So i have been doing this now for just about 2 weeks after a visit to my Chriopractor who recommended i watch these videos. WOW!!!! What a game changer for me. It is helping my posture all through out the day and the pain in my lower back goes completely away after i do the exercise. The nerve going into my knee was being pinched and causing pain as well and now that is gone as well. All this started after i began working behind a desk looking at a computer all day.
I had L5/S1 Radiclopathy with the nerve pinched. As a result I had severe pain in the leg but strangely no back pain. and after some time I developed drop foot. Following this I lost my balance and could not walk. I underwent community physiotherapy but the progress was very slow. Now I can walk using a walking stick and at times a 3wheel walker. I was so worried and searched the internet and Dr Mercola sent me your FT. I think this will cure me as you also had slipped disc etc and now perfectly well. may god help you to carry this mission for a long time.
Hey Tim, there is no such thing as a perfect system, we of course have people that disagree with certain aspects of Foundation Training. Most of us just think they are nuts. Our new work adds layers and new exercises to our current imperfect system. Thank you kindly for the supportive words. - eric
Hi Eric. Rocky Marciano was supposed to have such a hard punch that opponents dropped their arms from exhaustion. If you look at pictures of him, he's not very muscular. He connected his chain with his big lower body muscles. You are spot on with this I do believe.
FT has worked for me fine; I do the exercises almost daily and my back and sciatica are so much better!, I got the book and it really helps!. Thanks Eric for your FT! I´m a Believer!!!
Sam, the only way to truly alter anterior pelvic tilt is to rebalance adductors, iliacus, transverse abdomen, low back, glutes and hamstrings. It takes the muscles directly connected to the pelvis to alter it's angle, especially in movement. My new dvd, November of 2013, is important for you, it does the balancing rather well.
Well said. Basics are key. I use Foundation Training almost everyday personally and with clients. I took the training in Feb 2013 and hope to do another soon. Mia
You walk the talk, your physique is an example of good posture.This is good for practical hard working people wants to be fit but can not afford the time and or cost.Thank you ,please do not get intimidated by ignorance.Ignore ignorance my conclusion in life.
Some of my patients needs this step to enable them to get enough hamstring capacity to do the full Founder exercise. As they grow stronger and more confident they progress to being able to do more.
Deborah if you were to post a video instead of nonsense comments I could actually help you. And who is the she of FT that helped you? How about emailing a photo or video of yourself in the pose and asking for assistance instead of badmouthing the positions I've put out there, for free, which have helped multiple thousands of people.
+Foundation Training I did that as I mentioned in my last comment. I sent the video and I received very little help. I am NOT fabricating this. Let me look up the conversation and get back to you. BTW what is the point of doing this? now you are adding insult to injury. Nice.
+Foundation Training can you email me and I will send the video I made for the woman that was assisting me? I can look through emails to let you know who it was, but I fail to see the point. I am going for help tomorrow. debfrenette at aol . com thank you
I try to avoid using the expression "pull the navel toward the spine" because it is so tempting to round the lumbar to try to comply. I find that saying pull the spine toward the navel gives the right signal to the client and avoids having to give a series of corrective instructions.
I will start these stretches and work on lower back pain .I have lower right pain from either my back operation 30 years ago or from a new problem . Hope it works , I do believe the body can heal with the right training and help.
A great whole body exercise. Could you please clarify whether the tail actively reaches back into space with the pelvis or does it tuck forward while being carried back with the pelvis. You say, "tucking the tail away from you" but tucking usually means that it rolls underneath you toward the front - in this case, do you mean back and up toward the back of the head or down and forward the front of your feet? Thanks so much for your reply and for sharing your valuable work.
Seriously it was the ONLY routine I got ANYTHING out of. Took me 3 months to make it to the end with out stopping. I wish I had it memorized but I don't please repost it??
It would be helpful to see a video with one person doing it right and one person with horrible posture and no hip flexibility, like me, because I certainly don't look like her when I'm doing this! Would be good to see what adjustments I should make to do it better.
I feel the stretch more on my calves and close to my ankles than on my hamstrings. And can barely reach forward. Can hardly touch my knees without flexing my spine
Do you have recommendations or links for severely debilitated seniors? I have showed my mom your video and tried to help her modify a couple to current ability but still too challenging. Thoughts or recommendations? Thank you and enjoy your videos very much.
