Did you know that gravity causes your spine to compress by about fifteen percent during the day?
Did you also know that sitting is notably more compressive for your vertebral column than standing or reclining?
This is generally good to know, but what can you do about it??
Besides...
Will you just LOOK at all that cool stuff that's in there with your spine!!
Isn't it fascinating?!
I love how this image clearly demonstrates how everything affects your back.
If everything affects your back and you've got back pain, then you need a whole-person solution.
THIS is...
Have you ever had an ache or a pain that wouldn't go away? Or when it does, it seems to reappear in a different part of the body? Sometimes it hops from one side of the body to the other.
One of the issues I see with current back pain treatment is that it's largely "mechanistic", going after the...
I don't flash my credentials around much. But it might be helpful to lay out the groundwork for where I'm coming from in order to understand why Retrain Back Pain is proving to be so successful.
I've been working in nutrition and therapeutic fitness for twenty-two years. I may have met some of...
There's lots to be grateful for having gotten this far in a well-lived life!
Besides irreplaceable experiences and new friendships, many of the adventures, travels and sports you've enjoyed over the years may have also resulted in a few injuries. Am I right?
If you feel like you’re in a...
So this is a familiar movement, right? The difference is that I’m not cat-cowing, and I’m not moving my whole spine.
I’m just isolating the movement to my lumbar spine
and I’m just slow-flexing to cat
Why?
Because otherwise I’d default to my mid to upper...
THIS IS YOUR BACK! Isn't it beautiful?
You see all those muscles back there?
While strengthening your core is important, please seize the opportunity to also train all these other muscles which form the “myofascial scaffolding” for your spine.
That is all.
xo Dinneen
DOSAGE
Are you over-protecting your injury? Or do you find yourself over-doing it and then suffering recurring setbacks?
Both are quite common.
One day you may be feeling like “Everything hurts” (overprotecting) then suddenly you feel like “I haven’t felt this good...
Sit? Stand? Kneel? Recline?
What IS the best position when working from home?
The answer is ALL of them!
The best position is really “the next position”
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Try standing in the morning, sitting for lunch, half-kneeling after lunch and reclining towards the end of day.
Take plenty of...
Got Laundry?!
Is lockdown over yet?
Laundry can be a bitch if you've got back pain.
Housework done carelessly can be hell for your back
Seriously, doing housework is an olympic athletic endeavor!
Moving around at home is the best time to drop in to a hip hinge and/or squat
Why be dainty?...
For the past fifteen years, I’ve been making Healing Soup for my friends and loved ones when they're in need of extra healing + love.
Healing Soup is not only a lovely gesture to show you care but it falls squarely under the category of "food as medicine".
My doorman swears that...
Photo: Art by Christos Barbalis
Do-at-home, no-equipment-needed, non-invasive therapeutic skills are indispensable for effectively managing stress, anxiety, exercise burnout, pain and more.
The following three self-care skills and accompanying practices will help you understand and...
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