surgeries including a massive heart attack. But I stood fine and walked fine early on . I had a steroid injection in my lumbar and I felt so good I put down 450# of dirt, regraded my mulch beds, took all the mulch out of 12 years then I reached for an empty paper bag and something popped on the left upper mid back. I could not stand up. I spent 3 days in bed and during that time blood had drained under the skin and pooled at the lowest place/where I was sitting. I tried for months to teach myself how to stand up again. The dr and hospital refused to do an MRI until I did therapy. I refused therapy I’d to treat a known condition and they didn’t know. So 4 years later I’m 56 walk with a cane or cart. No disc left between L4-L5, stenosis,
Radiculopathy, herniated and bulging discs, spondylosis, butsitis, and there’s 1 I can’t think of. I’m scared at 56 I’ll be in my wheelchair in a year full time. I cannot stand up! If I arch my back I feel like I’m doing a back end and then I’m straight! But my muscles are in a constant state of tightness being hunched half over. The pain is unimaginable and I can’t sleep! I’m ready to die. Literally feel like I’ll be in a nursing home but I’m alone and still trying to clean mulch beds out. Shoveling out old mulch, raking. I’m hurting so badly.
I really enjoyed Vlog thanks for sharing 😊👍🏾
It started after my four hour drive to the location I work. Now it is also when I get out of bed in the morning. Seems like it is the same muscles in both activities. Stretches relieve the tension and I can eventually stand properly upright
Outstanding! This Really works! Love your hiumor Too!
Thank you for these exercises. I'm getting this pain as soon as I get up from bed in the morning C. Will these be he helpful for this pain also🙏
Excellent..Thank you!
Good instructions thanks
Great video! Can you do this everyday safely?
3 years of painful sciatic nerve pain to where I leaned to one side when walking . And when I finally got rid of it it's hard for me to stand up straight and stand up for a long time.
Alright, will do.
May you and your family have a blessed Thanksgiving, Matt.
Thankyou for this. It makes sense!
That's sounds great but I have a high couch and I'm short . any other furniture I can use
Omg thank you so much 🥲
Great Video. Very helpful. Thanks again.
Glad it was helpful!
Can you please share a link for the dumbbells that you are using in this video?
Love all your videos. I second the request about what to do for shin splints.
Shirley here, I suffered with a bad hip for over 3 years, finally had replacement surgery and 7 weeks ago, walking with a cane but my lower back doesn't hurt it just get tired out or weak and I get discouraged because I thought with my surgery I would get better.
it started around 2013. mom was 50 olders then me and was in her 90s. she had osteoarthritis and her hip bone broke . and my focus became 1 of taking care of her so left myself go, she passed in 2015 and i went into depression, severe. didnt want to move or do anything.
Have had t2 broken vertebrae and 3/4 kyphoplasy fixed but few years ago poster got worse
Could someone help? I have a roman bench for hyperextension. However the pad is quite steep making you stand almost straight. But I am still able to bow forward. Would this still be as effective hypertension? Thanks!
Do you have any video about bulging discs?
Can cervical spondylosis patients do these exercises?
super crazy that even my neck relaxed while doing these exercises.
It is crazy how different muscles will compensate and adjust for circumstances elsewhere in the body. It's a smooth compensating machine!
Hi. what your doing at about three minutes in, could that not be done as effectively with a foam roller, or a combination of foam roller and a variation of a low lunge yoga pose? Or perhaps with a smooth Lacrosse Ball while in a Pigeon Pose ( that is if a person is familiar, experienced and knowledgeable of how to experience the pose as well as flexible enough to do the pose safely while leaning into a smooth lacross ball) Thanks!
This helped the pain ❤
Watching to learn.