Posts Tagged ‘mckenzie method’

McKenzie Press-up: Exercise for Low Back Pain

Posted on June 30, 2011, 10:36 pm, by Lumbar Back Support, under lumbar back support.

The McKenzie press-up exercise is a powerful tool to address low back pain. The press-up fits within a system of targeting a person’s directional preference in the context of spine pain. This exercise is great for low back pain (acute or chronic) and is most often helpful for low back pain that is worse with [...]

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What yoga poses should I avoid if I've been diagnosed as having degenerative disc disease?

Posted on August 27, 2010, 3:59 am, by Lumbar Back Support, under lumbar support chair.

My "specialist" doctor recently told me I had to quit running and weight lifting because I have degenerative disc disease. What yoga poses should I avoid? Almost overnight, I’ve lost my ability to comfortably do forward bends, plow/wide-legged plow, and knees to ears. I’ve already had surgery for a blow disc (L5-S1), but this pain [...]

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