by Cori Lefkowith | Jan 1, 2015 | Blog, Bodyweight, Exercises, Pain Relief, Stretches
Many of us have poor posture and suffer from minor aches and pains just because we sit at a desk hunched over a computer for 9 hours a day.
That is why every single day we need to do the OPPOSITE and stretch out and open up our body after sitting in flexion all day.
However, most of us are also busy and the last thing on our mind is spending time stretching and opening up after sitting all day.
That is why the World’s Greatest Stretch is such a great exercise for us to do. With just 1 move and less than 5 minutes, we can open up all of the areas that become tight from sitting hunched over at our desks.
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by Cori Lefkowith | Dec 28, 2014 | Blog, Exercises, Foam Rolling, Pain Relief
If you sit at a desk all day hunched over a computer, odds are you’ve suffered from neck pain….all too many of us have.
And you may even have gone to get massages and done stretches and gotten a new pillow and tried changing your desk set up to alleviate the pain.
All without lasting results. All without alleviating the annoying ache.
That is because often our neck, and where we actually feel the pain, isn’t where the “true” problem is.
Often there are other imbalances elsewhere that are contributing to the pain and perpetuating our compensations.
Problems that aren’t corrected by only massaging our neck and changing our desk set up.
Problems that we may actually be making worse during our workouts by continually overusing the incorrect muscles because of postural distortions caused by sitting hunched over all day.
That is why we need to focus on adjusting our overall posture and not only loosening up tight muscles but also activating underactive ones!
Foam Roll + Stretch + Activate!
Below are 10 Quick Exercises to Alleviate Neck Pain.
These moves will alleviate your neck pain by loosening up tight muscles and activating the big muscles of your back. They will improve your spinal and shoulder mobility and get the correct muscles working to not only alleviate your neck pain, but also improve your posture.
And because these tips will improve your posture and get the correct muscles activated, they will also improve your strength so that you can lift more during your workouts.
Check out the 10 Tips below and start feeling better today!
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by Cori Lefkowith | Sep 22, 2014 | Blog, Exercises, Pain Relief
One of the best things you can do for your health is to move more often, even if it is just for a few minutes at your desk.
Sitting for 9 hours a day hunched over a computer causes us to develop muscle imbalances that can lead to injury. Plus, inactivity is just plain old bad for us.
Below are 10 Desk Exercises that will correct imbalances and get your body moving without you even having to leave your desk. These stretches and isometric exercises will open you up and get the correct muscles activated to help you remain pain and injury free!
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by Cori Lefkowith | Sep 16, 2014 | Blog, Foam Rolling, Pain Relief
If you sit all day, much of your lower body is constantly in flexion, which means that you need to roll out before your workouts to prevent injury.
If you like to run as your workout, then it is extra important that you roll out.
Runners especially need to do these moves to prevent hip, knee and ankle pain as well as shin splints, hamstring strains, plantar fasciitis among other common lower body ailments all too many runners have to deal with.
You don’t need to spend hours doing these moves to benefit from them. Spend just 5 minutes before and after you workout (or any time you feel tight!) rolling out to help you remain injury and pain-free!
However, do not rush through and just roll quickly up and down. It is better to pick just a few tight spots and spend more time on them than to roll quickly through all the muscle groups. Just rolling over the knots won’t help. You actually need to hold on any tight areas to help them release.
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by Cori Lefkowith | Aug 27, 2014 | Blog, Foam Rolling, Pain Relief
If you sit at a desk all day, you’ve probably struggled with neck, shoulder and/or upper back pain at some point in your life.
One great way to alleviate some of those aches and pains is by foam rolling.
Foam rolling is basically a massage you can do to yourself.
So if you’ve ever harassed your friends or loved ones for more neck and shoulder massages, here are some ways you can do it yourself!
5 Foam Rolling Moves to Alleviate Neck, Shoulder and Upper Back Pain
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by Cori Lefkowith | Aug 22, 2014 | Blog, Bodyweight, Exercises, Pain Relief
Especially since most of us sit all day hunched over a computer screen we need to stretch and open up before we workout. We need to do Dynamic Stretches.
Dynamic Stretches are stretches in which you work through a range of motion. They aren’t stretches that you hold. You are moving and allowing everything to warm up as you improve your joint mobility.
These stretches help open up our posture and return our body to proper alignment after sitting all day, which helps us prevent injury when we workout.
However, all too often, people skip their warm up and go straight into their workout, especially when they are going for a run. They figure they will “warm up as they go.”
But it doesn’t work that way.
Without correcting some of the dysfunction we create from sitting all day and warming up our joints through a proper range of motion, we can’t run as fast and we risk getting injured.
Below are 10 Dynamic Stretches for Runners that will help you prevent injury and get your body ready to run so that you can run faster with better form! (more…)
