About this product: Yoga Therapy for Back Pain includes 13 routines to help restore proper function to the entire back. These safe and gentle exercises increase mobility and reduce pain. This beautifully filmed DVD features five 15 minute & five 30 minute routines for the upper back, sciatic pain, bulging disk and sacro-iliac joint pain. Each condition is addressed separately, so you will get the proper care for your condition. There is also a general back maintenance routine in three time options (17, 32, & 44 min.) as well as a 20 min. Chair Yoga routine and a short Guided Meditation for relaxation. Whatever the level of your pain, or if you just want to strengthen your back, this DVD has the safe and appropriate therapy for you! If you are not sure exactly what type of back pain you have, this DVD also explains the different types so you can have a better understanding of your pain. Filmed in Santa Barbara, California in high definition.
About this product: TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH Mayo Clinic, one of the top medical centers in the country, and GAIAM, the health and wellness experts, team up to bring you this groundbreaking, integrated health action plan designed specifically to relieve back pain. Changing the way you live can change the way you feel.
PART 1: UNDERSTANDING YOUR CONDITION A 30-minute conversation with Mayo Clinic specialists. Dr. Brent Bauer introduces you to the integrative treatment approach, and Mayo Clinic doctors share everything you need to know about back pain and an array of conventional and alternative therapy options.
PART 2: EAT WELL TO FEEL WELL Change your diet to feel better. Dr. Donald Hensrud, Chair, Preventive Medicine, Mayo Clinic, takes you grocery shopping and shares smart ways to eat healthy every day. A Mayo Clinic dietitian follows up with making meal planning simple.
PART 3: SOOTHING THERAPIES Rodney Yee, America s favorite yoga instructor, leads you in a simple 40-minute session of gentle, restorative yoga and stress-relieving meditation. The movements are ideal for beginners and designed to help prevent back pain, improve circulation and release tension. Reducing stress will help you feel better faster. Take charge of your health today.
BONUS: You ll also get the 52-page Mayo Clinic My Stress Solution booklet. Reducing stress will help you feel better faster. Take charge of your health today.
TOTAL RUNNING TIME : 93 MIN
Not all exercise is suitable for everyone. To reduce the risk of injury, consult your doctor before beginning this or any exercise regimen.
About this product: Viniyoga Therapy for the Low Back, Sacrum and Hips features short, simple therapeutic yoga practices carefully designed to alleviate pain and promote health in the low back, sacrum and hips. For the first time ever on DVD, benefit from the expert guidance of Gary Kraftsow, one of the world's leading yoga therapists. Founder of the American Viniyoga Institute, Gary is the designer of the only yoga practices demonstrated to be effective for back pain in a National Institutes of Health-sponsored clinical study. If you are one of the 8 out of 10 Americans who have or will experience back pain, make the powerful therapeutic practices on this DVD a part of your everyday regimen for health and well-being! Highlights from this DVD include: Presentation on Understanding Back Pain and the application of yoga therapy. Technique Workshop on how to safely perform postures and movements. Focused practice for Low Back and Sacrum Therapy. Focused practice for Hip Therapy. Integrated practice for sustained low back Strength and Stability. Bonus MP3s of all practices for audio-only classes at home or on the go.
About this product: Simple, effective ways to relieve pain, prevent pain, and remain pain-free
"Her physical practice is inspiring and her application of yoga therapy is spot on" -- Yoga Journal
Too much time at our desks, in our cars, and watching TV add up to back stiffness, soreness, and pain that can steal the joy from our lives. But you have more power to heal yourself than you know. Celebrated Anusara Yoga teacher Desirée Rumbaugh shows you how.
Starting with a simple standing pose, Desirée leads you through a series of therapeutic yoga exercises that will improve your posture, ease pressure, relieve tightness, increase circulation, and make you stronger and more flexible. She clearly explains each pose and shows both the right and wrong way to perform key movements, so you know just what to do. Fellow Anusara teacher Andrew Rivin demonstrates alternate, easier positions so you can choose the one that’s best for you. Before long, your aching back will be a thing of the past.
