Get To Your Core!

I failed all of the cross posture tests. I have pain in both my knees. A chiropractor told me several years ago that my quads were pulling on my knee caps. Will I learn what I need to correct all of this from the forthcoming videos? Is there a health care practitioner in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area you can refer me to? Thanks.

No problem with that one, looking forward to the solutions.

My breathing seems to be okay. The anchoring test was good raising the left leg but went to pieces when I raised the right leg. Looking forward to tomorrow’s e-mail.

Same here, Breathing is not bad, when I am concentrating, it is when I
am not thinking about it, that my body tends to cheat! Must practice!!

Thank you

My breathing is ok…I teach that type of breathing to my anxiety patients so I do fairly well with that…I do not have a suitable surface to do the other test with my hips and legs but I am positive that I have tightness there as my lower back is very stiff and sore in the mornings. My hips will give me trouble when doing my walks so I am pretty sure that my lower half is crossed as well. Thank you so much for these very enlightening demonstrations!

My breathing is okay. When I did the legs lifts I felt a jerk to my hips then to my back. The weight transfer is not smooth. When I force my focus on my spine and lift it becomes smoother with out the jerk. I knew this is where my problem is. I have 4-8 levels of pain in my lower back almost all the time. With fast movement causing spikes of 10 in pain. I am doing some yoga but some hurts my back to much. I can not wait for solutions so I can ride my bike, grade papers in school with out pain.

My breathing is good. The single leg lifts work with the back ribs anchored. When both of my legs are lifted my neck/head starts to tense and my shoulders round until I make an effort to relax and then the leg extensions work.

Could be better with the breathing. I don’t have trouble doing it but it is not automatic. I have to do a posterior pelvic tilt to anchor my ribs. Is that ok?

Ha couldn’t believe the torqing in my body when I began to lift my legs, while my breathing was good my strength was way down. No wonder I have been unable to walk and move without pain for weeks and on strong anti – inflamatories.

unbearable pain when I layed on my back to do this, but I didit.

Can’t wait for next video, I’m fine with this exercise as I learnt to breathe correctly many years ago. Everyday I’m doing your piriformis exercise and now almost pain free, mobility and flexiblility ninety five percent better thanks

I am a complete chest breather, but I can breathe into my side and back abdomen if I concentrate. No problem keeping the hips level, even with a leg fully extended.

My breathing is ok.  My legs moved ok, I don't think my hips moved but I din't feel anchored through my rib area…I felt more wobbly in the upper part of my body than the lower.

Gotta correct my  breathing.

I pretty much failed all the tests and am pretty discouraged.  I've been in pain since mid-September and physical therapy didn't help–I actually got worse because they were too aggressive with their exercise & spinal manipulation.  I still have pain in my hamstrings especially when I go from a sitting to standing position, and it hurts to lift my arms above shoulder level.  I have an MRI scheduled for Jan 30th to see if I have a disc problem.  I'm not overweight and have been active all my life (52 years old now).  I hope your stretches can help me!
Thanks!
Susan