Awesome as always, I am still deciding on the book and/or video, curiously, I have never seen any negative feedback what so ever...Dr. Eric, has anybody ever had a negative thing to say about this?
My dentist told me about you yesterday as he watched me struggle to get into the chair (L3-4, L4-5 issues), and I have a question which I saw below but didn't see an answer . When the tail goes back, is it tucked under or not? I know this was posted 9yrs ago, but hoping for an answer as I'm in a lot of pain and my dentist does this everyday and highly recommends
This is MY opinion but I believe these should be mandated in early school for children as I suspect the government has set up a system where we are NOT informed of basic information for our health and well being. I suspect over half the population have bad posture issues which can affect your mood, you can have pains, anxiety, fear, depression, feeling like knocking someones face in and smashing their teeth out, anger issues, confidence issues, digestion issues, impotence issues, sensation issues. So so many things arise from bad posture and what does a weak spined person make a weak easy to manipulate easy to control person. The government wants a weak spined population, having us sit in chairs or probably making chairs that fuck your back up, have you been on public transit ever? Or how about shoes with extra cushion. The chiropractic industry has been set up to slowly nickle and dime you and make the process take a billion years when in the old days some guy would just crack your whole body in one day, yeah you would be in pain but you wouldnt have to go through all this pain for years. We are taught and trained INDIRECTLY to bend at the waist (stomach) instead of the hips and hinge where the balls that connect your legs to your I supposes torso is. Think about it how many people have been doing sit ups wrong and or work out and never seem to gain muscle. We must lift things from both sides and always do things evenly training left and right. They always say don't pick up things hinging you will hurt your back...BS! We must train that muscle, thats why Bruce lee even was training this muscle, sure he injured himself and almost couldnt walk for life but I'm sure that he pushed himself with weights too much and the media exaggerated the extent to push people away from truth as these secret societies do that set up the pharmaceutical industries and bio tech corporations and infected the whole world government. What is that saying in the old days? SHOW SOME SPINE! GROW A BACKBONE!
I am in a great deal of pain on my right side after I started to stretch this way. I have had a lot of stiffness after I worked at this stretch 2x a day, my back went into a terrible painful spasm, has been for 2 weeks now. The right side was a problem since I had an accident in Jan 2012, stiff and painful. I thought this stretch would help. I am getting pain in the right side mainly, in the gluteus medius, as far as I can tell. i feel it is muscular. I wonder if it is breaking up scar tissue and I need to more gently persist.
@@MoneyStrategiesSOULutions you know that there are other video platforms correct? If it's not on YT it's not the end of the world. vimeo.com/336662716
If you have time, do you have any suggestions of certain movement patterns or flexibility/mobility that would help for someone who has labral tears in both hips and FAI?
The slightest activation of my core muscles (outside the diaphragm) totally hinders my lungs' movement. It's either no contraction at all, or too much contraction, meaning that my entire belly locks itself, lungs included. How can I remedy to that drastic issue?
Great stuff Eric and I can feel the benefits already. Just wondering - is it normal to feel tension in the quads during this exercise or am I doing something wrong? Thank you.
Yes, I have received a reply and it is the right one. I did have some contact with the foundation a few months after I started this damaging stretch. She advised me to make a few adjustments in the way I was stretching, very slight. No one advised me to stop I finally figured out it was the stretch that was causing problems in a joint that has an underlying malfunction. Things have gone from sore to much much worse. I now need physiotherapy. PEOPLE be careful, this is NOT a one size fits all. Strange, on this video, there is no warning.
If you hurt yourself doing slow, gentle mobility exercises like this, then it's your fault. Foremost: Dismiss the notion of stretching. Stretching is injurious. Concentrate on the conscious awareness of the muscles and joints that an exercise is working. Guide them into the proper positions and never attempt to crank them beyond their limits. Slowly approach your mobility limits. It's OK to feel a little tension, but never go to the point of pain. Over months of diligent practice, you will feel progress. Finally, don't ask for diagnosis and therapy protocol in RUclips comments. It is unethical for a practitioner to give personal assessment and therapy via general RUclips comments. Instead, go to a professional who can give you a in-person, hands-on assessment of your situation.
Great channel! I've been searching for high quality videos like yours for way too long. One question, is it normal for the lower back to burn during this exercise? Or was I simply arching (somewhat anterior pelvic tilt like) too much? Thank you!
