tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069233252015156902024-02-24T23:29:07.965-08:00Dynamic Upper Body Stretches And Lower Back Pain Relief Exercises - More! Always updated.For 2015 - recommendations for your dynamic upper body stretches, hip flexibility exercises, the best ab workout routine, and lower back pain relief exercises all on DVD's.D. Buxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303566091049343269noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106923325201515690.post-89313829330464173752016-02-18T06:44:00.003-08:002017-06-18T14:25:35.785-07:00Ample Protection From Hard Floor<style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.1in; line-height: 120%; }</style>
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<a href="http://amzn.to/2sEUkS7" target="_blank">Check out this thick mat</a> for yoga, stretching and Classical Stretch.<br />
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D. Buxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303566091049343269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106923325201515690.post-86176159306487251822016-02-13T17:31:00.000-08:002016-02-13T17:31:44.271-08:00Best Workouts For Women<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the older, or younger women who are forward looking and getting prepared for aging, this DVD is one of the best workouts for women.<br />
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The activities of daily living and all the movements we do, support our muscles and skeletons. Theoretically, and I say that because so many of us have jobs where we sit down most of the day.<br />
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If we do that for a decade or three, we still have time to recover. Start right now, I tell myself and do more, keep moving, and eat right and I'll be aging backwards gracefully!D. Buxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303566091049343269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106923325201515690.post-23165259960758293842015-07-01T19:35:00.000-07:002015-07-24T18:28:46.665-07:00Diet Exercise Plan Weight Loss<h4>
Diet with an exercise plan brings weight loss.</h4>
Doesn't it?<br />
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I want to tell you how it is working for me.<br />
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Firstly, I'm "old". Yup, a senior.<br />
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Having grown up in ballet, aging started at about 28 years old. I know, awful right?<br />
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Yet before I got pregnant at 37, I weighed 105 pounds. My mom called me "the skull".<br />
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But wow did that pregnancy ever change everything. Yet in spite of it, I got pretty thin afterwards.<br />
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Fast forward to menopause...and many health challenges...and gaining weight.<br />
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I have tried so many things!<br />
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Now, at a desk job (sitting is the new stroke - are you as tired of hearing that as I am?) and writing in my own time, what on earth can work?<br />
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Recently I read <b>Dr. Mercola's book "Effortless Healing"</b> and learned about the intermittent fasting, eating your meals within 8 hours a day. Not hard to do.<br />
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And I pulled out a DVD, a Classical Stretch DVD by Miranda Esmonde White a school mate of mine. I have a few!<br />
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O.K., so shameless bragging - for an old lady who sits on a chair all day.<br />
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Two weeks ago I started the intermittent fasting. And added in the Classical Stretch workout three times a week. Insulin resistant me - yes moi!<br />
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Over the first four days I lost five - that is 5 - pounds!<br />
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I know that you and I, already know there is no good diet plan without exercise.<br />
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And no good exercise plan without diet - right?<br />
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I may have found the winning combination! Seriously, if you're frustrated with exercise and losing weight - try it!<br />
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"<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553417975/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0553417975&linkCode=as2&tag=ballweddflat-20&linkId=TOTY2BBYM3S3MS4V" target="_blank">Effortless Healing</a>" by Dr. Joseph Mercola covers a lot of health information.<br />
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D. Buxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303566091049343269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106923325201515690.post-25972449734128226552015-06-03T16:31:00.000-07:002015-07-24T18:31:28.747-07:00Need A Muscle Roller Stick - Check Amazon<h2 class="msgPlainWrap">
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A muscle massage stick is like a
self-application of myofascial release physical therapy. I talk about<a href="http://musclestretchingexercises.blogspot.com/2013/02/neck-tension-release-and-whole-body.html" target="_blank"> myofascia more in this blog post</a>.</div>
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Use of this roller helps loosen up
tight muscles and increases circulation before a workout. Use it
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I use it on my upper back too - held behind me, rolling it back and forth between the spine and shoulders.<br />
It can be used easily, sitting, legs bent, on the calves and hamstrings.