About this product: Chronic back pain affects countless lives everyday. Simple daily tasks may become difficult and family activities stressful. Workplace absenteeism or permanent disability may also become commonplace. Current research shows that chronic back pain patients can play an important role in their own recovery by rehabilitating core muscle groups. This will improve their chances of resuming normal, pain-free daily activities. Pinnacle Rehabilitation s Spinal Stabilization Program DVD teaches chronic back pain sufferers how, with regular use, specially targeted exercises will strengthen important deep core muscles. This will stabilize and align the spinal column, reducing daily pain. Its objective is to equip back pain patients with the knowledge and motivation they need to help themselves.
Our host, Kendyl, is a trained professional who will accurately demonstrate proper technique, safely guide you, and motivate you in a way books and pictures cannot. Crystal-clear Lake Louise, nestled in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, will serve as your backdrop, you will find the musical score soothing, and exercise will become enjoyable. You deserve only the best, which is why you need the If You Have...Back Pain video.
This award-winning 35-minute program demonstrates a series of 25 stretching and strengthening exercises designed to improve the function of your spinal stabilizers (core muscles). These muscles are responsible for maintaining proper vertebral alignment. That's why improved conditioning will reduce your back pain, and allow you to resume a more active lifestyle. Dramatically improve your health, your appearance, and your quality of life. It's that simple.
Elaine Knows Pain As a young dancer, Elaine suffered a debilitating injury that led her to develop the Elaine Petrone Method. It healed her injury, alleviated her pain, and changed her life. For over 30 years, she has been teaching individuals, doctors, and therapists how to do the same.
Revolutionary in its simplicity, Elaine’s method of pain relief "unworks" excess muscle tension using breath awareness and your own body weight while resting comfortably on a ball or balls. On this program, she will teach you how to use her method to alleviate the all-too-common problem of low backache. After learning her method, many of Elaine’s students find relief from stubborn back pain for the first time. Now you can, too.
Whether your pain comes from injury, improper body alignment, arthritis, or just the stress of everyday life, get on the ball and get relief!
This program addresses pain and tension in the lower back and hips. For pain in the shoulders, neck, and head look for Elaine’s STOP THE CLOCK kit.
For more information, visit elainepetrone.com
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Beyond The Elaine Petrone Method: Stop the Back Pain
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About this product: For centuries, the Chinese have healed and strengthened their bodies with Qigong (chee-kung), the art of using the mind to direct the energy within your body to improve health and vitality. This program gives an introduction to the general concepts of qigong, and explains keypoints for correct practice, such as the 'Five Regulatings'. Dr. Yang then presents ten gentle qigong exercises to help ease your lower back pain, strengthen your torso, and expedite your body s natural healing. The exercises are simple to learn and enjoyable to practice, and you can easily follow along with Dr. Yang's demonstration. The movements can be practiced both sitting or standing. In the second half of the program, Dr. Yang offers pain-relieving massage techniques for yourself and with a partner, and shows important pressure points, or acupuncture cavities. A complete self-massage section is included which you may follow along to. This DVD complements the book "Back Pain Relief" by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming. Sold separately.
About this product: Good News! Updated addition now available. This DVD is a first of its kind, rehabilitation teaching dvd, designed to get you out of muscle pain fast and permanently. The information contained is not widely known and instructs in the why's and how to get out of pain, using state of the art, anatomically correct animations of specific stretches, targeting the muscles causing the unnecessary pain and degeneration.
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About this product: This six-week series of easy exercises is a progressive program designed to eliminate or reduce back pain and prevent future problems. Learn the two causes of most back pain, six tests to find your real problem areas, seven tips on pain prevention, and ways to reduce stress and tension. Based on the work of Dr. Hans Kraus and the YMCA's exercise program, "The Y's Way to a Healthy Back". Includes illustrated back exercise booklet.
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