I am overweight, and this past month have developed lower back pain with some severe muscle spasms. Watching this video I want to try this but am afraid of the muscle spasms happening. Has anyone else used this exercise with lower back pain? I am desperate to strengthen my core and what I see here makes sense to my brain, but that fear if pain causes me to hesitate.
+Tallulah P I'm no doctor but if you're already having the muscle spasms what do you have to lose? Just make sure that you are using the proper form. You may be having muscle spasms because your muscles aren't used to the increased load, i.e. your increased weight. The solution is to strengthen your muscles.
I have to ask how high is that stool? Is anything higher or lower in height on that stool compensated solely but hinging the hit? Maintaining neutral spine. ??
Started this exercise about 1 year ago, it really hurt my right lower back, and now the problem is worsening. I am in pain and I cannot walk when I rise from a sitting position. feels like the sacroiliac joint is out of position. i have to push it back into place before I can walk. I do not advise this stretching over the internet. too many variables and no one to help you. I am an active person, in good health and not overweight. BE AWARE!
+Deborah Frenette It's simle. Stop doing it (I'm going to assume you're doing it right). I had kind of a similar situation: This respected yoga instructor had me doing deep lunges to stretch my hip flexors. I couldn't walk the next day from the pain! I have an L5-S1 herniated disc. The answer wasn't to ditch yoga--she even said I did the exercise correctly--but to scratch that stretch from my list and do others. Injuries like the ones we have, assuming yours is similar, are weird. So no big deal, just ditch this one and try the others. I know this one is supposed to be crucial in the beginning, but if you can't do it, don't.
Exercise is like a drug. The wrong drug gives you the wrong outcome, as it is with exercise. Some of these exercises may be effective in some of the cases. It sounds like you have a more serious pathology and would look at getting a comprehensive assessment by someone that knows what they are doing for the assessment. Once you can identify the problems and the underlying cause(s) then you can specifically address them. If you have a leg length discrepancy then this could cause more problems than it solves. I would look for a CHEK Level 4 practitioner or NeuroSomatic Therapists for an assessment. I'm sure there are others that know what they are doing but these two are a safe bet. I'm sure Eric knows what he's doing also but this is a generalized program where you may need something more specific.
This is the first I've heard about Using the TA. Isn't that anterior chain? I've played around with TA & an contractions in Founders. I find it creates a 'battle' with the posterior chain muscles you I want used in FT exercises. Could you please say more about this? Thank you!
5 year late reply. I'm not sure if this is of any more help to you, but here's my understanding of it. The transverse abdominis is a muscle that wraps around your abdominal area all the way to the back, like a corset or a belt. When it contracts, due to it's horizontal fibers, you should feel a sense of being "braced" from the front and side of your core--which results in better core stability. This should not make you want to flex your spine forward or you might not be on the transverse abdominis
Wow, this looks very scary for anyone that has ever had lower back issues. Her hips are at an anterior tilt, she is leaning forward at a dangerous angle and her ribcage is open in front. I would never give this to a client with back issues. To engage the TA she needs to actually soften the abdominals first so she can bring them in toward the spine, and then move. This she did not do. The narrator said she should use the TA but he didn't guide her to do so.
June Scharff after I worked at this stretch 2x a day, my back went into a terrible painful spasm, had been 2 weeks now. The right side was a problem since I had an accident in Jan 2012, stiff and painful. I thought this stretch would help. I am getting pain in the right side mainly, in the gluteus medius, as far as I can tell. i feel it is muscular, I wonder if it is breaking up scar tissue and I need to more gently persist.
Pete Fork after I worked at this stretch 2x a day, my back went into a terrible painful spasm, had been 2 weeks now. The right side was a problem since I had an accident in Jan 2012, stiff and painful. I thought this stretch would help. I am getting pain in the right side mainly, in the gluteus medius, as far as I can tell. i feel it is muscular. I wonder if it is breaking up scar tissue and I need to more gently persist.
Deborah Frenette I feel for you. I've injured myself and made things worse from trying things out from the Web. Nothing beats working with someone 1 on 1 so they can guide you, n keep you safe. Good luck.
At 1:06 you say “tucking the tail away from you” - tucking the tail actually puts the spine in a rounded position, not the sitting bones reaching back behind you, effectively creating the opposite of what you are trying to achieve. So nope, not tucking the tail.
