Tag: stretches
Why Do I Get Knee Pain after Exercise?
July 9th, 2010, Comments Off
If you find yourself suffering from knee pain after exercise, it could be due to something obvious like below or it could mean something more.
1. Insufficient warm up or cool down during exercise
Before you begin your cardio like running or aerobic exercise, you need to warm up by doing very light aerobic exercises to warm up [...]
More exercises to relieve stiff shoulders and lower back
February 5th, 2010, 1 Comment
This is continuation from a previous published post on How to Overcome Shoulder & Lower Back Soreness When Travelling .
4. Shoulder stretch- very good to relief tension in the shoulders and back area. I always do this exercise. (click HERE to view the picture from another site)
It gets more effective when done with a resistance/exercise band [...]
How to Overcome Shoulder & Lower Back Soreness When Travelling
February 3rd, 2010, 1 Comment
Lower back pain/ soreness is quite common during travelling especially if the traveller does a lot of walking, carting their heavy backpacks with them. It brings a lot of discomfort as the muscle soreness prevents a good night’s sleep, decrease enjoyment and may slow down the travel. Most of the time, travellers who want a [...]
Always activate your core when doing body weight exercises to avoid/minimize injuries
January 11th, 2010, Comments Off
When doing body weight exercises, how do you perform them? Do you utilize the muscles on your glutes, legs and arms (biceps, triceps) or do you engage your core muscles?
It is important that you train and develop your core before doing intensive body work exercise like leg pulls and chin ups. If you have weak [...]
Wrist Pain Could Be Due Shoulder Injury
December 19th, 2009, Comments Off
Once, I tried to be a hero and attempted to carry a heavy box containing lots of documents. The box was very heavy- and at a sudden jerk movement, I lifted the box up- without following the normal precautions like bending my knees or lifting it gradually.
Immediately, I felt a slight discomfort on my lower back. [...]
Why Active People Still Suffer from Body Aches?
July 6th, 2009, 2 Comments
You are an avid exerciser because you know about the benefits of staying physically active. You visited the gym frequently and even go for tennis and futsall sessions with your pals. You do everything right as prescribed by the professionals: you do your cardio, weight lifting (and have those lean muscles to show) as well [...]
Overcoming Lower Back Pain Through Exercise
June 13th, 2008, 6 Comments
Lower back pain is one of the most common ailment faced by people from all walks of life and work occupation.
If you suffer from severe lower back pain to the extend that you are unable to walk or move, please consult a physican to rule out any spine injuries, slipped disk or herniated disk.
I’ve known [...]
Videos for Injuries/ Pain
January 18th, 2008, 3 Comments
Please perform these exercise at the level you can manage- do not over exert
Exercise to help overcome:
Muscle Cramps
Cramps on the thighs
Cramps on the foot
Lower back pain
Yoga Postures to cure back pain
Pilates to Relieve Lower Back Pain
Lower Back Exercise
Learn the pretzel, and knee to chest pull
Back Stretches to Reduce Lower Back Pain
Rehabilitating Lower Back Pain [...]
