Bob, after my parachute accident, while in the Army, I was told I would be in so much pain by the time I reached 30, I was 22, and would be wheelchair bound by 35. I am 6o now and still on my feet, every step hurts like you would not believe. What I'm saying is doctors don't know how strong the human mind and body are. I believe you can affect your illness, mostly through your outlook and ability to push yourself forward. Diet and exercise are of upmost importance as well. My money is on you and those people around you. Something is happening to you, breathe and step through it, something Brad should know about, with his martial background. Breathe, breathe deep, bring in fresh air, get your mind in gear, think, use your mind, play games anything and everything to keep your mind and body going. You are the only warrior on this battlefield and the only way to loose, is to quit trying. You got this, FIGHT! However, never forget your support system, they will go through hell for you, so lean on them when necessary. You are going to fall, we all do, I have spinal stenosis and nerve damage which cause me to fall all the time. You learn, check yourself out, make sure your ok, roll over and get up. You and your team have this, believe that and no matter how your illness leaves you, you'll land on your feet. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. Be well.
Thanks for this Raymond. I know it wasn't meant for me per se but I've nicked it! 😁 Taken screenshot to keep on my phone...those wobbly moments itll give me a good kick. Fighting back from a stroke 💫 (from the onset understood it wasnt 'recovery' as they like to say, but that it really is a 'fight'!).
@@justmarialing No nicking, it is a gift, please share as often as you wish. Always remember, we are much stronger than we think we are. I will never regain all that was lost, neither will you. However, by fighting, we are stronger than we were yesterday and that is no small feat. We have to fight for ourselves, because others can only support what we decide to do, so fight for yourself. Sure makes life a lot more interesting. Be well, you will be in my thoughts and prayers.
@@Raymond.Butler Thank you for sharing so generously and graciously. Your kindness brought a smile to my face today. And all the best to you always (PS: I'm an Army Brat and my dad served at the same time you did. Thank you for your service and all you gave for this country. )
@@tammygant4216 Thank you, encouragement from someone in simular shoes makes a great deal of difference. The advice I received after my accident, made me feel like blowing my brains out. However, after I realized, they had no clue who I am, I decided to let my mind take over.. No one knows you, in that you don't know how powerful you are and what you are capable of. I really learned that as a paratrooper and what we had to push ourselves to do. I did not want to be a cripple and pushed myself to prove I wasn't. Doing that nearly made me completely wheelchair bound, but I learned that pushing was good, as long as you are aware of the damage you are doing. I don't want another disabled person, with crappy doctors, to think there is nothing they can do to improve their life. People have disabilities, disabilities have people, which side of that coin is your choice. I used to love the post schools, those kids put another spin on my service. I was not married, nor did I have children, but somehow those kids, were my families children. You didn't know it, but you kids pushed me harder to do better, just by being there. Thank you for that.
He’s not dying dude...he’s going to keep helping people. Staying positive about the future will help him not pitying him like he’s bedridden. He’s a rockstar!
I do straight legged deadlifts (moderate weights) in my gym, and one session cures my sciatic nerve pain for about 2 days. I keep my back dead straight throughout the movement. And Bob may have lost some speech ability, but his humor is as good as ever, and that's what makes you guys so special.
Sorry to hear of your illness, Bob, you are a great person who has helped a lot of people including myself. I know you will power through it, chin up brother, we're still alive.
Thank you for your effort Bob, prayers that you are healed and your illness ceases. Both of you guys have been tremendous I'm only 24 and I've suffered with a bad back and neck due to a bad car accident and bad forms when I was lifting. I've gradually fixed myself with what you've guys have shared. You are blessings to humanity and in my opinion deserve a Nobel prize.
Appreciate all the information fellas!! Your stretches have helped my back for a couple of years now! Praying for you and your family Bob! Keep grinding!!!
This channel has helped me multiple times with strategies to try at home. The latest was the episode on diaphragm breathing and the "breather". I've been wheezing lately from allergies or left over Covid lung stuff...who knows. I got the breather a week ago and have already started breathing much more freely and the wheezing is minimal. Thank you both for common sense information and how therapies to help yourself with aches and pains. Hang in there, Bob!
