I recently gave my Coaches an assignment to come up with a seated exercise. I handed Gail a pool noodle cut in half, and—voilà—a new easy, very effective seated exercise is born.
This exercise is a great way to start your day or end your day to loosen up and improve your postures. It: Continue reading “How to Use Your Noodle to Improve Parkinson’s Stooped Posture”
Parkinson’s is notorious for causing neck pain and poor posture, which we know causes neck and upper back pain. Did you know for every inch your head protrudes past your normal alignment, you add 10 pounds of extra force on your neck? It can add up to muscular spasm, premature joint arthritis and nerve impingement. Let’s fix this!
Way to go fighters! You’re getting great at these bridges, now we are really going to challenge you. The Table Top Tail Taps sounds like a new dance move, but it is really a great variation of the bridge with marching. If you have been doing that exercise regularly, you may be ready to start the Table Top Tail Taps bridge variation.
As with the marching, you are using only 3 points of support, but now you are actively contracting and firing up the supporting glute. You need to make sure the lifted hips stay level by activating your transverse abdominals and keep that supported knee in-line with the foot. It most certainly will try to splay out to avoid lengthening the hip flexors which we want to lengthen.
Why is this important? Parkinson’s Lazy Bum is real and usually due to neuro disconnect aggravated also by too much sitting. This disconnection changes the mechanics and motor programming of the body, leading to muscle groups becoming overactive, and others becoming underactive resulting in injury. Glute activation is waking up your glutes, making the connection from your brain to your muscles. Continue reading “Do This Bridge Variation with Table Top Tail Taps to Fix Parkinson’s Lazy Bum”
Last week we talked about how to fire up our glutes to treat Parkinson’s lazy bum by adding a resistance band. If you have been doing this exercise regularly, you may be ready to start marching.
With marching, you are using only 3 points of support, thus really firing up that glute that is balancing the side in the air.The key is to make sure the lifted hips stay level by activating your transverse abdominals and making sure the supported knee stays in-line with the foot.
Parkinson’s Lazy Bum is real and usually due to neuro disconnect aggravated also by too much sitting. This disconnection changes the mechanics and motor programming of the body, leading to muscle groups becoming overactive, and others becoming underactive resulting in injury. Glute activation is waking up your glutes, making the connection from your brain to your muscles. Continue reading “Treat Parkinson’s Lazy Bum with Marching Hip Bridge”
Some of you may have a tough time lifting your hips into the bridge; here’s the secret to making it happen… bring in the band – a theraband that is! Last week we talked about how to fire up your glutes to treat Parkinsons lazy bum. As you recall, the most common reason people suffer from underactive glutes or “dumb bum” is due to sitting too much, you simply are not using your glutes. If you don’t use it, you lose it.
Continue reading “Bring in the Band! Activate Your Glutes and Treat Parkinson’s Lazy Bum”
