Lifestyle

Everyone knows that movement is life, and anyone can formulate the opposite statement on his own. Any disease limits physical capacity; this is particularly evident if the patient is bedridden. If immobility lasts more than a few days, complications are inevitable, and some of them are even fatal. For example, slowing down of blood circulation in […]

Many people doing exercises do not clearly understand how to stretch their abdominal muscles. Many people think there are only six abdominal muscles: a straight one, a transverse one, and four oblique ones. These muscles are arranged in layers running in different directions. That’s how they got these names. Many of us do not realize how these […]

To prevent the spine from being tipped over like a child’s tower of blocks that lacks a stabilizing center, the vertebrae need to be fastened together. This is accomplished by the muscles and ligaments of the spine. The abdominal and back muscles make the biggest contribution to this process. Each of these pulls the spine to its […]

Posture has special meaning in ANTI-PAIN GYMNASTICS and in order for you to get the greatest benefit from the exercises, you’ll need to pay attention to it. Don’t worry. This isn’t a lecture to remind you of your childhood. It’s just basic anatomy so you’ll understand why the exercises are done a certain way. Remember […]

Do you feel guilty when you’re lazy and don’t spend even ten minutes a day exercising? Is ten minutes too much time to invest in your own health? Unfortunately, many of us have to admit that, despite our desire to be healthy, we come up on the short end of the exercise stick. It’s easy […]

“Parterre gymnastics,” which are sometimes called “primitive gymnastics,” are becoming more and more popular in Europe and the United States. All the exercises in this type of gymnastics are performed horizontally, either lying, standing or on all fours. Doctors specializing in various fields of medicine recommend these exercises to their patients, restorative medicine centers use […]

what happens to our posture when we walk? Man started walking upright when he took a stick in hand and created the first tool, a stone ax. Since then, we have been moving on two legs and walk this way almost exclusively. But still, every person has their own “walk.”  Your walk can be influenced […]

There are many diseases that cause distortion in body pose and posture. In many cases, you can tell just by how a patient is sitting, lying or walking what disease he or she suffers from. If we were to start this discussion by talking about the disease I see the most often in my practice, […]

When a doctor sees a child with a crooked back, he should ask himself, “Is this a disease or is it a case of bad posture?” I wrote about the problem of scoliosis in my previous books, “33 Vertebrae, or I Love My Osteochondrosis”, “Smart Back” and others. But this problem is so urgent that […]

In many cases, pain that emerges in one part of the spine first starts because of a condition occurring somewhere else in the spine. Many patients are interested in what causes lumbar pain in a person whose lower back appears to be healthy on a MR-image. Some patients with low back pain say their cervical […]