Hey Bob and Brad! Thank you for another amazing video! You gentlemen are my go to source for all things related to physical therapy! I greatly appreciate you starting off the video with the stretches that we should not do. It also helped that you showed multiple ways to stretch the hamstring with verifying degrees of difficulty. Thank you so much for all that you do! = )
I love you guys and pray Bob makes a complete recovery. I had Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, herniated discs, and other challenging issues that you gentlemen helped me with. You ARE the best PTs on the Internet in ( my opinion of course!)
Man, Bob and Brad. Yall are so freaking big now. Im so happy to see the information yall have to share is being spread to so many people now. This is awesome! 🎉🎉
Mr bob my uncle has the same condition, he started to slowly read sci fi books and comic books to himself and now he's 70% better, he told me he choase sci fi because of wired words and different characters, I hope this helps
Hi Bob! I just wanted to let you know that despite your recent trouble with speech, your jokes still make me laugh! I heard the 'sorta like us, they might like only one of us' I was laughing as I was leaving the house
Really sorry 😞 to hear about Bob’s diagnosis - you two have helped people in so many ways and often over and over again. Hope your good deeds means Bob will have his good returns with his health while Brad maintains his! Best wishes to you gents.🤞
Prayers for Bob 🙏. You guys are THE best (and famous) physiotherapists on the internet for sure. You've helped millions of people like me across the globe on various physio issues from poor posture, flexibility issues, piriformis and sciatica pain etc. Pray that you recover completely soon. Thanks, from India 🙏🙏🙏
Poor Bob, prayers for fast recovery and let us know if we can help in any way. how fortunate to have such a loving partner at work. We love you both!! 🥹🙏🏼
You guys are legends and thank you for sharing with us the real struggle of human existence. My wife just brought me home a stretch out strap with guide, but I just chucked the guide and clicked you on. God bless.
I’m going to try t these tonight after work! Especially that last one. I’ve really been wanting to improve my flexibility, but I never knew what to do. And I do have low back pain so this is perfect! Thanks gentlemen!
Hi Bob and Brad. I had severe vertigo earlier in the week (nonstop tilt a whirl carnival simulation kind of vertigo) Your vertigo exercises cured it! Great to be off meclizine and enjoying the weekend. Thank you so much!!!!
I sympathize with Bob, may God ease on him any symptoms and may he live without difficulty. This does not change the fact that he is a friendly person who is funny and nice, who has a good knowledge of the body and hopefully you will both continue to teach us many interesting things and give us all those great tips you got us used to…
I really appreciate this. With plantar fasciitis and a bad back and bad knees and just bad alignment (it all goes together, ugh...) it's my quest to find the stretches that make it possible to workout without making everything worse! Thank you.
I had bad plantar fasciitis years ago. I had to buy shoes bigger & wide enough for my feet which I had not been doing. I also bought Sorbothane insoles. Get the one that is all black as it has the most Sorbothane. Beware fakes online. Use company website to locate a real seller. I also wore a gel donut heel cushion on top of the Sorbothane for 1 year and did PT stretches. The Sorbothane cost $25 and lasted me 20 years. I'm very overweight so you know they hold up. They reduce impact by 96%. I never got plantar fasciitis again. Nothing else worked for me but this did. Shoes from Mt. Emey/Apis in El Monte, California (Mary Janes or Sandals or pumps in sizes much wider than ww) or Men's New Balance tennis shoes because men's are a lot wider than women's. Hope this helps. PS None of these companies compensate me for my recommendation but they should. 🤣
You two are a wonderful team. I enjoy you both and learn so much. My thoughts are sincerely with you, Bob. You seem like a positive and strong man and you have a lot of people pulling for you. Good Luck!
I’m 33 and began having terrible low back pain , I mean I couldn’t even sit for a few minutes it was so bad . What really helped me a ton was using a Roman chair aka hyperextension bench . It works your hamstrings, glutes and low back , it has helped me tremendously. In my age I already have disc degenerative disease in my low back which really sucks but using a Roman chair has helped me so much . Stretching my hamstrings helped me a little at first but strengthening them has helped me so much more , I can’t recommend a Roman chair more . It was the best $70 I ever spent , I still have some stiffness here and there but no crazy pain like before
Try eating 2 tablespoons of sun flower seeds daily if your doctor allows you and drink a bit more water. I have to do this in the summer as I live in a hot place. My doctor told me about the sunflower seeds. My calf cramps were so fierce I thought I had another blood clot! My aunt rubs on a magnesium lotion that stops cramps. It is too expensive for me to buy at $20/ bottle. She has MS and says the cream works. I get the seeds already hulled and without salt because I hate salty tasting things
Thank you for your videos, Bob and Brad! I'm a relatively new subscriber. Is it ok to do the hamstring stretches first thing in the morning after I wake up and before I get out of bed?
