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Neck exercise 3
Filed in Exercises, March 31, 2009, 10:28 amHead Retraction in Lying
Lie on a bed. Lie face up, with your head at a free-standing edge of the bed rather than next to any headboard. For example, lie across a double bed or with your head at the foot of a single bed. Rest your head and shoulders flat on the bed and do [...]
Correction of the lying posture
Filed in Correct, March 27, 2009, 7:27 amIf the lying posture itself is thought to cause neck pain, it needs to be investigated for each person individually, largely by trial and error. Consult a credentialed member or associate of the McKenzie Institute (see Appendix A). But there is one position that requires further discussion.
Spinal pain
Filed in Spine, March 18, 2009, 6:54 pmSpinal pain of postural origin would not occur if this basic education were given to individuals at an early age. Ask any 12-year-old child if he or she has been shown at school how to stand correctly or how to sit correctly. Chances are that the child will tell you that he or she has [...]
If you have lower back pain
Filed in Answers and questions, March 11, 2009, 9:02 amRegardless of what you are doing or where you are, at the first sign of recurrence of lower back pain you must take action. That is, you must immediately start the exercises that previously led to recovery, and you must follow the instructions given to relieve acute pain. You must at once begin Exercise 4, [...]
Armrests
Filed in General, February 21, 2009, 8:55 amArmrests also should allow your chair to be pulled under your desk so that you can sit with your stomach held gently against the front of the desk. This will prevent you from leaning over and losing the lordosis while you perform desk tasks.
Until furniture designers understand and defer to the requirements of the human [...]
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