Grace Sheese on tue 30 may 00
Jennifer,
I was very interested in your post because I have similar symptoms. Could
you please explain about the stretching exercise with the doorway? I was
having a hard picturing how it works. Thank alot.
Grace
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Jennifer Boyer on wed 31 may 00
Hi Grace,
Stand in a door way, your feet just behind the door jamb. Raise
your arms out to the sides, bent 90 degrees at the elbows so
your finger tips are pointing up. Same position as the (car)
driving signal for a right turn. This should make it so your
forearms are resting on the sides of the doorway. So if you lean
through the doorway with your body, your forearms stay put on
the sides of the doorway, and the movement of your body hanging
through the doorway stretches your pectoral muscles. If you move
your forearms up or down a little it will change the feeling of
the stretch and you can pin point the place where you feel
tightest. Then just lean GENTLY for a few minutes, trying to
stay relaxed. The point is to stretch, not force anything to the
point of pain. Deep breathing helps with the relaxation. And
keep your back straight. It will want to cave in a little.
I' a big advocate of yoga for potters, and this is similar to
the kind of stretching that you do in yoga. My yoga teacher
asks for _requests_ (body parts that need work) at the start of
each class, and shoulders a common request. This pectoral
stretching is part of the shoulder routine.
Take Care
Jennifer
Grace Sheese wrote:
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> Jennifer,
>
> I was very interested in your post because I have similar symptoms. Could
> you please explain about the stretching exercise with the doorway? I was
> having a hard picturing how it works. Thank alot.
>
> Grace
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Susan Fox Hirschmann on wed 31 may 00
to all with this problem:
for certain, this is a wonderful forum for discussion and learning, but when
it comes to our health, particularly when we are in pain, or something is
amiss, the best advise, i feel is the advise of a physician or other
qualified health professional. Then after a, hopefully accuarate diagnosis,
each can follow the best plan of action. As far as the exercises, one
should work with a qualified physical therapist or personal trainer than
fully understands the problem, so that each learns the proper exercise using
the correct form in that exercise./ (Can you tell that am also a certified
personal trainer!?)
So let this continue to be a terrific arena for learning, but when it comes
to our health, that should be a one on one experience, with a qualified
professional.
I am delighted that Jennifer has had the proper diagnosis and now has a way
of dealing with our problem. And we have all learned from that! And i
appreciate her sharing it with us all, so now one can be equipped with even
greater knowledge to go out and get a diagnosis.
Just my 2 cents!
susan
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