Great video! Came just in time for me! I do have a question though, how would you stretch your quad muscle in the front thigh without hurting your lower back if you've had surgery?
Perfect timing on this video. I needed this after my workout yesterday. Also, never get the Yoga people upset, they will hit stone you to death with a 5lb ball of Granola.
I find instead of a strap or a belt I use a band and that way my bad shoulders don't have to pull to create tension. I just need to keep an isometric position.
Bob, after my parachute accident, while in the Army, I was told I would be in so much pain by the time I reached 30, I was 22, and would be wheelchair bound by 35. I am 6o now and still on my feet, every step hurts like you would not believe. What I'm saying is doctors don't know how strong the human mind and body are. I believe you can affect your illness, mostly through your outlook and ability to push yourself forward. Diet and exercise are of upmost importance as well. My money is on you and those people around you. Something is happening to you, breathe and step through it, something Brad should know about, with his martial background. Breathe, breathe deep, bring in fresh air, get your mind in gear, think, use your mind, play games anything and everything to keep your mind and body going. You are the only warrior on this battlefield and the only way to loose, is to quit trying. You got this, FIGHT! However, never forget your support system, they will go through hell for you, so lean on them when necessary. You are going to fall, we all do, I have spinal stenosis and nerve damage which cause me to fall all the time. You learn, check yourself out, make sure your ok, roll over and get up. You and your team have this, believe that and no matter how your illness leaves you, you'll land on your feet. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. Be well.
Thanks for this Raymond. I know it wasn't meant for me per se but I've nicked it! 😁 Taken screenshot to keep on my phone...those wobbly moments itll give me a good kick. Fighting back from a stroke 💫 (from the onset understood it wasnt 'recovery' as they like to say, but that it really is a 'fight'!).
@@justmarialing
No nicking, it is a gift, please share as often as you wish.
Always remember, we are much stronger than we think we are. I will never regain all that was lost, neither will you. However, by fighting, we are stronger than we were yesterday and that is no small feat. We have to fight for ourselves, because others can only support what we decide to do, so fight for yourself. Sure makes life a lot more interesting. Be well, you will be in my thoughts and prayers.
@@Raymond.Butler Thank you for sharing so generously and graciously. Your kindness brought a smile to my face today. And all the best to you always (PS: I'm an Army Brat and my dad served at the same time you did. Thank you for your service and all you gave for this country. )
@@tammygant4216 Thank you, encouragement from someone in simular shoes makes a great deal of difference. The advice I received after my accident, made me feel like blowing my brains out. However, after I realized, they had no clue who I am, I decided to let my mind take over.. No one knows you, in that you don't know how powerful you are and what you are capable of. I really learned that as a paratrooper and what we had to push ourselves to do. I did not want to be a cripple and pushed myself to prove I wasn't. Doing that nearly made me completely wheelchair bound, but I learned that pushing was good, as long as you are aware of the damage you are doing.
I don't want another disabled person, with crappy doctors, to think there is nothing they can do to improve their life. People have disabilities, disabilities have people, which side of that coin is your choice. I used to love the post schools, those kids put another spin on my service. I was not married, nor did I have children, but somehow those kids, were my families children. You didn't know it, but you kids pushed me harder to do better, just by being there. Thank you for that.
Very tragic diagnosis, I hope Bob powers through. Maybe remembering all the people you guys helped would make him feel better.
He’s not dying dude...he’s going to keep helping people. Staying positive about the future will help him not pitying him like he’s bedridden. He’s a rockstar!
I do straight legged deadlifts (moderate weights) in my gym, and one session cures my sciatic nerve pain for about 2 days. I keep my back dead straight throughout the movement. And Bob may have lost some speech ability, but his humor is as good as ever, and that's what makes you guys so special.
