How to Ease — and Prevent — Back Pain with Qi Gong
Not only can the gentle exercise and stretching of Qi Gong alleviate tight, tense back muscles, but Qi Gong can also prevent back pain from occurring in the first place.
What Is Causing My Back Pain?
Four out of five people will experience back pain at some point in their lives.
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The cause of back pain is difficult to diagnose. In fact, according to a recent article in The New York Times, doctors fail to identify the cause in 85% of the cases they see. That doesn’t make back pain any less uncomfortable or real. Even in a society where an abundance of surgeries and medications promise relief, millions still suffer.
While you should always consult your doctor about your individual situation, it could very well be there isn’t anything special or unique that is causing your pain. A lot of back pain is the result of “everyday living.” Over the years, with the rise in automation and a shift to a knowledge-based economy, Americans live a more sedentary lifestyle, one where sitting or standing for long periods is the norm.
To counter a seated lifestyle, it is important that everyone, regardless of age and fitness level, incorporate some sort of exercise that helps stretch and strengthen the back. Otherwise, energy that flows through the back area becomes blocked and starts to accumulate, manifesting as tension and contributing to stress.
How Can I Get Relief from Back Pain?
While certainly appropriate in many cases, pain medications and surgeries can introduce their own problems, ranging from dependence to infection. In many cases, physicians are now starting to go back to more traditional and holistic treatments for back pain, such as exercise and physical therapy.
In fact, the medical community is now recommending what many of us have known to be effective for back pain all along: Qi Gong.
Qi Gong as a holistic treatment for back pain and back pain prevention can help you:
- Improve posture
- Strengthen back muscles
- Improve flexibility
- Lose weight
- Avoid falls and improve balance
How Does Qi Gong for Upper Back and Neck Pain Work?
The Qi Gong for Upper Back and Neck Pain DVD focuses on the muscles of the upper back, shoulders, and neck. Because these muscles are so large, and they work so hard to support your spine, tension often builds in these areas, and energy becomes blocked.
The soft, slow movements of Qi Gong prevent energy and tension from stagnating and becoming trapped in the upper body.
Deep breathing allows oxygen-rich blood to flow to the muscles and brain, promoting healing and releasing stress.
The serene, meditative movements that are a fundamental part of Qi Gong promote a happier mood, increased creativity, and an improved outlook on life.
The Qi Gong for Upper Back and Neck Pain DVD is broken into two exercise segments: a seated routine, to be performed on the floor, and a standing routine, which requires just about enough room to extend both arms out to your sides.
A Closer Look at the Seated Routine
Deep Neck Stretches
Qi Gong for Upper Back and Neck Pain
Sequence of Movements
Seated
- Deep Abdominal Breathing
- Neck Stretch Side to Side
- Palm Press Out to Sides, Neck Stretch
- Hold Finger Tips Together, Neck Stretch
- Dragon Twist, Neck Stretch
- Turtle Stretch for Upper Back
- Forward Bend To Open Spine
- Palms on Feet, Forward Bend Upper Back Stretch
Standing
- Deep Abdominal Breathing
- Twist and Rotate, Upper Back Mobility
- Palms Behind Back, Neck Stretch
- Rooster Spreads Feathers, Joint Mobility
- Shoulder Shrugs
- Palm Press and Rotate, Neck Stretch
- Forward Bend Neck Massage
- Stretching Flow, Opening Lines of Tension
- Shaking to Clear Tension
- Great Bear Swins
- Tai Chi Opening
- Three Treasures Flow
- Cloudy Hands
- Flying
- Bamboo in the Wind
QiGong (pronounced “chee gong” and alternatively spelled as “qigong,” “qi gong,” or “chi kung”) is sometimes called the new yoga – but the practice dates back thousands of years to ancient China. The word qi (or chi) means life force or “vital energy of the body,” and gong means accomplishment or skill that is cultivated through steady practice. Qi Gong is specifically designed to cultivate the body’s vital energy, using it to heal and strengthen every system throughout the body. Thus, qi gong means cultivating energy, and it involves working with energy to strengthen and cleanse the body. Using these Qi Gong DVDs, CDs, and videos will improve your relaxation, reduce pain, and improve your health.
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