Physical therapist Amy Selinger describes how growing up in our modern society, sitting and cumulative trauma may lead us to develop muscle imbalances that lead to musculoskeletal pain; particularly back pain.
With 30 years of experience specializing in back, hip and pelvic pain, Amy Selinger appreciates that many treatment techniques thought to be standard approaches to back pain don't always work. Using the Movement System Balance approach she evaluates individuals with musculoskeletal pain syndromes to determine how they move their bodies in ways that contribute to their imbalance.
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Fantastic information! Thanks!
Thank you, very logical presentation! Never understood the separation of core before, will try it. Best wishes from CCU Sam in ChasWV
This is amazing! I love my fantastic PT Amy!!
Great! I’m working on computer about 8 hours every day with maybe two pauses. After this video I’m thinking more about sitting pauses and its really helpful. Stiffness in shoulders and lowerback is almost gone. Thanks
Wonderful information on how to activate the deep core muscles (rather than the superficial core muscles) and how to re-learn how our body naturally protects the spine when we have back pain. I do think that the title of this talk may be a bit misleading though. It’s a bold statement to say “why we develop back pain” then attributing it all to postural imbalances and neuromuscular sequencing dysfunction. I’m a huge fan of Shirley Sahrmann’s work and starting nearly any back pain program with teaching diaphragm breathing but a different title may be better. My suggestion would be, “one of the many reasons why we develop back pain and what we can do to protect our spine.” I’d love to give this video a thumbs up once this happens.
What she’s done is similar to Pranayama, a yogic breathing exercises that has several health benefits. One of them, Anulom Vilom Pranayama, is simple and highly recommended.
Perhaps this talk may help someone but don’t forget ankylosing spondylitis what I have inherited dealt with since 13 to 43 and only 2 years ago was diagnosed with and with only two places in my spine not fused together. The whole time before I was diagnosed I was told all of this BS and so much more. Oh and back cancer – good luck getting a diagnosis if you have that before it kills you or cripples you. Because of the dismissive approach to back pain and pain in general by doctors and many of the general public, people are being crippled, committing suicide, and given antidepressants they don’t need and dying.
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A lot of people saying that this is nonsense information. If you could please offer up your own information on back pain that would be great! All of this ladies suggestions to help are all great ideas. Move more, vary movement, squat instead of bend, don’t sit for too long – all good tried and tested ideas
I wish I had a pic of how my family sits…older brother in particular. 6 ft 6 inches tall and always squats like a praying mantis. I know it’s weird to some but almost 40 and is the most physically fit person I’ve encountered. Never has pain and If he does uses k tap only.
I should also mention we all have super strong stomach muscles too. Squat people.
Thank you Doctor Amy. I appreciate your inquiry, curiosity and personal experience that has lead to your research. Thank you for sharing in such a approachable and applicable way. I look forward to sharing your video with clients!
Nice your presentation
Have you ever think that, we are working with presure and long hours… more that our body feels comfortable…
Have you ever think that is not so correct the work policy presure that we are facing every day
And we stay silent pressing our body because we are afraid to talk and loosing our work ?
Fear+silence=pressing our body ourselves more than is healthy
Have you ever think about that?
Just wonder…
With respect
I am not in total agreement with the abdominal muscle activation exercise. One of the reasons those abdominal s are never exercised in our culture is because far too many people are chest breathers and not diaphragm breathers. Amy is assuming that everyone is a diaphragm breather. But if you are using your upper chest to inhale and exhale, that means your abdominal s aren’t even in the picture anymore. So first, you need to determine what kind of a breather you are and if you are a chest, become a stomach breather. Then you can do all the abdominal contraction exercises you so desire. Take up swimming if you are a chest breather.
Oh my God I found myself doing that this morning in the garden and I have terrible back pain
Wow, a sign of hope. Thank you for the insight. Six packs do really have a purpose not just aesthetics. I need to incorporate them and activate them firt when I move!!
A very underrated talk. Thank you.
Very interesting revelation.
I’ve been living with severe chronic back pain for 26 years! I’m a tuff male, but the don’t give me enough pain meds! I take it 1 day at a time, have no choice! Keep moving, hit the gym 5 days a week!
this talk is spot on! the bend in our spine also comes from the habit of bending as we write at our school desk. As a ex-backpain sufferer i think this talk needs to be shown in every school
This makes so much sense. Thank you for this brilliant talk, Amy!
Thank you for the information very useful as I have also been suffering from severe backache for past few years and I find it very useful….There used to be a time when i was not even able to walk and i has no medical history nothing… i took every medicine i could but none of them were effective….I came to know about Planet Ayurveda which i came to know through net and thankfully through their treatment i got better.
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