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Avatar f tn anyone have any good body stretches? I'm looking for new ones or ones I haven't seen before... Contortionist type stretches are welcome too!!
Avatar f tn It has the correct stretches for every sport. Your shin pain and plantar fasciitis may be related. When your shin hurts you may be adjusting your movement and huring your heel. Once you have the right shoes, both conditions will be helped by stretching.
Avatar m tn Over the last 2 years I have built up the muscles in my feet and have increased flexibility with daily stretches and exercises but still suffer from painful cramp in my arches and toes. It seems to occur when my toes are pointed for long periods of time as I tend to tense my feet quite hard.
Avatar f tn I am going to describe some neck stretches that really helped keep my neck pain down when I went to PT. I also do them now that PT is over. One: Put your right hand behind your back up between your shoulder blades. Lean your head to the right as far as you can with your ear toward your shoulder. Try to keep looking forward as you do this. Hold for a count of 20. Do the same with the left arm and lean to the left side. Do this about 5 times on each side.
Avatar m tn (exercise bike, and stretches), you could end up damaging and tearing muscles and tendons, which you do not want. Same for singing. It is important to do "warm up" exercises to gently loosen up the vocal chords before starting to sing using the full vocal range. Again, damage can be caused to the vocal chords if these are strained. Pilates was developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates, a physical-culturist from Mönchengladbach, Germany.
Avatar f tn I think it's in the muscles another thing is that I work 8hours standing I'm hoping that is not a cause of my matter
Avatar f tn Warming up with gentle stretching can help get your body ready for your workout. Gentle stretches such as side bends, shoulder shrugs, arm circles, overhead stretches, and bending to reach (but not touch) your toes are all good warm-up exercises. Do three to five repetitions of each. If you are swimming or walking, you can also warm up with a slower swim or walk. If you have OA in your knees or hips, you want to avoid any jolting exercise like jogging that causes your feet to pound the ground.
Avatar f tn Kegel exercises are good for strengthening muscles. You can also do pelvic tilts and there are prenatal yoga classes too. I've also been doing standing hip circles (kind of like slowed hula hoop motions). Anything that opens up and stretches the pelvic area is good. Well, within reason anyways.
Avatar f tn So, I just had my first prenatal yoga class and it was amazing. The stretches helped my lower back soooo much. I highly recommend it!
Avatar m tn I have been sore right around both of my gluteus Maximus muscles since December. The muscle is very tight and seems to be restricting the movement of my lower lumbar. It's uncomfortable to sit even for short periods of time as there is a dull pain from my glutes down the back of my legs. I have been to a spinal PT and I temporarily felt better but not much. He focused only on my spine and said my movement was very limited for a 27 year old.
Avatar m tn I may try to see my orthopedic doctor and maybe get an MRI. I tried hip abductor stretches, also ice and muscle strengthing. Last night I could not a lay a way that did not hurt. I use motrin. Advice and tips welcome.
Avatar n tn Perform yoga or stretches after each exercise session to improve your flexibility and reduce your risk of soreness and injuries. Stretching helps to elongate your muscles to give your legs a leaner appearance. No excess sodium and improve your diet to reduce water retention. Your knees and other areas appear larger when you carry excess water. Cut out processed meat, table salt, salty snack foods, canned foods and most frozen dinners.
333672 tn?1273792789 Well, the neuro told me last week that I should stretch. Which I knew, but I kept procrastinating. And it did hurt at first, but it's gotten better. Anyway, I was just wondering what anyone else does for stretching? Or does anyone have anything that particularly works for them? This is the one the neuro mentioned: http://www.exrx.net/Stretches/Gastrocnemius/Wall.html. Basically I've just been doing various leg stretches and not for a real long time (maybe 10 breaths?
Avatar f tn I try and stay active by walking. It's great exercise Sand works lots of muscles and cardio. Walking outside is great too cuz there are inclines and declines. Just don't do to much. Your body will gain what it needs and it will have a reserve after because if you breastfeed it will need that stored fat to produce milk.
666921 tn?1254990618 Does anyone feel like their muscles/tendons are 'over-sensitive' - easily over-worked/pulled ?