Why would you remove your best video ever?? My girlfriend just started it once and now you made it private (probably because it was too good?) For your fans sake please re-release the 12 minute video with the cyclist!!!
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Thank you for your time which is donated to people.Very grateful, do good ,what goes round ,come round.All universe is vibrating energy.
Appreciate all your free videos, obviously you are more concerned with helping people than making boat loads of cash, Thanks again!
So i have been doing this now for just about 2 weeks after a visit to my Chriopractor who recommended i watch these videos. WOW!!!! What a game changer for me. It is helping my posture all through out the day and the pain in my lower back goes completely away after i do the exercise. The nerve going into my knee was being pinched and causing pain as well and now that is gone as well. All this started after i began working behind a desk looking at a computer all day.
I had L5/S1 Radiclopathy with the nerve pinched. As a result I had severe pain in the leg but strangely no back pain. and after some time I developed drop foot. Following this I lost my balance and could not walk. I underwent community physiotherapy but the progress was very slow. Now I can walk using a walking stick and at times a 3wheel walker. I was so worried and searched the internet and Dr Mercola sent me your FT. I think this will cure me as you also had slipped disc etc and now perfectly well. may god help you to carry this mission for a long time.
Hey Tim, there is no such thing as a perfect system, we of course have people that disagree with certain aspects of Foundation Training. Most of us just think they are nuts. Our new work adds layers and new exercises to our current imperfect system. Thank you kindly for the supportive words. - eric
there is no such thing as a perfect system
Hi Eric. Rocky Marciano was supposed to have such a hard punch that opponents dropped their arms from exhaustion. If you look at pictures of him, he's not very muscular. He connected his chain with his big lower body muscles. You are spot on with this I do believe.
FT has worked for me fine; I do the exercises almost daily and my back and sciatica are so much better!, I got the book and it really helps!. Thanks Eric for your FT! I´m a Believer!!!
Sam, the only way to truly alter anterior pelvic tilt is to rebalance adductors, iliacus, transverse abdomen, low back, glutes and hamstrings. It takes the muscles directly connected to the pelvis to alter it's angle, especially in movement. My new dvd, November of 2013, is important for you, it does the balancing rather well.
Well said. Basics are key. I use Foundation Training almost everyday personally and with clients. I took the training in Feb 2013 and hope to do another soon.
Mia
You walk the talk, your physique is an example of good posture.This is good for practical hard working people wants to be fit but can not afford the time and or cost.Thank you ,please do not get intimidated by ignorance.Ignore ignorance my conclusion in life.
I have been watching these videos everyday and trying to improve! Hopefully I can avoid this second surgery! Thanks :)
Some of my patients needs this step to enable them to get enough hamstring capacity to do the full Founder exercise. As they grow stronger and more confident they progress to being able to do more.
Deborah if you were to post a video instead of nonsense comments I could actually help you. And who is the she of FT that helped you? How about emailing a photo or video of yourself in the pose and asking for assistance instead of badmouthing the positions I've put out there, for free, which have helped multiple thousands of people.
+Foundation Training I did that as I mentioned in my last comment. I sent the video and I received very little help. I am NOT fabricating this. Let me look up the conversation and get back to you. BTW what is the point of doing this? now you are adding insult to injury. Nice.
+Deborah Frenette bwt I am a real person with real pain and problems.
+Foundation Training can you email me and I will send the video I made for the woman that was assisting me?
I can look through emails to let you know who it was, but I fail to see the point. I am going for help tomorrow.
debfrenette at aol . com thank you
Where has your 12min original foundation workout gone? Please make it public. I was using it and saw such a difference
I try to avoid using the expression "pull the navel toward the spine" because it is so tempting to round the lumbar to try to comply.
I find that saying pull the spine toward the navel gives the right signal to the client and avoids having to give a series of corrective instructions.
This is a great cue
I will start these stretches and work on lower back pain .I have lower right pain from either my back operation 30 years ago or from a new problem . Hope it works , I do believe the body can heal with the right training and help.
A great whole body exercise. Could you please clarify whether the tail actively reaches back into space with the pelvis or does it tuck forward while being carried back with the pelvis. You say, "tucking the tail away from you" but tucking usually means that it rolls underneath you toward the front - in this case, do you mean back and up toward the back of the head or down and forward the front of your feet? Thanks so much for your reply and for sharing your valuable work.
