Cupping has been around for thousands of years and has been used in different cultures to resolve a variety of conditions.Cupping has some local effects by stretching the skin, fascia and muscle tissues. You also get some localized improved blood flow and metabolic changes.Most benefit however is coming from the neuro-physiologic effects. Cupping can be …
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Kettlebell-Swing or Deadlift for Low Back Pain
Both exercises have a strong advocates that tell us we need to perform either one of those 2 exercises to help with back pain. The deadlift and the kettlebell swing are at two ends of the same hip hinge spectrum. Integrating the strength of lats, core and posterior chain is equally necessary for a heavy …
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Back Squat and Front Squat
Regressions for back and front squat Many people have difficulty performing a back squat, or a front squat with good form. This can lead to more harm than good, so until you have good mobility and stability needed to perform your squats, you better regress your exercise to a level you can perform safely …
Hamstring Flexibility
The hamstrings have been blamed for lots of problems. Typically people need or want to develop improved hamstring extensibility. In this video series we are showing a few variations of hamstring mobility exercises, from passive stretching to active stretching to motor control drills. There is not one exercise that fixes everyone’s problems: different people with …