stretch
"Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away."
- Elbert Hubbard
The DLPA did ease the pain significantly. However, the only thing that will help with the tight, inflamed, overstrained muscles is stretching and massage, and maybe a strong muscle relaxer or two. Yoga tonight.
I am not sure if one of my favorite stretching poses is actually a yoga pose: I lie flat on my back, legs straight and toes pointed, with my arms stretched out to either side, palms flat, and lift my pelvis and legs all the way up until my pointed toes are as far over my head as I can get, and my spine is pressed flat on the floor. I stretch my arms up over my head, palms skyward, and keep stretching until I feel the pull. Occasionally I rock back and forth slightly. I hold the pose for as long as I feel comfortable. Then I lower my legs to the floor, attempt to push down my spine using my abdominal muscles, and stretch out my legs and flex my toes for as long as I can. I repeat the whole process for as long as I feel is necessary. This is really the only way I can deal with lower back issues. My swayback prevents me from pressing my spine completely on the floor without pain and trouble. Afterwards, I do basic hamstring stretches and poses designed to ease sciatica pain. Then I apply a massage oil or lotion and take a hot shower. Anything with sea buckthorn, tamanu, helichrysum, MSM, and/or emu oil helps immensely, as they all relieve pain and muscle tension. Although it is a rare thing for me to find all five of those oils in a single lotion, cream, or oil (the Oxford comma is love).
I would love to try the Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose) tonight. Can anyone recommend other good poses for the lower back and hamstrings?
The tightness of the muscles and the numbness down my right leg (ah, sciatica) is starting to affect how I walk. I need to remedy this quickly if I am going to keep lifting and moving books and boxes at work. A library assistant can't afford to be physically incapable of working the library necessities -- especially in a law firm.
- Elbert Hubbard
The DLPA did ease the pain significantly. However, the only thing that will help with the tight, inflamed, overstrained muscles is stretching and massage, and maybe a strong muscle relaxer or two. Yoga tonight.
I am not sure if one of my favorite stretching poses is actually a yoga pose: I lie flat on my back, legs straight and toes pointed, with my arms stretched out to either side, palms flat, and lift my pelvis and legs all the way up until my pointed toes are as far over my head as I can get, and my spine is pressed flat on the floor. I stretch my arms up over my head, palms skyward, and keep stretching until I feel the pull. Occasionally I rock back and forth slightly. I hold the pose for as long as I feel comfortable. Then I lower my legs to the floor, attempt to push down my spine using my abdominal muscles, and stretch out my legs and flex my toes for as long as I can. I repeat the whole process for as long as I feel is necessary. This is really the only way I can deal with lower back issues. My swayback prevents me from pressing my spine completely on the floor without pain and trouble. Afterwards, I do basic hamstring stretches and poses designed to ease sciatica pain. Then I apply a massage oil or lotion and take a hot shower. Anything with sea buckthorn, tamanu, helichrysum, MSM, and/or emu oil helps immensely, as they all relieve pain and muscle tension. Although it is a rare thing for me to find all five of those oils in a single lotion, cream, or oil (the Oxford comma is love).
I would love to try the Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose) tonight. Can anyone recommend other good poses for the lower back and hamstrings?
The tightness of the muscles and the numbness down my right leg (ah, sciatica) is starting to affect how I walk. I need to remedy this quickly if I am going to keep lifting and moving books and boxes at work. A library assistant can't afford to be physically incapable of working the library necessities -- especially in a law firm.