Comments on: How not to stretch, part 5 http://www.wimsblog.com/2009/11/how-not-to-stretch-part-5/ Wim Demeere's thoughts on Martial Arts and Self Defense Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:03:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Wim http://www.wimsblog.com/2009/11/how-not-to-stretch-part-5/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Wim Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:24:13 +0000 http://www.wimsblog.com/?p=1163#comment-520 @ Dennis: It sure is good pain. Lets you know you're alive! :-) Seriously, it's a great help to straighten out a lot of the problems you can accumulate over time. I mean, the ones you don't notice until they're gone or go so used to, you think they're normal. I roll out the back like you describe and it's done wonders to release tension in my intercostals. First time felt like somebody plunged a knife between my ribs though... I haven't tried the Mah Roller yet, but will do so eventually. My soft, comfy foam roller is plenty for now. Like I said, I'm a wuss. :-) @ Dennis:
It sure is good pain. Lets you know you’re alive! :-) Seriously, it’s a great help to straighten out a lot of the problems you can accumulate over time. I mean, the ones you don’t notice until they’re gone or go so used to, you think they’re normal.
I roll out the back like you describe and it’s done wonders to release tension in my intercostals. First time felt like somebody plunged a knife between my ribs though…
I haven’t tried the Mah Roller yet, but will do so eventually. My soft, comfy foam roller is plenty for now. Like I said, I’m a wuss. :-)

]]> By: Wim http://www.wimsblog.com/2009/11/how-not-to-stretch-part-5/comment-page-1/#comment-2537 Wim Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:24:00 +0000 http://www.wimsblog.com/?p=1163#comment-2537 @ Dennis: It sure is good pain. Lets you know you're alive! :-) Seriously, it's a great help to straighten out a lot of the problems you can accumulate over time. I mean, the ones you don't notice until they're gone or go so used to, you think they're normal. I roll out the back like you describe and it's done wonders to release tension in my intercostals. First time felt like somebody plunged a knife between my ribs though... I haven't tried the Mah Roller yet, but will do so eventually. My soft, comfy foam roller is plenty for now. Like I said, I'm a wuss. :-) @ Dennis:
It sure is good pain. Lets you know you’re alive! :-) Seriously, it’s a great help to straighten out a lot of the problems you can accumulate over time. I mean, the ones you don’t notice until they’re gone or go so used to, you think they’re normal.
I roll out the back like you describe and it’s done wonders to release tension in my intercostals. First time felt like somebody plunged a knife between my ribs though…
I haven’t tried the Mah Roller yet, but will do so eventually. My soft, comfy foam roller is plenty for now. Like I said, I’m a wuss. :-)

]]> By: Wim http://www.wimsblog.com/2009/11/how-not-to-stretch-part-5/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Wim Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:15:59 +0000 http://www.wimsblog.com/?p=1163#comment-519 Jagwa: Last time I had a massage like that was in Indonesia. I cried for my mamma too... :-) Jagwa: Last time I had a massage like that was in Indonesia. I cried for my mamma too… :-)

]]> By: Wim http://www.wimsblog.com/2009/11/how-not-to-stretch-part-5/comment-page-1/#comment-2536 Wim Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:15:00 +0000 http://www.wimsblog.com/?p=1163#comment-2536 Jagwa: Last time I had a massage like that was in Indonesia. I cried for my mamma too... :-) Jagwa: Last time I had a massage like that was in Indonesia. I cried for my mamma too… :-)

]]> By: Dennis Dilday http://www.wimsblog.com/2009/11/how-not-to-stretch-part-5/comment-page-1/#comment-518 Dennis Dilday Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:40:36 +0000 http://www.wimsblog.com/?p=1163#comment-518 These foam rolls are a wise investment. I just picked up two more for my clinic last Friday and use them regularly for myself and my patients. Yes, there is a lot of pain. But, when you consider the convenience of the take-home-do-it-yourself option it's a bargain: not in time because it still takes time; but in money - therapists are pricey. Also, there is probably something therapeutic about the pain. It's good pain right? I use the foam roll around the hips. They are especially great over the front part of the Tensor muscle which attached to the IT Band the guy in the video is talking about. Hard to beat it. The foam roll is also a good tool for rolling out the back. I treat it like the wooden Mah Roller (you could think new age Chinese stuff, cuz I don't know how long they have been around. I've had mine 15 years). On your back and starting with the roller the neck end of your spine, bend your legs up and push your back up and over the roller. Then push yourself along with your feet. Stay up in the air with your upper body, or let it drop down to the floor to lessen the pressure where the roller meets the spine. (It is tame compared to the Mah Roller, but I've seen very few people who can tolerate the Mah Roller's pressure.) These foam rolls are a wise investment. I just picked up two more for my clinic last Friday and use them regularly for myself and my patients.

