The Magic Pill for Shoulder Pain

This gentle exercise will support your shoulders so you can reach for the stars!

The weight of responsibility takes a toll on your shoulders each day. From taking care of your self, to taking care of others, our arms were meant to do the heavy lifting of life. In this video you will learn how to give your shoulders a little support before asking them to carry, lift and reach.

But has the heavy lifting become a burden? Do you lack support for all that you need to get done in a day?

Besides creating physical support for your arms and shoulders through exercise, maybe what you really need is emotional and social support. Shoulder and/or neck pain can be a symptom of overwhelm.

Who can you ask for help? How can you delegate some tasks? What trusted friend will listen as you lighten some of you emotional load? You might be surprised how addressing your emotional health can affect the physical pain that you experience each day.

Rather than continuing to push through the endless tasks each day, find some time to prioritize the list and then find ways to lighten your load. Create time to do more of what you love and less of what you consider to be a burden. Your shoulders will thank you.

Namaste,

Stephanie

The Magic Pill for Foot Pain

Many people turn to medication when they experience pain in order to get fast relief. But what if a small dose of the right kind and amount of movement could give you immediate relief from your pain? Just as the success of medication depends on the right medication and the right dosage, so too does movement.

TRY MOVEMENT INSTEAD OF MEDICATION!

That’s what this series is all about. Showing people that a simple movement, activity, or exercise can make substantial differences in you feel. I see this all the time in my yoga class. In many classes I start with a “self-assessment”, that is some basic movement and cue people to pay attention how it feels. Then I lead a simple and gentle movement of that region (or maybe a related region) of the body, a treatment or intervention as we call in it Physical Therapy. Then I have people repeat the movement, or “re-assess” how they feel. From the majority of responses, I have seen people have immediate changes in sensation or pain.

Each video will give you education and 1-2 minutes of an activity that may just help your pain. But if you need to "fine tune" your prescription, go to the American Physical Therapy Association to search for a Physical Therapist near you. http://aptaapps.apta.org/APTAPTDirectory/FindAPTDirectory.aspx

I would love to hear your comments about this video and others in the series.

Namaste,

Stephanie