Smith Machine Deadlifts are great too.
You can really lean into good posture as you contract.
@@dawiedarling Great idea! I hadn't thought of that, even after being a gym rat for decades.
Bob, keep rocking it. We love you!
I like your disclaimer at the beginning about the tall one 😄 God bless you Bob
Sorry to hear of your illness, Bob, you are a great person who has helped a lot of people including myself. I know you will power through it, chin up brother, we're still alive.
Love your sense of humor. Prayers Bob for you. Keep working, we love you guys.
Thank you for your effort Bob, prayers that you are healed and your illness ceases. Both of you guys have been tremendous I'm only 24 and I've suffered with a bad back and neck due to a bad car accident and bad forms when I was lifting. I've gradually fixed myself with what you've guys have shared. You are blessings to humanity and in my opinion deserve a Nobel prize.
Agree 💯% I've only tried a few of their excersizes and they are wonderful.
Thanks guys. Hope bob recovers to his previous form...... I’m glad you guys still have the humour......you help lots and lots of laughs too.
Appreciate all the information fellas!! Your stretches have helped my back for a couple of years now! Praying for you and your family Bob! Keep grinding!!!
This channel has helped me multiple times with strategies to try at home. The latest was the episode on diaphragm breathing and the "breather". I've been wheezing lately from allergies or left over Covid lung stuff...who knows. I got the breather a week ago and have already started breathing much more freely and the wheezing is minimal. Thank you both for common sense information and how therapies to help yourself with aches and pains. Hang in there, Bob!
I totally love this channel..Bob and Brad you're awesome 🙌🙌🙌
Bob, you are an inspiration. Thank you continuing with the show.
Thanks guys! You’ve helped me and my family tremendously.
Bob, keep powering ahead. The channel wouldn’t be the same without you.
Hey Bob and Brad! Thank you for another amazing video! You gentlemen are my go to source for all things related to physical therapy! I greatly appreciate you starting off the video with the stretches that we should not do. It also helped that you showed multiple ways to stretch the hamstring with verifying degrees of difficulty. Thank you so much for all that you do! = )
I love you guys and pray Bob makes a complete recovery. I had Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, herniated discs, and other challenging issues that you gentlemen helped me with. You ARE the best PTs on the Internet in ( my opinion of course!)
Man, Bob and Brad. Yall are so freaking big now. Im so happy to see the information yall have to share is being spread to so many people now. This is awesome! 🎉🎉
You guys are like a breathe of fresh air, thanks so much for your professional advice 👍👍
I’m a PT who hasn’t practiced in quite a while (still licensed though). I enjoy your videos because they help me refresh my memory!
Thank you! Bob, I applaud your courage and strength…and your humor!❣️❣️❣️👏👏👏
You guys helped me in curing my piriformis pain, i hope Bob get better Prayers up 🙏
I appreciate that Bob continues although having Ataxia. I think it is important in that it gives a face to an otherwise unknown.
I really appreciate these guys and their skills. Bob, I'm praying for your complete healing.
Amen...in Jesus name 🙏🏽
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Thanks guys don’t stop doing what you do love your videos!!
Mr bob my uncle has the same condition, he started to slowly read sci fi books and comic books to himself and now he's 70% better, he told me he choase sci fi because of wired words and different characters, I hope this helps
Hi Bob! I just wanted to let you know that despite your recent trouble with speech, your jokes still make me laugh! I heard the 'sorta like us, they might like only one of us' I was laughing as I was leaving the house
Y’all have helped resolve so much of my back pain with many of your exercises. I love y’all! Prayers for full recovery for you Bob. You are a delight!
Really sorry 😞 to hear about Bob’s diagnosis - you two have helped people in so many ways and often over and over again. Hope your good deeds means Bob will have his good returns with his health while Brad maintains his! Best wishes to you gents.🤞
Prayers for Bob 🙏. You guys are THE best (and famous) physiotherapists on the internet for sure. You've helped millions of people like me across the globe on various physio issues from poor posture, flexibility issues, piriformis and sciatica pain etc. Pray that you recover completely soon. Thanks, from India 🙏🙏🙏
Best of health Bob! If anyone can move through this and adapt or improve it is you.
