| Your Pain Symptoms |
Wherever your pain (or pains) happen to be, they
are just symptoms. When I say 'just', I'm not
taking anything way from you and the pain that
you're in. Pain is no joke. I know, I've been there.
As you discovered on the Egoscue page, pain is a
signal from your body to you telling you that
something is wrong and that you need to do
something about it.
If you've come straight to this page because you're
in pain and you want to try a couple of exercises to
relieve it, great.
But please go back and read the Egoscue page
after you've tried the exercises, which explains why
you are experiencing this pain.
Until you understand the reason for your pain,
you can do nothing about fixing it. You may find
ways to reduce the pain temporarily... You may even
get it to go away for a period of time. BUT, if you
don't address the problem at the root cause level
you will eventually end up with pain either in the
same place, or somewhere else in your body...
...No matter where it resurfaces, it will have been
caused by exactly the same thing... postural
misalignment.
Remember, The Body
Works As A Unit!
I make no apologies for repeating myself. This
concept is so fundamentally important that you
are going to hear it a few more times yet.
The links on the left will take you to your area of
pain. On each page there are a couple of exercises
for you to do, which more than likely will change
what you are feeling - for the better!
Before you try the exercises, take a minute to tune
into your body. Close your eyes and feel where the
weight distribution in your feet is and rate your pain
on a scale of 0 to 10. 10 being disabling pain, the
worst you've ever experienced and 0 being pain free.
Once you've done that, try the exercises out and
then see how you feel afterwards.
When You're Doing The
Exercises...
...Pay close attention to your movement (if there
is any) and your alignment.
Unlike most other forms of exercise, the key with
these isn't how much strength or effort you
exert, but how well you align yourself when doing
them.
If you think back to your childhood, you'll recall the
story of the tortoise and the hare... The hare was
manic, running around from here to there and much
quicker than the tortoise...
...But the tortoise was smart. He just kept on the
path at a nice steady pace and eventually, he won.
The tortoise always wins! Take the exercises
easy...
And most important of all, keep your abdominal
muscles relaxed.
This is very, very important... So just to repeat
myself...
...Keep your abdominal muscles relaxed!
Notice how much they want to try and help out
with much of what you're doing.
Don't let them.
Alignment
As I just mentioned, alignment during the exercises is
the key. So what is correct alignment?
Many of the exercises require you to stand or sit
with your feet and knees hip width apart and the
feet facing forward. When we say hip width apart,
we're talking about the two bony prominent portions
at the front of you pelvis.
Imagine a straight line going down your leg from
these points at the front of your pelvis, on either
side. It then runs through the centre of your knees,
down to the middle of your ankles and eventually
lines up with the line between your second and third
toes...
...This means you'll be slightly pigeon toed and it
will feel rather weird! The other way to check that
your feet are in the correct position is to look down
the outside of the foot. This will also be relatively
straight.
Ready To Go...
You're now ready to pick the symptom that relates
to you. If you have more than one, just pick the one
that is bothering you the most or which feels like the
best place to start.
are just symptoms. When I say 'just', I'm not
taking anything way from you and the pain that
you're in. Pain is no joke. I know, I've been there.
As you discovered on the Egoscue page, pain is a
signal from your body to you telling you that
something is wrong and that you need to do
something about it.
If you've come straight to this page because you're
in pain and you want to try a couple of exercises to
relieve it, great.
But please go back and read the Egoscue page
after you've tried the exercises, which explains why
you are experiencing this pain.
Until you understand the reason for your pain,
you can do nothing about fixing it. You may find
ways to reduce the pain temporarily... You may even
get it to go away for a period of time. BUT, if you
don't address the problem at the root cause level
you will eventually end up with pain either in the
same place, or somewhere else in your body...
...No matter where it resurfaces, it will have been
caused by exactly the same thing... postural
misalignment.
Remember, The Body
Works As A Unit!
I make no apologies for repeating myself. This
concept is so fundamentally important that you
are going to hear it a few more times yet.
The links on the left will take you to your area of
pain. On each page there are a couple of exercises
for you to do, which more than likely will change
what you are feeling - for the better!
Before you try the exercises, take a minute to tune
into your body. Close your eyes and feel where the
weight distribution in your feet is and rate your pain
on a scale of 0 to 10. 10 being disabling pain, the
worst you've ever experienced and 0 being pain free.
Once you've done that, try the exercises out and
then see how you feel afterwards.
When You're Doing The
Exercises...
...Pay close attention to your movement (if there
is any) and your alignment.
Unlike most other forms of exercise, the key with
these isn't how much strength or effort you
exert, but how well you align yourself when doing
them.
If you think back to your childhood, you'll recall the
story of the tortoise and the hare... The hare was
manic, running around from here to there and much
quicker than the tortoise...
...But the tortoise was smart. He just kept on the
path at a nice steady pace and eventually, he won.
The tortoise always wins! Take the exercises
easy...
And most important of all, keep your abdominal
muscles relaxed.
This is very, very important... So just to repeat
myself...
...Keep your abdominal muscles relaxed!
Notice how much they want to try and help out
with much of what you're doing.
Don't let them.
Alignment
As I just mentioned, alignment during the exercises is
the key. So what is correct alignment?
Many of the exercises require you to stand or sit
with your feet and knees hip width apart and the
feet facing forward. When we say hip width apart,
we're talking about the two bony prominent portions
at the front of you pelvis.
Imagine a straight line going down your leg from
these points at the front of your pelvis, on either
side. It then runs through the centre of your knees,
down to the middle of your ankles and eventually
lines up with the line between your second and third
toes...
...This means you'll be slightly pigeon toed and it
will feel rather weird! The other way to check that
your feet are in the correct position is to look down
the outside of the foot. This will also be relatively
straight.
Ready To Go...
You're now ready to pick the symptom that relates
to you. If you have more than one, just pick the one
that is bothering you the most or which feels like the
best place to start.
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