Should I start here first before I do the 12 minute one?
What happened to the older video with the 2 short guys you Did? Can't find it.
Seriously it was the ONLY routine I got ANYTHING out of. Took me 3 months to make it to the end with out stopping. I wish I had it memorized but I don't please repost it??
@Quack Watch the messaged me and I found it on their website under past videos. Still the best one out there in my opinion. Thanks
It would be helpful to see a video with one person doing it right and one person with horrible posture and no hip flexibility, like me, because I certainly don't look like her when I'm doing this! Would be good to see what adjustments I should make to do it better.
I feel the stretch more on my calves and close to my ankles than on my hamstrings. And can barely reach forward. Can hardly touch my knees without flexing my spine
Do you have recommendations or links for severely debilitated seniors? I have showed my mom your video and tried to help her modify a couple to current ability but still too challenging. Thoughts or recommendations? Thank you and enjoy your videos very much.
If you don't feel better, you aren't doing this right. Simple as that!
M. Jones Thank you for your input.
Love your stuff, I have been doing it for a year and it has really, really helped
This video is amazing
Question: Do you keep the belly pulled in the whole time?
Oo bro pag maalong bokid Naman selamat.. full support me.. full back
Awesome as always, I am still deciding on the book and/or video, curiously, I have never seen any negative feedback what so ever...Dr. Eric, has anybody ever had a negative thing to say about this?
My dentist told me about you yesterday as he watched me struggle to get into the chair (L3-4, L4-5 issues), and I have a question which I saw below but didn't see an answer . When the tail goes back, is it tucked under or not? I know this was posted 9yrs ago, but hoping for an answer as I'm in a lot of pain and my dentist does this everyday and highly recommends
lifting the ribcage also lifts my shoulders and strains my neck . what should i do?
Love this. Thank you.
This is MY opinion but I believe these should be mandated in early school for children as I suspect the government has set up a system where we are NOT informed of basic information for our health and well being. I suspect over half the population have bad posture issues which can affect your mood, you can have pains, anxiety, fear, depression, feeling like knocking someones face in and smashing their teeth out, anger issues, confidence issues, digestion issues, impotence issues, sensation issues. So so many things arise from bad posture and what does a weak spined person make a weak easy to manipulate easy to control person. The government wants a weak spined population, having us sit in chairs or probably making chairs that fuck your back up, have you been on public transit ever? Or how about shoes with extra cushion. The chiropractic industry has been set up to slowly nickle and dime you and make the process take a billion years when in the old days some guy would just crack your whole body in one day, yeah you would be in pain but you wouldnt have to go through all this pain for years. We are taught and trained INDIRECTLY to bend at the waist (stomach) instead of the hips and hinge where the balls that connect your legs to your I supposes torso is. Think about it how many people have been doing sit ups wrong and or work out and never seem to gain muscle. We must lift things from both sides and always do things evenly training left and right. They always say don't pick up things hinging you will hurt your back...BS! We must train that muscle, thats why Bruce lee even was training this muscle, sure he injured himself and almost couldnt walk for life but I'm sure that he pushed himself with weights too much and the media exaggerated the extent to push people away from truth as these secret societies do that set up the pharmaceutical industries and bio tech corporations and infected the whole world government. What is that saying in the old days? SHOW SOME SPINE! GROW A BACKBONE!
Please explain how to come out of this position.
Hopefully someone helped you in the meantime!?
Bro are you ok, people we need help here
I am in a great deal of pain on my right side after I started to stretch this way. I have had a lot of stiffness after I worked at this stretch 2x a day, my back went into a terrible painful spasm, has been for 2 weeks now. The right side was a problem since I had an accident in Jan 2012, stiff and painful. I thought this stretch would help. I am getting pain in the right side mainly, in the gluteus medius, as far as I can tell. i feel it is muscular. I wonder if it is breaking up scar tissue and I need to more gently persist.
you need to go away..... This is brilliant!! thank you!!
For people with Anterior pelvic tilt is it ok to do this exercise.
Movement Is Key. This is oh so true. thank you.
Thankyou
Thank you for these videos!
What's best for sciatica injury
What happened to the 12 minute workout with the two cyclists? It's disappeared.
Norma and Tony true :((( i was searching the same thing
I think they deleted it. Yeah that was a real good one.
@@MoneyStrategiesSOULutions you know that there are other video platforms correct? If it's not on YT it's not the end of the world.
vimeo.com/336662716
@@clammerify thanks a ton!