Thank you both of you…! Lots of blessings and good wishes for both of you…! 🍀🙏🏻🍀
Y'all have helped with my feet problems! Y'all keep on going with the physical therapy. Thank y'all
Poor Bob, prayers for fast recovery and let us know if we can help in any way. how fortunate to have such a loving partner at work. We love you both!! 🥹🙏🏼
Good luck Bob, hope you make it through stronger than ever.
I love you guys! These exercises are exactly what I need at 67 with spondylolisthesis!
You guys are legends and thank you for sharing with us the real struggle of human existence. My wife just brought me home a stretch out strap with guide, but I just chucked the guide and clicked you on. God bless.
Bob and Brad, I suspect you are both treasures.
Sorry to hear about the diagnosis, Bob. Hope you get better or power through.
Sending love and prayers to Bob and Brad. Your programs have helped so many, myself included. 🙏🙏😍😍
I’m going to try t these tonight after work! Especially that last one. I’ve really been wanting to improve my flexibility, but I never knew what to do. And I do have low back pain so this is perfect! Thanks gentlemen!
Thanks.Absolutely,I will try.I have terrible lower back pain.God BLESSED you Guys.
@@er3771 I highly recommended a Roman chair if you can use one . It has helped my low back pain so so much
Love you guys. Thank you for this. The humor between you both makes me laugh. 😁
Thanks for the advice! I'll be trying this for sure. Had tight hamstrings for ages
You guys are the best , I really enjoy your videos, always learn something
Bob - we love you! Sending positive vibes, hopes, and wishes.
That last one has helped my lower back pain so much. I learned it from my physical therapy.
Can you do an episode on warming up? I'm always worried that I'm not warming up enough or in the right way before exercise.
Thank you, I have very tight gluts and hamstrings so will try this type of stretching. It’s uncomfortable to take walks.
Hi Bob and Brad. I had severe vertigo earlier in the week (nonstop tilt a whirl carnival simulation kind of vertigo) Your vertigo exercises cured it! Great to be off meclizine and enjoying the weekend. Thank you so much!!!!
Love you both! I'm gonna try the 1st one. ❤😊
bob, you are looking great! stay positive! glad to see another video from you
I sympathize with Bob, may God ease on him any symptoms and may he live without difficulty. This does not change the fact that he is a friendly person who is funny and nice, who has a good knowledge of the body and hopefully you will both continue to teach us many interesting things and give us all those great tips you got us used to…
Yup feels great 👍🏾...thanks for the advice.
I really appreciate this. With plantar fasciitis and a bad back and bad knees and just bad alignment (it all goes together, ugh...) it's my quest to find the stretches that make it possible to workout without making everything worse! Thank you.
I had bad plantar fasciitis years ago. I had to buy shoes bigger & wide enough for my feet which I had not been doing. I also bought Sorbothane insoles. Get the one that is all black as it has the most Sorbothane. Beware fakes online. Use company website to locate a real seller. I also wore a gel donut heel cushion on top of the Sorbothane for 1 year and did PT stretches. The Sorbothane cost $25 and lasted me 20 years. I'm very overweight so you know they hold up. They reduce impact by 96%. I never got plantar fasciitis again. Nothing else worked for me but this did. Shoes from Mt. Emey/Apis in El Monte, California (Mary Janes or Sandals or pumps in sizes much wider than ww) or Men's New Balance tennis shoes because men's are a lot wider than women's. Hope this helps. PS None of these companies compensate me for my recommendation but they should. 🤣
Love you both soooooo much! Definitely my favorite go-to physical therapists ever!💗💗
You two are a wonderful team. I enjoy you both and learn so much. My thoughts are sincerely with you, Bob. You seem like a positive and strong man and you have a lot of people pulling for you. Good Luck!
Love both of y'all, always have great videos
Best wishes fellas and thanks
Lol. I love how you just drop in the hurdle position with no effort. I'd have to call for help!
Thanks for the video!
Lol, me too. I'd need the fire department on 🤳 cell phone speed dial. 🤦🤣
It really helps that you both have been wearing pants with a line.. gives a great visual!
Kudos to your continues success!
Thanks for giving options that can be done on the bed, because getting on the floor isn't realistic for me right now.
