Back Care: Treat, manage & eliminate back pain
Learn how to manage acute & chronic back pain and how to avoid a recurrence with these simple exercise programs
Description
Back pain affects around 80% of us at some time or other, with many people living with constant chronic back pain. In most cases, back problems can be eliminated and prevented with some very simple strategies.
“If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you are old. If it is completely flexible at 60, you are young.” - Joseph Pilates
This course uses Pilates, yoga and other therapies to help you live a life free from back pain. Pilates is widely recognised as a means of correcting muscle imbalances and improving posture, crucial for the health of your spine. The majority of my clients see an improvement within the first 3 or 4 weeks of starting this program.
"I am a physiotherapist and have to teach a lot of clients to self-manage their symptoms of mechanical low back pain. I found this course to be exceptionally good at explaining and demonstrating many effective strategies, exercises and stretches to guide clients through a back care routine and to manage and improve their symptoms. The different sections are excellent in breaking down the stages of recovery and guiding the client into longer-term maintenance and self management. I definitely found this course beneficial to me."
This course will teach you
How to relieve pain and reduce inflammation in the early acute phase
Yoga Nidra relaxation to release tension and help you relax in order to promote healing
Stretches for the three muscle groups that commonly contribute to back pain
Exercises to get you moving safely again and further promote healing
Basic anatomy & physiology to help you understand how back problems occur and why exercise is key in preventing future problems
Simple core strength exercises to offer support for your spine
An exercise sequence to aid recovery and build a girdle of strength
An exercise sequence to maintain a healthy back
Ball rolling self-massage techniques to release myofascial tension and decompress the spine to allow for freer movement
What You Will Learn!
- How to treat back pain and eliminate it
- Simple exercises to address muscle imbalances and improve posture
- Simple self-massage ball rolling techniques and stretches for those muscles that most commonly contribute to back problems.
- How to deal with the acute and healing phases and how to maintain a healthy back
- How to prevent a recurrence of back pain
- How to build a girdle of strength
- Simple anatomy and physiology so that you can understand how back problems occur
Who Should Attend!
- If you have or have had a bout or recurrence of non specific low back pain, this course is perfect for you.
- If you have chronic back ache, this course will help reduce discomfort and prevent the problem from getting worse.
- If you are a Pilates teacher you will almost certainly have clients to whom Pilates has been recommended coming to you for help. This course will give you a guide to effectively helping them recover.