Comments on: Back pain, alignment and structure 101 http://blog.zongwumen.com/2007/09/14/back-pain-alignment-and-structure-101/ For students of Baguazhang and Xingyiquan Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:39:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: jleeger http://blog.zongwumen.com/2007/09/14/back-pain-alignment-and-structure-101/#comment-18 jleeger Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:27:07 +0000 http://blog.zongwumen.com/2007/09/14/back-pain-alignment-and-structure-101/#comment-18 I agree with you 100%! Unfortunately for most of us, we don't get the message about pre-hab until we need re-hab! It's a sorry state of affairs. The general fitness media is gradually shifting toward a more "core-conscious" attitude, but even that is just a fad, and not a real in-depth exploration of techniques or issues. George, you should definitely throw in a couple of these techniques at the end of every night, if you have time... My favorites are the four-point stance and the static half-crunch (holding the crunch position for 20-30 seconds per set). Those and the classic "child pose" stretch are something I do every day. I agree with you 100%! Unfortunately for most of us, we don’t get the message about pre-hab until we need re-hab! It’s a sorry state of affairs.
The general fitness media is gradually shifting toward a more “core-conscious” attitude, but even that is just a fad, and not a real in-depth exploration of techniques or issues.
George, you should definitely throw in a couple of these techniques at the end of every night, if you have time…
My favorites are the four-point stance and the static half-crunch (holding the crunch position for 20-30 seconds per set). Those and the classic “child pose” stretch are something I do every day.

]]> By: george http://blog.zongwumen.com/2007/09/14/back-pain-alignment-and-structure-101/#comment-13 george Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:49:30 +0000 http://blog.zongwumen.com/2007/09/14/back-pain-alignment-and-structure-101/#comment-13 One of the difficult things with back pain and rehab/PT for it is that you HAVE to become an expert on your own back and body. Over the long term, you need to be able to change things up and keep working it out and stretching it out and balancing it out. In my experience, I can't see how a cookie-cutter approach will work for anything but the most basic intro, the most basic start, on a long road to functional maintenance. Even something as comprehensive in body training as our Gao Bagua circle walking sets, in my experience, still need to be complemented by more specific exercises to target each individual's issues (of course, hence, the plethora of additional exercises and training methods our system has). Everyone's injury is different and everyone's body is different. Everyone needs a different approach to their own wellness and functionality. Especially once you do something serious like herniated discs, fractured vertebrae, or torn ligaments (I've had all these), its something that you will inevitably be pro-actively maintaining your entire life. That's my experience though. One of the difficult things with back pain and rehab/PT for it is that you HAVE to become an expert on your own back and body. Over the long term, you need to be able to change things up and keep working it out and stretching it out and balancing it out. In my experience, I can’t see how a cookie-cutter approach will work for anything but the most basic intro, the most basic start, on a long road to functional maintenance. Even something as comprehensive in body training as our Gao Bagua circle walking sets, in my experience, still need to be complemented by more specific exercises to target each individual’s issues (of course, hence, the plethora of additional exercises and training methods our system has).

Everyone’s injury is different and everyone’s body is different. Everyone needs a different approach to their own wellness and functionality. Especially once you do something serious like herniated discs, fractured vertebrae, or torn ligaments (I’ve had all these), its something that you will inevitably be pro-actively maintaining your entire life.

That’s my experience though.

]]> By: jleeger http://blog.zongwumen.com/2007/09/14/back-pain-alignment-and-structure-101/#comment-9 jleeger Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:17:17 +0000 http://blog.zongwumen.com/2007/09/14/back-pain-alignment-and-structure-101/#comment-9 These exercises are great. However, he doesn't lay out much of a plan for following them or applying them daily. If you pick two and do them every day, you'll pre-hab/re-hab your back in no time. If you try to do them all every day, you'll get frustrated quickly. These exercises are great. However, he doesn’t lay out much of a plan for following them or applying them daily. If you pick two and do them every day, you’ll pre-hab/re-hab your back in no time. If you try to do them all every day, you’ll get frustrated quickly.

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