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Friday, March 05, 2010
Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM
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5 Comments:
At Friday, March 05, 2010 1:27:00 AM,
Fiona said…
Hi Jolie,
I'd like to thank you for your excellent blog. I’ve been wending my way through your articles on avoiding and healing injuries caused by hyperlordosis, forward neck, rounded shoulders, and poor lifting techniques. Like most of your other readers, I have personal experience with those types of injury and I’m finding your information and suggestions very helpful. I have hyperlordosis that I identified when I started routinely straining my Psoas Major during aikido training. I’ve been training for ten years, and have been suffering strains for some years now. I’ve been consciously tucking my hips when I take my daily walk, I’ve ordered a copy of ‘The Ab Revolution’, and I’ve printed a copy of the image on your post on how to throw a stronger punch so that I can show my Sensei and peers and ask them to help identify when my posture is incorrect while I’m training.
My question is about how to maintain good spine health while practicing aikido.
Many aikido techniques work by de-stabilizing the spine. For example, a technique may work on the upper part of the body in order to bend the lower back into a lordotic position as you can see in this short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqrxCxUXPmk. When teaching beginners, I often have to perform uncomfortable back-bends to show how they should be positioning their attacker (me). We also do a lot of rolling, which involves rounding the back forwards or backwards.
Given that I have to bend, what is the best way to prevent injury and pain? I’m thinking that strong stabilizing muscles will help (hence the purchase of ‘The Ab Revolution’). Do you have any other tips?
Cheers, Fiona.
At Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:47:00 PM,
Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM said…
Fiona, Good work. You are right - for Uchikomi and other forms, the Uke is put in position as you describe. Strengthening does not stabilize or prevent pain of that hyper-lordotic position (as you found). What does change things is in your Ab Revolution™ (third expanded ed) book, pages 102-103. Not strengthening, but using abdominal muscles to lift up against the downward folding-back of the lower spine prevents painful compression. Part I of the book teaches how to use neutral spine to stop pain. Many applications of sports and exercise are in Part II. It is more than strengthening.
The Throw a Stronger Punch (or Push a Car or Stroller) Using This Back Pain Reduction Technique is a good way to see, understand, and feel how to move to neutral spine against resistance. Leave your success with that technique there, so others reading it can learn from you. Send me your photos and stories as you progress.
Is the movie your group? It's nice. Our karate dojo shares space with an Aikikai. Their ukemi class is right before ours so we have the fortune to sit in seiza and watch impressive falling and rolling.
At Sunday, March 14, 2010 11:17:00 PM,
Fiona said…
Hi Jolie,
Thanks for your response! After reading your articles, my pain is already reduced. The video link wasn't to my group, but a fellow student took some video last weekend over some seven hours of training which I am looking forward to seeing. During that seven hours of training, I focussed on maintaining neutral spine and felt much more comfortable than I have in months.
My copy of 'The Ab Revolution' should arrive this week and I'm looking forward puttin gyour techniques into practice. I'll happily keep you informed on my progress.
Cheers, Fiona.
At Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:56:00 PM,
Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM said…
Fiona, Thank you for good work stopping pain on schedule - right when implementing my work. It can keep getting better.
Try my book Healthy Martial Arts - www.DrBookspan.com/books. Large resource to understand and stop injuries from psoas, forward head, other strains, falls, spine over-arching, (many others). A section teaches applying Ab Revolution™ technique to martial arts situations and athletic training. The flexibility section shows psoas and other key stretches built into stance and movement. Covers drugs, nutrition, soreness, injuries, conditioning, stories to build the mind, transferring martial arts strength and mind to daily life, and so on. Applies to athletes of any sport who want to train healthier. Nice presents for fellow students and teachers too.
At Thursday, March 18, 2010 4:45:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
Found the Fitness Fixer while trying to find reasons for my shoulder and lower back pain on the internet. Read your articles and bought and just finished 3 of your books. Lower back pain is gone. It appears I have trigger points in my rhomboids, so my upper back is still very sore. Do you recommend massage (in addition to keeping my head back of course)?
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