Back exercise 6
Filed in Exercises, April 25, 2009, 10:02 amFlexion in Sitting
Begin doing Exercise 6 only after you have completed one week of Exercise 5, whether or not Exercise 5 has been successful in reducing your pain or stiffness.
Sit on the edge of a steady chair. Your knees and feet should be well apart. Rest your hands on your legs. Now you are ready to begin Exercise 6. Continue reading this entry »
Case history: garden state
Filed in Case history, April 24, 2009, 10:53 amJuan is 64 and manages a plant nursery. He lives in New Jersey. Before beginning the McKenzie program, he had suffered from central lower back pain for three weeks. This appeared after a week during which an employee was out sick and Juan did a lot of stooping as he performed the tasks of the employee. The pain spread to his right calf, and his doctor diagnosed him as having sciatica. Continue reading this entry »
Back exercise 5
Filed in Exercises, April 23, 2009, 11:21 amFlexion in Lying
Although some who have heard of the McKenzie Method believe it involves extension and nothing but extension, this is not the case. I have found that for many patients, certain flexion exercises can also be helpful. But especially with the flexion exercises, timing is the key to success. Continue reading this entry »
Fifty-two percent reported reduced pain in the first week
Filed in Spine, April 22, 2009, 9:57 amFifty-two percent reported reduced pain in the first week. Once the subjects had used the booklet for nine months, 87 percent were still regularly using the exercises in the booklet and 91 percent were still focusing on good posture.
Most important, at nine months, 82 percent had less back pain and 60 percent were completely free of pain. Continue reading this entry »
Lordosis
Filed in anatomy, April 21, 2009, 10:21 amBefore you begin the exercises, you must understand what bad posture is. And to do that, you must understand the meaning of the word lordosis. To some, this term may sound like a disease or an abnormal condition. In fact, it is a natural feature of the lumbar spine in all people.
A lordosis is an inward curve of the spine. Continue reading this entry »
Case history: centralization in texas
Filed in Case history, April 20, 2009, 10:36 amWalt is from Texas. He is 54 years old and works as an insurance broker. For two months he had intermittent pain in the central and lower left back. This had come on for no apparent reason. It spread to his left buttock and thigh, and the symptoms were worse when he bent forward, sat, rose to stand, coughed, or sneezed. Continue reading this entry »
Case history: watch out for five-year-olds
Filed in Case history, April 19, 2009, 10:47 amRonnie, a Californian, plays lead guitar in a well-known rock band. He is 52. Due to an auto accident whiplash injury, he had a recurring neck condition that most of the time caused him no pain. Two physical therapists who had treated him had shown him the McKenzie exercises. One evening he was standing near his five-year-old daughter. She expressed her affection by giving him a hug. Continue reading this entry »
Case history: numbness and tingling
Filed in Case history, April 18, 2009, 11:27 amRose, 76, from Florida, is a retiree whose physician had diagnosed her with lumbar radiculitis (inflammation of a lumbar nerve root). For two months, she’d had lower back pain as well as numbness and tingling in the right leg and foot. Her symptoms came and went but were most often provoked by sitting. Her pain interrupted her sleep. Continue reading this entry »
Lying down and resting
Filed in Posture, April 17, 2009, 11:53 amSome people have lower back pain when they lie resting in certain positions. A relative few have lower back pain only when they lie down. Many people with lower back pain feel worse when they are lying down, and they dread the thought of another night with more back pain and less sleep. Continue reading this entry »
Prolonged standing
Filed in Answers and questions, April 16, 2009, 11:41 amSome people get lower back pain every time they stand in one place for a long time. The same thing happens when we sit for long periods. In either situation, the muscles that support us tire and relax, allowing us to slouch. When we stand in a relaxed manner, however, the lordosis becomes excessive and the lower back hangs in an extreme position. Continue reading this entry »
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