Yes, there is a lot of pain. But, when you consider the convenience of the take-home-do-it-yourself option it’s a bargain: not in time because it still takes time; but in money – therapists are pricey. Also, there is probably something therapeutic about the pain. It’s good pain right?

I use the foam roll around the hips. They are especially great over the front part of the Tensor muscle which attached to the IT Band the guy in the video is talking about. Hard to beat it.

The foam roll is also a good tool for rolling out the back. I treat it like the wooden Mah Roller (you could think new age Chinese stuff, cuz I don’t know how long they have been around. I’ve had mine 15 years). On your back and starting with the roller the neck end of your spine, bend your legs up and push your back up and over the roller. Then push yourself along with your feet. Stay up in the air with your upper body, or let it drop down to the floor to lessen the pressure where the roller meets the spine. (It is tame compared to the Mah Roller, but I’ve seen very few people who can tolerate the Mah Roller’s pressure.)

]]> By: Dennis Dilday http://www.wimsblog.com/2009/11/how-not-to-stretch-part-5/comment-page-1/#comment-2535 Dennis Dilday Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:40:00 +0000 http://www.wimsblog.com/?p=1163#comment-2535 These foam rolls are a wise investment. I just picked up two more for my clinic last Friday and use them regularly for myself and my patients. Yes, there is a lot of pain. But, when you consider the convenience of the take-home-do-it-yourself option it's a bargain: not in time because it still takes time; but in money - therapists are pricey. Also, there is probably something therapeutic about the pain. It's good pain right? I use the foam roll around the hips. They are especially great over the front part of the Tensor muscle which attached to the IT Band the guy in the video is talking about. Hard to beat it. The foam roll is also a good tool for rolling out the back. I treat it like the wooden Mah Roller (you could think new age Chinese stuff, cuz I don't know how long they have been around. I've had mine 15 years). On your back and starting with the roller the neck end of your spine, bend your legs up and push your back up and over the roller. Then push yourself along with your feet. Stay up in the air with your upper body, or let it drop down to the floor to lessen the pressure where the roller meets the spine. (It is tame compared to the Mah Roller, but I've seen very few people who can tolerate the Mah Roller's pressure.) These foam rolls are a wise investment. I just picked up two more for my clinic last Friday and use them regularly for myself and my patients.

Yes, there is a lot of pain. But, when you consider the convenience of the take-home-do-it-yourself option it’s a bargain: not in time because it still takes time; but in money – therapists are pricey. Also, there is probably something therapeutic about the pain. It’s good pain right?

I use the foam roll around the hips. They are especially great over the front part of the Tensor muscle which attached to the IT Band the guy in the video is talking about. Hard to beat it.

The foam roll is also a good tool for rolling out the back. I treat it like the wooden Mah Roller (you could think new age Chinese stuff, cuz I don’t know how long they have been around. I’ve had mine 15 years). On your back and starting with the roller the neck end of your spine, bend your legs up and push your back up and over the roller. Then push yourself along with your feet. Stay up in the air with your upper body, or let it drop down to the floor to lessen the pressure where the roller meets the spine. (It is tame compared to the Mah Roller, but I’ve seen very few people who can tolerate the Mah Roller’s pressure.)

]]> By: Jagwa http://www.wimsblog.com/2009/11/how-not-to-stretch-part-5/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Jagwa Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:08:05 +0000 http://www.wimsblog.com/?p=1163#comment-516 Yep same technic as in shiatsu, tuina or thai massage... My teacher say "no pain, no gain"... Poeple here (In Europe) want "relaxing" massage, they don't get it s not the point... I spent one month in a thai favela to learn massage, first I cried for mama, then, little by little, a lot of things released. Good way to "empty the trash", but the best is to stop "feeding the trash" Sounds nearly "internal" :p Yep same technic as in shiatsu, tuina or thai massage… My teacher say “no pain, no gain”…

Poeple here (In Europe) want “relaxing” massage, they don’t get it s not the point…

I spent one month in a thai favela to learn massage, first I cried for mama, then, little by little, a lot of things released.

Good way to “empty the trash”, but the best is to stop “feeding the trash”

Sounds nearly “internal” :p

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