Benefit: This asana helps to strengthen the spine. To do this asana stand tall with feet joined together. Raise your arms and then bring them down touching the ground parallel to your legs. Let your back stretch along with your arms.Then raise your head and look forward. Hold the position for 10-15 seconds and then release. Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana) Bhujangasana 00:10…
Anxiety is one of the biggest mental stressors. When we feel anxious, our heart rate and blood pressure increase and we start taking rapid, shallow breaths. In response to the stress on our body and mind, our sympathetic “fight-or-flight” nervous system kicks in to boost cortisol (the primary stress hormone) production and adrenaline as physiological support—perpetuating…
Yoga is a mind-body and exercise practice that combines breath control, meditation, and movements to stretch and strengthen muscles. What sets yoga apart from most other exercise programs is that it places as great an emphasis on mental fitness as on physical fitness. People have been doing yoga for thousands of years. Given its history, several types of yoga have…
Physicians often prescribe pain medication as a first line of therapy for lower back pain, according to the American College of Physicians. Now, the college’s new guideline on lower back pain treatment is encouraging patients to try massage, yoga, exercise, acupuncture and other similar therapies before reaching for a pain killer. Being active and waiting it out might…
The Standing Bow-Pulling Pose is the 6th posture you’ll be performing as part of the 26 Bikram Yoga Postures. It follows the Standing Head-to-Knee Pose and comes right before the Balancing Stick Pose. It’s original name is Dandayamana Dhanurasana Benefits & Purposes The Standing Bow-Pulling Pose serves the primary function of equalizing blood circulation across…
Stretching is perhaps one of the most controversial fitness subjects of present day. Passionate debates arise between those who perceive the benefits of stretching and those, like me, who think stretching is one of the worst activities you can partake in, especially if you’re already injured. It’s a tradition that’s hard to break because so many of us have the stretching…
I created Eldergym® to help YOU! If you are looking for one of the best FREE online resources for senior and elderly lower back pain exercises, you found it! If you are a senior or elderly person and have a history of lower back pain, check with your doctor before beginning an exercise program that may aggravate your condition. Abdominal strengthening exercises are…
There s some paranoia around lower back pain that pervades the fitness world. To be fair, back injuries stink—to put it mildly. Hurting your back can keep you out of the gym for months. It can even lead to lifelong problems. So it makes sense that fit people want to baby their backs, and much of the information you hear about keeping proper form always seems to end…
The reasons for feeling discomfort along your back are pretty complex, but too much sitting or staying in one position for too long can be among the modern-day culprits. If your back feels stiff and lacks flexibility (especially in your upper back), try out these stretches from the bendy folks at GMB Fitness. Do you sit in an office chair or on your couch for more…
Many people think of stretching and immediately associate it with pre or post-workout, but what about adding in some muscle pain relief stretches during your work day? We are spending a considerable amount of time (approximately 8 hours) seated at our desk during the day, or looking down on our phones or tablets. Surely, we should take some time to think about muscle…
1. What is yoga and what is the role of asanas in yoga? What do we seek to achieve through yoga? Sadhguru: Yoga is not an exercise form as is commonly misunderstood today. “Yoga” literally means union. Modern science proves that the whole existence is just one energy – but you are not experiencing it that way. If you can break this illusion that you are separate…
That ache in your low back after sitting at a desk all day isn t in your imagination. Tight muscles can cause decreased flexibility and sometimes pain, making it difficult to get through your day. Muscle tightness can develop after injury, but more commonly, it occurs when our bodies are in one position for long periods of time — such as working at a computer all…
If you’ve got back pain, yoga may be the last thing you feel like doing. But after 12 weeks of a gentle, beginner-level yoga program, people in a recent study had as much pain relief as those who did physical therapy sessions. And either type of exercise worked better than doing nothing at all. They went to an hour-long yoga class every week, and were assigned to…
When you crack your exercise toolkit open each week on back day, you ve got a seemingly endless array of movements available. Knowing which tools are best suited for building a wide, thick back will help you get the job done faster, which is why we ve assembled our list of top 10 mass-building back exercises. While head-to-head exercise comparison research is a bit…
Spinal manipulative therapy, including chiropractic care, provides modest relief from pain and improvements in function for those with acute lower back pain, a new study finds. In general, the benefit of SMT was about the same as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, the study stated. The quality of evidence for benefit was “moderate.” The meta-analysis encompassing…
The most common cause of pain in between the shoulder blades is the poor posture that most of us slip into at work, when we re driving, eating or tapping away on our phones—rounded shoulders, head forward and chest collapsed. Combine this with a sport like cycling, in which you spend long periods of time rounded over the handlebars, or swimming, which puts considerable…