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D. Buxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303566091049343269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106923325201515690.post-77670367718221187682013-02-02T16:19:00.000-08:002015-07-24T18:35:51.135-07:00Upper Back Pain Relief ExercisesUpper back pain can be decreased every day, with pain relief exercises done three times a week. <br />
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If you have severe neck, shoulder, or back pain, a physical therapist or a chiropractor will help correct your posture, stretch you some, and help you learn to reverse your habits of chronically straining your neck.<br />
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It's up to you to follow up with upper back pain relief exercises!</h4>
If your work station, for example is poorly set up, your your neck muscles are tense all day, unnecessarily. You may need a lumbar support on your chair, and you may need to lower or raise your computer monitor.<br />
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Your muscles don't work in isolation. Poor use of the neck muscles will involve<br />
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You may feel the pain in your neck first. Then you will most likely feel upper back pain, low back pain and shoulder pain too, at some later time.<br />
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A little about myofascia "wrap".</h4>
Fascia is a wrap, connecting all of your soft tissues. It would look like plastic wrap, enveloping your muscles and other soft tissues.<br />
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There is one section that goes from head to toe. When your myofascial wrap turns to <i><b>Shrink Wrap</b></i> - you'll feel it! Your fascia can wrinkle, shrink, get tense and less flexible.<br />
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Yet you can learn to change that, so easily. </h4>
The following short video clip shows pain relief exercises for the upper body:<br />
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Developing chronic neck and back pain can be prevented, by changing your lifestyle a little bit, and including a routine from the best stretching exercises I've found yet.<br />
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Classical Stretch The Complete Season 8 -Age Defying Series</h3>
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Your overall flexibility will increase with neck tension release, and you can <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008SE9WPO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B008SE9WPO&linkCode=as2&tag=ballweddflat-20&linkId=YKKYOR67Y5AFFBAB" target="_blank">buy this neck and back pain relief series right now! </a><br />
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<br />D. Buxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303566091049343269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106923325201515690.post-32178271178254315712012-01-04T10:08:00.000-08:002015-07-24T18:37:43.951-07:00Hip Flexibility Exercises - How They WorkHip flexibility is important. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QX4PQU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001QX4PQU&linkCode=as2&tag=ballweddflat-20&linkId=FKYTDOAJWBKVS3GR" target="_blank">Hip flexibility exercises</a> will help balance the tension in the hips, and prevent strength training from resulting in spasms or soreness. Muscle relaxation increases muscle tone, as tense muscles cannot function with the same strength as relaxed, stretched muscles.<br />
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A stretching routine that includes the whole body is the best, starting with the neck muscles and working down. For chronic muscle pain in any area, a full body approach to stretching exercises will serve you best. <br />
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To become more flexible at the <i>front of the hip</i> you will stretch:<br />
***the quadriceps muscles at the front of the thighs<br />
***the psoas muscle that runs from the top of the front of the thigh over the hip bone and up into the front of your spine.<br />
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To become more flexible at the <i>side and back of the hips</i> you will stretch:<br />
***the ballet turnout muscles. Your lateral rotator muscles are your prime turnout muscles, specifically: Piriformis;Obturator Internus;Obturator Externus;Quadratus Femoris; Gemellus Superior; Gemellus Inferior. These muscles lie underneath your gluts, or "butt muscles' which can retain much tension from weakness and overuse.<br />
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If you are not particularly athletic, the sooner you learn about hip stretches the better. As you age, you can preserve hip strength and balance, preventing falls and hip fractures.<br />
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Get your DVD that includes the details of hip flexibility exercises, all the important body stretches, as well as myofascial release instruction, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QX4PQU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001QX4PQU&linkCode=as2&tag=ballweddflat-20&linkId=FKYTDOAJWBKVS3GR" target="_blank">Flexibility Workout For Athletes</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">.</a><br />
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D. Buxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303566091049343269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106923325201515690.post-49051092541266071842011-12-06T15:30:00.000-08:002015-07-24T18:40:08.016-07:00An Easy Stretching Exercise To Increase Your Ballet TurnoutThis isn't one of those <b>ballet stretches</b> that you need a studio a ballet barre, or dance wear for. This one is easy, because you do it sitting in a chair.<br />
