In many situations, a lower back condition can lead to lower back spinal fusion surgery. It is estimated 126,000 spinal fusion surgeries occur a year in the USA and since 1996 the number of surgeries has increased 116%. The group that has had the greatest increase in lower back spinal fusion are adults over 60. Lumbar compression fractures, spinal deformities, spondylolisthesis, lumbar instability, disc herniation and degenerative disc disease are common conditions that can lead to lower back spinal fusion. A key component in the recovery from lower back spinal fusion surgery is exercise. The role of exercise after spinal fusion is important in speeding up recovery, strengthening the muscles supporting the lower back and improving the endurance of core stability muscles. The focus of the spinal fusion and exercise webinar will be the exercise program design and exercises for a client that has had a lower back spinal fusion.
Paul is a fitness professional in Langley, BC, Canada.
What makes Paul unique is he has focused on stretch therapy.
In the interview, Paul will share with you how stretch therapy has helped him out in his fitness business and how he has used it to get better results for his clients.
Enjoy the interview.
How Stretch Therapy Can Help Fitness Professionals with Paul Turner
In the interview, Paul will share with you:
- What is Stretch Therapy?
- Benefits of Stretch Therapy?
- How Does Stretch Therapy Fit In?
- Where to Get More info on Stretch Therapy?
If you are a bootcamp instructor, make sure the injuries your bootcampers encounter are on the decline.
I got this e-mail from an Exercises for Injuries blog reader:
Just started teaching bootcamps. I have encountered people who have issues with their backs (mostly L4-L5). Some have had surgery to relieve pain and another has had it fused.
Rick, do you have an suggestions on exercises my bootcampers with low back injuries should definitely stay away from?
When I was in Orlando at a conference, I was sitting there and I could feel the lower back pain building up in my back.
I wanted to share with you a few tips on what I did in order to fend off the lower back pain from arriving.
A big problem that I have at conferences is back pain.
Sitting for a long period of time, jamming my body underneath these short little tables, sitting in these super-uncomfortable chairs that are perfectly upright are all reasons that lead to lower back pain while at a conference.
So I want to give you a couple tips that you can give your clients on how they can fend off low back pain at a conference.
The person I was meeting with let me know about his daughter who was in a scoliosis brace from the age of 3 to 16. He asked me for some advice on what she should be doing when it comes to scoliosis exercises.
Of all the things she can do - the number one thing - is exercise.
3 Scoliosis Exercise Tips
With scoliosis, there is a very large spectrum of clients. There are clients that can have minor scoliosis or major scoliosis.
Here are some tips for a client that has minor scoliosis. Often times this kind of client will let you know during your assessment that they have been told by their doctor that they have minor scoliosis.
He was not pushed or forced to come see me. He took the initiative to start exercising as he has been sitting at home for months. He started feeling the weight packing on and he new he needed to get moving in order to get better.
What a champion!
5 Highlights of Training a Client with a Concussion
The Nuts and Bolts of Corrective Exercise Seminar with Eric Cressey
This will be the fifth time that the I have hosted the Fitness & Rehab Conference. It is amazing to think that it has made it to the big 5. With it being the fifth, I wanted to make it bigger than any of the others so I went out looking for a big name to match the event.
I am so excited to announce Eric Cressey as the headliner of the 2010 Fitness & Rehab Conference.
I didn’t want him just to come all the way from Boston to talk for 90 and leave. If he is he, I wanted him to talk for 14 hours so we all can have all of our questions answered by Eric and learn all we can from him.
In this two-day course, Eric Cressey will provide a comprehensive overview of his approach to corrective exercise. Over the 14 hours of learning, Cressey will present and you will get a chance to practice his unique initial assessment protocol and extensive corrective exercise strategies. He will share his secrets on how he creates training programs aimed at maintaining a training effect and helping his clients reach their goals in spite of injuries. An emphasis will be placed on practical application and hands-on learning which can be immediately applied to healthy, injured and athlete populations.
Interview with Eric Cressey on what you will learn at the course – Part 1
It is so motivating and a big reason on why I am a huge fan of using exercise to overcome injuries.
Have a read:
Thanks Rick for your loyal online support.
I continually find your posts very practical and useful with my ongoing quest for balancing my life and injuries both physically and mentally. I’ve learned that what I do physically directly effects my mental ability to function.
My wife & I were run over by a truck in 2002 while waiting to turn left at an intersection.
I trained a client yesterday that was recovering from a concussion.
It has been some time since I had designed an exercise program for a client with a concussion. When I worked in a Medical Rehabilitation Program and Occupational Rehabilitation Program, it was a regular thing.
Let me highlight a few things you need to keep in mind when training a client with a concussion.
I learn so much from the fitness professionals that attend. They all have great questions and I wanted to share one with you.
I got a great question from one of the registrants about knees passing the toes.
Commonly taught in fitness certification is the fact that you should not have the knees passing the toes. My response to this is, it depends on the situation.
Dave Suprak of Western Washington University was there chatting about shoulders. I picked up a few great tips from Dave. He had some great information on what happens to the scapula and scapular stabilizers when your client has poor posture. He gave me some great resources that will help me improve the scapular stabilization exercise program and effective rotator cuff exercise program.
One presenter that I wanted to see was Guido Van Ryssegem. Guido was presenting at the same time as I was, but I got a copy of his presentation. Wow, it was packed with high level shoulder exercise information! When I get home, I will have to digest it more.
A common injury with the shoulder is shoulder impingement. Rotator cuff exercises are important on helping your client recover from shoulder impingement.
What is Shoulder Impingement?
When the non-injured arm is at your side, there is about 6 to 14 mm of space in the subacromial space (the space between acromion and humerus). As one moves their arm out to the side (abduction), the space in the subacromial space decreases. With some people the humerus and acromion end up pinching the structures in the subacromial space. The structures that could be pinching are the bursa, supraspinatus tendon or long head of the biceps tendon. This pinching is called shoulder impingement. Shoulder impingement is a big problem and commonly seen in my clients. If shoulder impingement is not addressed it could lead to a partial or full tear of the rotator cuff.
3 Ways the Rotator Cuff Could be Causing Your Clients Shoulder Impingement
