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Find and Activate Your Glutes “Squeeze Your Bum, Bum, Bum” for Parkinson’s

Posted on September 17, 2017March 19, 2020 by Landtiser

I hear this often “I just don’t feel like moving,” or “My husband sits all day long and doesn’t want to get up and even go for a walk.” It’s not just men, it’s the ladies too. Between computers, T.V., driving, eating, and just having low energy from Parkinson’s causes us to sit too much.

It’s a vicious cycle, Parkinson’s causes low energy and apathy, you give into it by sitting, then the sitting causes a variety of maladies including tight muscles and back pain, so you don’t feel like being active because your back hurts.

Take a “movement” break every 30 minutes. In a published study of nearly 8,000 adults, Annals of Internal Medicine found that sitting for excessively long periods of time is a risk factor for early death, and people who sat for less than 30 minutes at a time had the lowest risk of early death. Continue reading “Find and Activate Your Glutes “Squeeze Your Bum, Bum, Bum” for Parkinson’s”

Do This Bridge Variation with Table Top Tail Taps to Fix Parkinson’s Lazy Bum

Posted on July 22, 2017March 19, 2020 by Landtiser

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”

Treat Parkinson’s Lazy Bum with Marching Hip Bridge

Posted on July 16, 2017March 19, 2020 by Landtiser

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”

Bring in the Band! Activate Your Glutes and Treat Parkinson’s Lazy Bum

Posted on July 9, 2017March 19, 2020 by Landtiser

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.

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