@@clammerify , thank you!! You saved my ass... my lower back I mean!
If you have time, do you have any suggestions of certain movement patterns or flexibility/mobility that would help for someone who has labral tears in both hips and FAI?
What happened to the 12 minute video?
Yeah where did that go? I've been doing it each week...
@@DamienBoath Real shame, I found it so useful.
its on their website under past videos
What if you don't feel a stretch on the hamstrings, just the lower back?
The slightest activation of my core muscles (outside the diaphragm) totally hinders my lungs' movement. It's either no contraction at all, or too much contraction, meaning that my entire belly locks itself, lungs included. How can I remedy to that drastic issue?
Great stuff Eric and I can feel the benefits already. Just wondering - is it normal to feel tension in the quads during this exercise or am I doing something wrong? Thank you.
I was wondering about that too.
Yes, I have received a reply and it is the right one. I did have some contact with the foundation a few months after I started this damaging stretch. She advised me to make a few adjustments in the way I was stretching, very slight. No one advised me to stop I finally figured out it was the stretch that was causing problems in a joint that has an underlying malfunction. Things have gone from sore to much much worse. I now need physiotherapy. PEOPLE be careful, this is NOT a one size fits all. Strange, on this video, there is no warning.
If you hurt yourself doing slow, gentle mobility exercises like this, then it's your fault. Foremost: Dismiss the notion of stretching. Stretching is injurious. Concentrate on the conscious awareness of the muscles and joints that an exercise is working. Guide them into the proper positions and never attempt to crank them beyond their limits. Slowly approach your mobility limits. It's OK to feel a little tension, but never go to the point of pain. Over months of diligent practice, you will feel progress.
Finally, don't ask for diagnosis and therapy protocol in RUclips comments. It is unethical for a practitioner to give personal assessment and therapy via general RUclips comments. Instead, go to a professional who can give you a in-person, hands-on assessment of your situation.
How are you lengthening the hip flexors as you go into flexion as stated in the beginning of the video?
I was wondering the same thing
@@chrissigouin9981 me too!
Looks awesome. I NEED to incoporate this into my daily life1
Great channel! I've been searching for high quality videos like yours for way too long. One question, is it normal for the lower back to burn during this exercise? Or was I simply arching (somewhat anterior pelvic tilt like) too much? Thank you!
I am overweight, and this past month have developed lower back pain with some severe muscle spasms. Watching this video I want to try this but am afraid of the muscle spasms happening. Has anyone else used this exercise with lower back pain? I am desperate to strengthen my core and what I see here makes sense to my brain, but that fear if pain causes me to hesitate.
+Tallulah P I'm no doctor but if you're already having the muscle spasms what do you have to lose? Just make sure that you are using the proper form. You may be having muscle spasms because your muscles aren't used to the increased load, i.e. your increased weight. The solution is to strengthen your muscles.
THank you
I have to ask how high is that stool? Is anything higher or lower in height on that stool compensated solely but hinging the hit? Maintaining neutral spine. ??
Hi Dr. Goodman i have a loss of lumber lordosis..hypolordosis...pretty straight ...what exercise would you recommend for me. Thanks in advance
Started this exercise about 1 year ago, it really hurt my right lower
back, and now the problem is worsening. I am in pain and I cannot walk
when I rise from a sitting position. feels like the sacroiliac joint is
out of position. i have to push it back into place before I can walk. I
do not advise this stretching over the internet. too many variables and
no one to help you. I am an active person, in good health and not
overweight. BE AWARE!
do you have any exercise for prolapsed bladder?
Thank you.
What if I can't feel a stretch in my hamstrings
Thank you!
I have severe upper back pain....please give me some suggestions to remove this bloody back pain
I'd appreciate an answer to my question about the pain kicked up when I started doing this stretch. not getting the help I need. thank you.
+Deborah Frenette
It's simle. Stop doing it (I'm going to assume you're doing it right). I had kind of a similar situation: This respected yoga instructor had me doing deep lunges to stretch my hip flexors. I couldn't walk the next day from the pain! I have an L5-S1 herniated disc. The answer wasn't to ditch yoga--she even said I did the exercise correctly--but to scratch that stretch from my list and do others. Injuries like the ones we have, assuming yours is similar, are weird. So no big deal, just ditch this one and try the others. I know this one is supposed to be crucial in the beginning, but if you can't do it, don't.
