Learn progressive stretches and core exercises to alleviate back pain and improve posture. Find effective solutions tailored to your individual needs for a healthier back.
This course focuses on reducing lower back pain through progressive stretches, core strengthening, and better posture. With guided videos and checklists, you'll learn safe exercises tailored to your level and get tips for maintaining a healthy back in daily life.
Less pain, less often with progressive stretches, core exercises, and attention to daily posture
Identify solutions for back pain and strengthen deep core muscles. Learn techniques that will release tight muscles and strengthen weak muscles. Identify posture and breathing that supports a healthy lower back. Video instruction will help you realign with stretches and establish a daily habit of core exercises appropriate to your level of beginner, intermediate, or more advanced. Checklists for the exercises will allow you to track your progress. An introduction to functional exercise video will show you the proper way to continue progressing when and if you're ready.
Last, we'll cover the ergonomics of sitting and standing during work and play and provide tips for making small changes that will promote healthy postures and reduce the incidence of back pain in your activities of daily life.
If you are suffering from back pain or you have in the past and wish to prevent it from happening again this course is for you. If you have avoided exercise because you believe it to be too hard or painful this program is a more gentle approach. Some of the techniques even fitness professionals have used in the past have contributed to the problem as opposed to help solve it. More recent research is applied in this course. Each back pain problem is unique and every individual is unique. This program will guide you through how to choose the options best for your back pain and identify when to leave one out if it doesn't fit your needs.
The goal of this course is to reduce the incidence of lower back pain and or reduce the intensity of pain, or both. Though this course is intended for people with acute or chronic lower back problems it may also help athletes and weekend warriors improve performance by building a better foundation for core strength.
This course doesn't replace the advice of your physician or medical recommendations. Seek medical advice before beginning this or any exercise program.
By the end of the course you will be able to identify stretches and strengthening exercises that reduce lower back pain.
By the end of the course you will be able to identify work station set up tips to help prevent lower back problems from occurring.
In this course you will learn how to safely stretch muscles that act on the lower back, core strengthening exercises, and when to progress to the next level
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Debra has 40 years experience as a fitness professional. She has a B.S. in Exercise Science and M.S. in Exercise and Sport Psychology. She is a Medical Exercise Specialist, and Subject Matter Expert for American Council on Exercise. She has been a group fitness instructor, personal trainer, director, manager, owner, and University Senior Lecturer. She is certified in numerous areas...
I sit almost all day long, so these exercises will be perfect for me. The whole presentation is very clear, at just about the right pace to grasp all the important details - great experience. Thank you!
Debra has good knowledge.
Great clear instruction and very manageable sequence . Helped me greatly to reduce periodic back pain, better than any of my other routines. I find this very manageable to work into my normal exercise routine.
I have severe spinal issues and this did help me. The stretches were great, the mobility exercises were great, and the core exercises were helpful even though I cannot do all of them (yet). I recommend this course for anyone struggling with back pain.
I would like more info on pain/problems in lower back attempting these stretches. Flat on my back is causing muscle spasms.
Great content and easy to understand instructions.
Very interesting stretch sequences which I have not considered before. Very good.
Quite a step by step and comprehensive course on lower back pain.
Debra is a very informative speaker. Her soft-spoken manner makes doing the exercises very enjoyable. I am a fitness trainer for the over 55 age group and the information she presented was a good reminder of things to point out as I plan and lead exercise classes for my clients.
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Jennifer P.
Very good instructions and video quality