Great stretches. Will try them out. Thanks
Hi Bob. I'm in your corner and sending lots of wellness vibes.
I refer to your RUclips videos almost weekly. Thank you.
Hey guys, always good to see your vlogs, so informative as well as fun! Blessings to you both!! 😊❤️
LOVE this intro music 😍
Looking forward to viewing more videos!
Your A FUN Person Bob.!! 🤗...And Brad is the Expert..👏🏻👏🏻🤗
I’m 33 and began having terrible low back pain , I mean I couldn’t even sit for a few minutes it was so bad . What really helped me a ton was using a Roman chair aka hyperextension bench . It works your hamstrings, glutes and low back , it has helped me tremendously. In my age I already have disc degenerative disease in my low back which really sucks but using a Roman chair has helped me so much . Stretching my hamstrings helped me a little at first but strengthening them has helped me so much more , I can’t recommend a Roman chair more . It was the best $70 I ever spent , I still have some stiffness here and there but no crazy pain like before
Thank you so much ! So useful, & well explained.
Respect. Very good in their field.
I have A-frame cabin and long used the loft pitch roof to stretch have my ham, is perfect angle. But am sure just a straight wall will work too.
Best wishes to you, specially to Bob!!! Gracias!!!!!
Thank you 🙏
You guys are Awesome...
Thank You for all the help.
Thank for this video sir 💐🙏
Plz one video -Which exercises should be done by sciatica patient?
They've got quite a few - do a search of their channel and you'll find them!
We love you, Bob!
Oops been doing it wrong all these years! Thanks for the video
Much needed! Thank you!
I'm gonna try this today!! Thanks ❤️😀
Another good one-thanks. I’ve been getting hammy Charlie horses (say that three times, fast!) in the middle of the night, which is no fun.
Try eating 2 tablespoons of sun flower seeds daily if your doctor allows you and drink a bit more water. I have to do this in the summer as I live in a hot place. My doctor told me about the sunflower seeds. My calf cramps were so fierce I thought I had another blood clot! My aunt rubs on a magnesium lotion that stops cramps. It is too expensive for me to buy at $20/ bottle. She has MS and says the cream works. I get the seeds already hulled and without salt because I hate salty tasting things
@@happycook6737 thank you-I will! I’m also in a hot humid climate.
Thank you for your videos, Bob and Brad! I'm a relatively new subscriber. Is it ok to do the hamstring stretches first thing in the morning after I wake up and before I get out of bed?
I love ya both. thank you for all you do! xo xo
B&B's comedy stylings make me want to go do these stretches.
We love you Bob!!
Like you both 😇 Thank you for the helpful videos!
“I THINK MY LEG IS AS LONG AS YOU ARE” lmao I lost it. That was gold.
Oh man! I just joined these guys! They are amazing and so helpful and I live their "cheesy" lol humor 😆
What happened to Bob??
This video is a good one 👍
You guys are 👏 awesome. Thank you.
Very helpful guys! ❤️🖤 always love watching you both!
Great video! Came just in time for me! I do have a question though, how would you stretch your quad muscle in the front thigh without hurting your lower back if you've had surgery?
♥️ you Bob
Perfect timing on this video. I needed this after my workout yesterday. Also, never get the Yoga people upset, they will hit stone you to death with a 5lb ball of Granola.
I have 2 RESISTANCE BANDS that I will Use for Hamstrings Exercises..🤗🤗
Thank you the good video. Both of you are very gifted. All the best, God Bless, Bob🙏🌻🍀🌼, keep up good mood, allow to you self rest and "me time".
@DavidGreg 1184 Hi!
@DavidGreg 1184 Hi, My name is Anita. I Llive in Finland.
@DavidGreg 1184 Here is rainy day, and "cool", not cold weather. How is whether in there? In your country.
@DavidGreg 1184 No, are you?
@DavidGreg 1184 Okay, indoors have cooling down?
Exercise for Hip Arthritis?
Sorry about your diagnosis. My old Ortho has that too. 😔
Wtf I’ve been dealing with this the last two nights and bam 💥 this video pops up 😂
Thank you
Bob, I wish you well.
I find instead of a strap or a belt I use a band and that way my bad shoulders don't have to pull to create tension. I just need to keep an isometric position.