After a long car ride do you have backache, shoulder pain, hip pain, calf pain…….? A lot of driving pain can be eliminated with good posture. Check out my video and see what your doing wrong or right when it comes to driving in your car.

If you have less than 5 minutes you can do the 3 most important stretches (of all time- in my opinion). These 3 stretches address the neck, upper back, lower back and hips. This is the first time these have been posted together!

Periformis Stretch

Doorway Pectoralis Stretch

Levator Neck Stretch

Finally it’s here! The wait is over! Number 3 of the all time best stretches! Three exclamation marks must mean this is important news. This is my personal favorite stretch, as a long time low back pain suffer I know a great stretch when I see (do) one. Low back, sciatic nerve, and hip pain are all addresses when doing
this stretch.

The Periformis muscle runs from the side of the tail bone (Sacrum) to the top of the femor (leg bone), these are deep to the gluteus maximus (Butt). Periformis is one of the “deep six” muscle that are responsible for lateral rotation of the hips, needed for walking, running and turning.

This stretch is for all you Memorial Day gardening mavens. Weeding is a killer for the low back, elbows and back of legs. Here is a trio to help you out at the end of the day.

Hamstrings

Tricepts

Side Rolls

This sweet little stretch packs a punch. Many of my clients do this stretch in bed before they get up in the morning. It works several large muscle groups: The lower back and hips, the Erector muscle groups (the long muscles that run from your pelvis to your neck) and the Latissimus Dorsi and Posterior Serratus muscles which help you rotate.

Don’t just sit on it. Move it!

Did you know more than 65 million Americans suffer from low-back pain? According to Newsweek magazine direct costs of treating low-back pain is $26 to $100 billion to treat all back pain. Back pain sufferers miss over one month of work a year. Can you afford to be a back pain sufferer? Be sure to stretch this weekend before you head out to rake and work in the yard.

It is the time of year when frost is on the pumpkin and the leaves are falling! Don’t wind up with sore shoulders and back. Do these 2 awesome little stretches and you will be ready to dance the cha cha cha after a day of raking!

Loosen up your back with this seated stretch.

The gluteus maximus muscle (your butt) is a real workhorse of a muscle. This is your walking muscle and works hard. If you have pain in your low, low back and or buttocks, try this stretch.