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You can do it right now! <br />
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You will feel your turnout muscles, and feel an easy but deep stretch. Releasing tension will help you <b>increase your ballet turnout.</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QX4PQU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001QX4PQU&linkCode=as2&tag=ballweddflat-20&linkId=FKYTDOAJWBKVS3GR" target="_blank">Stretching exercises</a> are necessary to relieve tension in your muscles, thereby improving muscle tone.<br />
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So, sitting on a chair, with both feet flat on the floor, lift up one foot and cross it over the other thigh. Just like a normal sitting position. Next, clasp your hands under your bent knee, and push down into your hands with that thigh. <br />
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The feeling is subtle, and a little different. This is resistance stretching. <br />
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Different angles: you can turn into the bent knee further, and you will get a slightly different stretch in your turnout muscles.<br />
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Turning away from the knee, the stretch will feel a little different. <br />
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Do each side. If you have a tighter side, you can always repeat that side again, to get an extra stretch.<br />
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You can <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QX4PQU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001QX4PQU&linkCode=as2&tag=ballweddflat-20&linkId=FKYTDOAJWBKVS3GR" target="_blank">hip flexibility exercises - buy it here</a>.D. Buxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303566091049343269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106923325201515690.post-20674733632918542722011-11-14T12:09:00.000-08:002015-07-24T18:43:10.066-07:00Winter Workouts And Back Pain Relief - Stretches Help!<b>Winter workouts</b> are important. Workouts learned and done correctly will help back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain and more. Following up with stretching exercises is important too. <br />
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Workouts warm up your soft tissues that respond to exertion and movement by becoming more elastic. This means your connective tissues, myofascia, not just your muscles. Collagen becomes softer, just like hard butter that warms up, so your movements are eased.<br />
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Here is a short demonstration of stretching/fitness exercises by Miranda Esmonde White, author of the best seller "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062313339/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0062313339&linkCode=as2&tag=ballweddflat-20&linkId=UQ47F55DARKXVAWP" target="_blank">Aging Backwards Miranda Esmonde White</a>". This one is for upper body pain. <br />
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Many people get worse aches and pains in cold and/or damp weather, so keeping up the winter time workouts is crucial. Seasonally, our hormones accommodate the fall and winter cycles, and most people feel like hibernating. We may not have sunshine in the evenings to get us motivated for exercising. If we do, it may be too cold to go out and do it, if that is what you prefer.<br />
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And sometimes it is too hot in the summer to exercise outdoors!<br />
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You'll be fit for all seasons!D. Buxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303566091049343269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106923325201515690.post-71086239375927807962011-10-14T19:49:00.000-07:002015-07-24T18:46:25.856-07:00Dynamic Upper Body Stretches For Breast Cancer Survivors<h2>
Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Post Surgery</h2>
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My friend and classmate from The National Ballet School of Canada, Miranda Esmonde White is the creator this DVD of dynamic upper body stretches. <br />
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I applaud her work in this area for breast cancer rehabilitation.<br />
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(Miranda's work may now be best known for her best seller "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062313339/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0062313339&linkCode=as2&tag=ballweddflat-20&linkId=UQ47F55DARKXVAWP" target="_blank">Aging Backwards Miranda Esmonde White</a>".)<br />
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Miranda is a breast cancer survivor - and she is proof that these <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000B1A34/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0000B1A34&linkCode=as2&tag=ballweddflat-20&linkId=NPNR73F6EXUJ67UK" target="_blank">breast cancer post surgery exercises</a> work! <br />
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Core Muscles Control</h2>
There is a difference between the Pilates description of pulling the bellybutton to the spine, which works well especially when lying down, and the ballet usage of your lower abs.<br />
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It is indeed in the very low and deep abdominals, and if you pull those up you'll see your bellybutton lift up. That movement pulls the abs up and flat, like a supportive wall. It doesn't bunch the muscles up.<br />
