An Amazing Woman!
Good morning,
Before I begin this blog I would like to send out a moment of love for the families and friends who lost their loved ones during the race on Sunday.
Sunday was a great day for a run, and an even better day to make new friends and keep everyones spirits up as you follow the same goal of one foot after the other! Thanks to my MIHP Team 2 teammates, we rocked our relay 4:10!
The most amazing marathoner out there is Lisa Newman. I met Lisa about a year ago and listened to her goal of running the Detroit Marathon, she surprised me and I walked away from that conversation very inspired.
Everyone talks about their goal time in finnishing a marathon.... I saw so many pace runners on Sunday holding their sign of 3:15, 4:00 and so on. Lisa's goal was 51/2 to 6 hours for the marathon; her end time of 9 hours and 9 minutes is a an accomplishment to say the least. Lisa can hold her head up as she takes an ice bath and ponders if she really wants to be on my Dances With Dirt relay team next year 
Read her story and be inspired to challenge yourself on your next run... http://www.freep.com/article/20091019/FEATURES08/910190348
This could be you…
I have been working with this patient who has been experiencing left low back pain for several months. It’s worse when getting out of bed in the morning and after sitting or driving for more than thirty minutes. Every time I checked him, he would have the same lumbar dysfunction that didn’t always correct with manual therapy.
I decided to check his iliopsoas (the main hip flexor muscle composed of the iliacus and the psoas) for a tenderpoint. FYI : the iliopsoas attaches to the lumbar spine. Sure enough, it was there. Since this has been occurring for so long, I wanted to find a way that he could fix this himself. So, I had him lay on his back with his left leg straight and his right knee bent. He was to bring his leg out slightly to the side, turn his toe in and pull his toe up (towards his head). Then I instructed him to tighten his thigh and do ten straight leg raises. This exercise requires the quadriceps (thigh muscles) to engage which will automatically inhibit the iliopsoas. When he was done, the tenderpoint was gone, the abnormal rotation of the lumbar spine was gone, and more importantly, the pain was gone.
So if you have a nagging low back pain that gets worse when you stand up, try this exercise. It just may work. If not, come in and we’ll figure it out.
Any questions?
Plank to Push-up
So last Thursday I was talking about my lack of desire to hold a pose for a length of time. The plank to push-up is an exercise for those of you out there who like to move around!
Start in the plank position: on your forearms and toes with your back straight. From there lift up your right arm and place your right hand where your elbow was; do the same with your left hand. When you come down, put your right elbow down first followed by the left elbow. Alternate the arm that you go up and down on.
Start out slow and make sure to keep your back straight and abs tight!
Have fun; see you Thursday
Plank with Attitude!
I have a great amount of respect for everyone who does yoga; my attention span for holding one position for a length of time is short lived. Although I am fond of doing the plank!
The plank is one of the best ways to activate your core muscles. This is an exercise where you are on your forearms and toes keeping you back straight; like you are a plank. You can hold the plank for any length of time; in order for it to be effective you have to be able to keep your back straight while you are counting down the seconds.
To give the plank that extra boost drive your elbows back to your toes and feel your entire body engage...
For the attitude do the plank on a BOSU and drive your elbows down and back towards your toes... enjoy!
Come back Tuesday for more fun!
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