1936411 tn?1333831849 I would love to hear about some of the specific stretches/exercises they feel have been beneficial. If anyone has any good websites or videos to share, that would be great as well. I'm hoping this topic will be useful to many of us.
Avatar m tn s normal for me) I would go book yourself an appointment to see a massage therapist. If there is any tension in any muscles (which sounds like your chest and shoulder muscles have it!!) they can find them and work the knots out. Same for the rest of your body, do yourself the favour. I have crooked neck muscles and my head is to the side if i don't consciously make it right, because of my problem.
1697806 tn?1339083319 i am a very thin boy and i need muscles on my body anyway.i tried by joining gym.now i am fit after three months of continue exercise at gym but still i lack muscles on my body.can you please suggest some energy capsules or some other energy powders that can provide my body with some muscles.i am really in need of geeting rid of my thin body.
Avatar n tn During a heart attack, the spasms of the heart may cause the papillary muscles to tear. Since the papillary muscles attach directly to the heart valve, this often causes the heart valve to tear as well". Would need more information about a "tear" such as the location, symtoms, what tests, etc.to evaluate for seriousness, treatment and provide a meaning. Thanks for the question, and sorry to hear of your mother's condition.
Avatar f tn Everything is extremely tight and I may have a contracture in my calf and hip flexor. Does spasticity mean anything other then tight muscles ? What does it mean if it’s pretty much only on one side of my body. Also my ankle and knee reflexes are hyper on my left side and not there on the other . What could this mean?. If you have any information on any of this it would be very helpful. Thank you.
Avatar n tn m sitting at my desk and stretching my arms back. It stretches my back/upper torso and arms, but when I do it I seem to hold my breathe a bit and it causes a very intense pain on the very top of my head. The intensity goes down after a few moments and then a small headache lingers from a few minutes to a few hours. I don't try to hold my breathe though and I don't hold the stretch for more than a few seconds.
Avatar f tn I have tried stretches and walkS and every time it hurts worse when I'm actually walking around and doing stretches my pelvic bones hurt so bad
Avatar f tn Then he had me do a couple sets of lunges, again it was hard but not overly painful. A couple minutes afterwards, though, my thigh muscles cramped up like crazy. My legs also felt super weird going down a flight of stairs (kind of felt like my thigh muscles didn't even exist). Today, the next day, I'm in a LOT of pain when I go down stairs or go to sit down. Is this a normal muscular response to this?
Avatar f tn Im 15 years old, and lately i've been feeling kind of weird. My leg muscles and balande feel weak and bad. I can of course walk and move my legs, but they feel weak and I can't even ride my bike for 5 minutes before my legs start to hurt. I also get "cramps" in my lower back sometimes (not very often tho). When I get these I can't really move for about 5-10 seconds and my back stings and kind of stretches in this weird position.
Avatar n tn Toes lose sensation, have wierd sensations spasms in toes, bottom of foot, ankle and legs. The uncomfortableness of it really makes it hard to sleep. I get very tight muscles in my legs as well losing flexibility. I have had a spinal mri and head mri about a ayear ago and nothing showed up. I do also get spasms in my buttocks, back and face and neck as well.
279234 tn?1363105249 The spasticity causes chronic tightening of the muscles. The muscles are attached to the bone by the tendons. Over time the tendons shorten and continue shortening until the joint involved becomes permanently contractured. the other thing that can cause shortening of the tendons is atrophy of its muscle - like from paralysis or immobilization. Stretching a shortened tendon is a long, and sometimes painful endeavor.
938482 tn?1245076111 I would not only see your doctor, but I would also see a chiropractor. Those guys are excellent identifying problems with muscles/bones/nerves. A lot of nerve/tingling/pain is associated with muscular problems, whether pinching, knotting which pushes a chain of muscles out of place (we are all connected after all) or strength issues (lack of strength in one muscle can lead to overuse of another, leading to a chain of soreness too).
Avatar f tn I attributed it to digging all day with the shovel, and the broom being skinnier in diameter, my muscles reacted with pain....I don't really know. I just thought my hands were tired. Last night I tried to roll a high chair into another room and my left hand had sharp pain and cramping, just from gripping it to move it. I am right handed, and experience cramping when writing, like a writer's cramp, but now I have the same type of pains in both hands.