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These deep abs, along with your turnout (rotator) muscles, your thighs and some support by the gluteals, stabilize <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003WGMTIA/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003WGMTIA&linkCode=as2&tag=ballweddflat-20&linkId=BQL3V2E7Y3YQM2SR" target="_blank">the core area</a>.<br />
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The gluteals (butt) muscles do not need to be clenched, but will automatically activate when you turnout.<br />
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The back will tense in response to sucking in/up those abs, as the muscles work together. However, you don't need to focus on maintaining that hold, focus on the abs. Tension and release is fluid, and that is part of the control gained by years of ballet/sports/fitness training. Ribs and shoulder areas are always moving slightly. If the core is strong, the upper torso can be balanced and stable, but you can still breathe properly and allow easy head movements and easy back bends. By that I mean, the same, a strong core area that allows the back bend and recovery without strain.<br />
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Fluid Tension In Dance And Life</h3>
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The one exception to the fluidity of tension is the deep low abs, your support that holds strong. This abdominal support allows the lower ribs to expand for effective breathing. Done correctly, this actually helps fluidity as opposed to weakening the tight hold, which should be in the low abdomen.<br />
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Hopefully this fluidity flows down to your finger tips. Your thumb muscles like to take on a lot of tension, and many dancers/exercisers work with thumbs sticking up to some degree, or clenched into their palm.<br />
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Also, a held spiky finger formation, especially an index finger sticking up, shows a chronic strain and lack of core control. (In ballet, it is also an affectation that can be copied from a teacher or another dancer. Energy running through the hand, slightly straightening the palm and fingers, is different than tension). <br />
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Get the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003WGMTIA/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003WGMTIA&linkCode=as2&tag=ballweddflat-20&linkId=BQL3V2E7Y3YQM2SR" target="_blank">core muscle control</a> you want, to be a healthy you.D. Buxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303566091049343269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106923325201515690.post-85280649072969030522011-02-15T17:46:00.000-08:002015-09-06T13:21:41.359-07:00Best Hip Flexor Stretch - Easy To LearnEvery dancer needs an exercise that <b>stretches the hip flexors</b>. This will help you stay upright when you lift a leg behind you, or derriere, in ballet terms.<br />
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To get your leg up to the back, or, to do an arabesque, you need to get<b> really flexible in the psoas muscle</b>. This is a postural support muscle that runs from the top of your thigh to the spine. Attached at the front of the spine, this muscle controls the bending of the body at the hip joint. (Say you sneeze and one of your knees lifts up when your abdomen contracts. You bend at the hip joint).<br />
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If flexible, this muscle also allows your spine to bend at the waist (a spine extension), when you raise your leg to the back. Here is one of the best hip flexor stretches you can do, to stretch this large, important muscle.<br />
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For dancers and athletes - best hip flexor stretch:</h4>
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You do not need ballet turnout to do this, so I am going to describe this exercise with your legs in parallel.<br />
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<u><b>A Standing (Psoas Muscle) <a href="http://amzn.to/1U1aeLB" target="_blank">Hip Flexor Stretch</a></b></u><br />
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Stretch out one leg to the back, about a yard or meter behind you. Place the back foot flat on the floor. Hold onto a ballet barre or the back of a chair to support your balance.<br />
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Now straighten the back leg, and keep your spinal position as straight as you can. Your pelvis may tip back a bit. You will feel a pull up the front of the back leg thigh and hip. <b>Pull up the lower abdomen muscles</b>, and you will increase the stretch feeling.<br />
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Twist away from the back leg, a little. You will increase your flexibility this way, by getting into this position which is good for the hip stretches.<br />
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Twist toward the back leg, and again you will feel the stretch move somewhat in the hip joint area.<br />
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Hold each position for thirty to sixty seconds. Repeat the stretch at least three times, each position, each leg.<br />
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Always stop and decrease the position if you feel pain. Stretching means a stretchy feeling, a little tension, but not pain.<br />
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Get yourself a balanced lower body (with some dynamic upper body stretches) DVD flexibility workout including <a href="http://amzn.to/1U1aeLB" target="_blank">hip flexor stretching exercises</a>. <br />
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