Exercise is like a drug. The wrong drug gives you the wrong outcome, as it is with exercise. Some of these exercises may be effective in some of the cases. It sounds like you have a more serious pathology and would look at getting a comprehensive assessment by someone that knows what they are doing for the assessment. Once you can identify the problems and the underlying cause(s) then you can specifically address them. If you have a leg length discrepancy then this could cause more problems than it solves. I would look for a CHEK Level 4 practitioner or NeuroSomatic Therapists for an assessment. I'm sure there are others that know what they are doing but these two are a safe bet. I'm sure Eric knows what he's doing also but this is a generalized program where you may need something more specific.
Hi where is your old 4 minute training video i cant found. Deleted?
what would you recommend for my 9 y/o son recently diagnosed with scoliosis. Thanks
I just recently hurt my back and I really need the 12 minute video please someone reupload...
you know that there are other video platforms correct? If it's not on YT it's not the end of the world.
vimeo.com/336662716
how come I feel nothing in my hamstrings and still barely any compliance from them when I dorsiflex
This is the first I've heard about Using the TA. Isn't that anterior chain? I've played around with TA & an contractions in Founders. I find it creates a 'battle' with the posterior chain muscles you I want used in FT exercises. Could you please say more about this? Thank you!
5 year late reply. I'm not sure if this is of any more help to you, but here's my understanding of it. The transverse abdominis is a muscle that wraps around your abdominal area all the way to the back, like a corset or a belt. When it contracts, due to it's horizontal fibers, you should feel a sense of being "braced" from the front and side of your core--which results in better core stability. This should not make you want to flex your spine forward or you might not be on the transverse abdominis
@@alvin55531 Thanks! Yes helpful!
@@paulmillerick4092 I'm surprised it was still useful as a 5 year late reply. You're welcome!
Can i let go now
Wow, this looks very scary for anyone that has ever had lower back issues. Her hips are at an anterior tilt, she is leaning forward at a dangerous angle and her ribcage is open in front. I would never give this to a client with back issues. To engage the TA she needs to actually soften the abdominals first so she can bring them in toward the spine, and then move. This she did not do. The narrator said she should use the TA but he didn't guide her to do so.
June Scharff after
I worked at this stretch 2x a day, my back went into a terrible painful
spasm, had been 2 weeks now. The right side was a problem since I had
an accident in Jan 2012, stiff and painful. I thought this stretch
would help. I am getting pain in the right side mainly, in the gluteus
medius, as far as I can tell. i feel it is muscular, I wonder if it is breaking up scar tissue and I need to
more gently persist.
Pete Fork after
I worked at this stretch 2x a day, my back went into a terrible painful
spasm, had been 2 weeks now. The right side was a problem since I had
an accident in Jan 2012, stiff and painful. I thought this stretch
would help. I am getting pain in the right side mainly, in the gluteus
medius, as far as I can tell. i feel it is muscular. I wonder if it is breaking up scar tissue and I need to
more gently persist.
Pete Fork thank you Pete is nice that someone cared enough to answer
Deborah Frenette I feel for you. I've injured myself and made things worse from trying things out from the Web. Nothing beats working with someone 1 on 1 so they can guide you, n keep you safe. Good luck.
Will this exercise work with bad knees?
well done and very important for longevity and flexibility
pulling hte navel to the spine won't activate the transversus abdominis properly. Pulling up the frontal pelvic floor will do this.
At 1:06 you say “tucking the tail away from you” - tucking the tail actually puts the spine in a rounded position, not the sitting bones reaching back behind you, effectively creating the opposite of what you are trying to achieve. So nope, not tucking the tail.
Go away
Why would you remove your best video ever?? My girlfriend just started it once and now you made it private (probably because it was too good?) For your fans sake please re-release the 12 minute video with the cyclist!!!
why is it important not to straighten your legs?
So that your legs and butt do the work, not your back.
I find the instruction to tuck the tail seems to be contrary to what you are doing here.
1:40 you can't crawl forward with you fingertips on a "windowsill" 0:23
Who is the baddie in this video!? Also these stretches are awesome lol
You speak very fast I couldn’t catch every instruction.
Backpain has left the chat
A founder a day keeps the doctor away!
Eric Goodman is so hot like omg
That blonde is fine!!!