Purpose:
- To strengthen the intrinsic stabilization core muscles
- To strengthen the rhomboids, middle and lower trapezius and supraspinas muscles
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Muscular aches and pains, postural correction,
back pain, headaches,
shoulder pain, reduced flexibilty.
Purpose:
When the Illiopsoas is tight and overactive the opposing muscle (the Gluteus Maximus) is weak and underactive which is one of the major causes of low back and/or hip pain. By doing this week’s exercise of the week after stretching your Illiopsoas muscle
(the standing Illiopsoas stretch), you can decrease your chances of experiencing low back and/or hip pain by increasing the muscle balance between you Illiopsoas and Gluteus Maximus muscles.
Main objective: To lengthen the Illiopsoas muscle
Preparation:
Movement
Make sure that you maintain the draw-maneuver during this stretch. This will reciprocally inhibit the Illiopsoas muscle, allowing for greater lengthening of the Illiopsoas muscle.
Download diagram and instructions for Week Five Standing Illiopsoas
The floor cobra is one of the best exercises to reverse the forward head position and to strengthen the muscles between the shoulder blades.
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Core Exercise Three:The Bridge
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Core Exercise Two: Marching
Objective: To improve the functional capacity of the muscles that stabilize the spine and pelvis.
Benefits:
The main objective: To stabilize the spine. This is first of a series of core stabilization exercises that are design to activate and strengthen the muscles that stabilize your core. It is essential that you learn how to correctly do this exercise before going to the next week’s core stabilization exercise. Download the diagram & details >
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