RE: Protect Your Back And Regain Perfect Posture
I've had major problems, for more than a year I was unable to work full time. For most of that time I couldn't sit for more than some few minutes. Forget driving a car, taking an airplane, sitting on a seat in a theater, cinema or other performance. Also, imagine all the social situations where one is supposed to sit. Meetings, dinners, etc.
I couldn't stand all day either, sometimes I just had to lie flat down on the floor or ground for a while. At the very worst it was also horrible to stand, lie down, walk ... the only thing I could do was to swim.
I haven't checked the videos yet, but I will. In my opinion the primary reason why those problems have become so wide-spread over the last decades is that we're spending far too much time sitting. One shouldn't underestimate the danger of having a regular office job - particularly when the first thing one does when arriving home is to sit down for leisure screen activities. Often one even sits down while being in transit between the office and the home, either it's by bike, car or public transport.
Another possible factor - our bodies aren't made for walking and standing on paved roads and concrete floors, this is causing quite bad shocks for the spine.
I've seen that I'm not alone in having back problems at work, many of my coworkers have also had to take out sick leave due to this, one was even operated (at the expense of the company - and then he quit the job shortly after he came back to work). It surprises me that the employer don't do more efforts to prevent such problems.
At first I hoped that taking time off from work and going for walks in the forest would help, but it didn't. I went to several doctors, physiotherapists and chiropractors while having problems, and one thing I learned from that is that there seems to be little hard science and no universally agreed on truths on how one is to handle such problems. Generally, there are some exercises one can do to grow the "core muscles", and there seems to be common agreement that this is important, probably that's what helped me as well.
Today I sometimes feel pain, but as long as I avoid sitting too much it's usually OK.
Please, please, please buy this book, you will see changes very quickly indeed.
Perhaps best to check with your doctor before embarking on any therapeutic program, but I'm pretty sure this will help.
Ultimately sitting, standing and walking incorrectly causes compression of the spinal discs, which in turn adds pressure to the nerves in your spinal column causing pain.
By following this program you will learn how to decompress your discs and how to sit/stand/walk so that these things don't occur again.
Remember this is endorsed by some of the best neurosurgeons in the world.
Good luck my friend!
Cg
Buying a book, that's so last millenium. If the information isn't available on the Internet, it's probably not much useful anyway.
As said, it does seem like there are as many opinions as there are physiotherapists. My impression after reading your post is that this is just another opinion based on anecdotal evidences.
That said, I will watch the videos as soon as I have a chance, and I will look more into it.
The anecdotal evidence from some of the world's leading neurosurgeons and physiotherapists.
Oh well, like they say, you can lead a horse to water but you'll be damned if you think you can make him drink.
Good luck with your problems.
Cg
I'm sorry that I may sound a bit harsh - it's just in my nature to be sceptical.
My point is that there are probably thousands of experts out there who claims to know how to cure or prevent lower back problems. Indeed, if one has problems with the back and follows the advises of any one of those experts, there is a big probability that the back will get better. Mine certainly did.
I see no reason to believe that Esther Gokhale cracked the nut better than everyone else. "Buy this book and everything will be better" - I don't like the sound of that. Thousands of quacks have already been doing that before - creating some theory based on anecdotal evidences, writing a book about it, finding some "clickbait" title for it and then finding some experts willing to recommend the book.
If she really did crack the nut, she should have her work published somewhere. The word would spread as wildfire, and her methods would become well-known and easily accessible. It should simply not be needed to buy a book to learn what exercises helps against lower back problems.
I try to stand most of my workday, and when I do slump down I use something like this:
... hence the exercise in the video is not something I can easily perform.
There are 8 different exercises/disciplines, book format works because you can leave the book open on a table while you do them and having nice big pictures is good.
Try it out, if it doesn't work you've wasted a mere 20 pounds/dollars/euros. If it does you'll have a pain free back, pretty good risk/reward payoff.
It has worked for me and millions of others.
Good luck :-)
Cg