Health & fitness

[JTrader]

Health & Fitness

Interesting article/s about helping/maintaining hip joint health, alignment, some causes of problems, knock-on effect problems in the lower back etc.

http://www.easyvigour.net.nz/fitness/h_gluteus_maxintro.htm
Engage Gluteus maximus!..............
You don't need to do rigorous Gluteus maximus work outs! Simply engaging the Gluteus maximus as you walk, run and sit will reduce repetitive strain injuries of the lower back, the hip joint and surrounding structures, and also the foot and lower leg.

 

[JTrader]

The above article/s make sense & are well worth a read.
Having adopted the suggestions in these articles for an afternoon of walking, during which i've covered about 6 miles. Usually i may have some slight lower back pain after covering sch a distance, but by engaging my Gluteus maximus! my body alignment has felt much straighter, I'm strengthening my Gluteus maximus, and hope this new & hopefully more efficient style of walking/jogging will be beneficial in the future. My ankle muscles, and my foot arches ache a bit more than usual, as i'm using/strengthening muscles never previously used.
Overall i would say this new style of walking may be an improvement upon my previously quite lazy style -
I'm going to forward test it for a few weeks!

 

[tune]

Have you tried a pair of Nike Free? They work along those lines. They do feel a bit strange to start with but they've definetly done me some good.

tune

 

[JTrader]

Have you tried a pair of Nike Free? They work along those lines. They do feel a bit strange to start with but they've definetly done me some good.

tune

Yes the article/s explains how modern elevated western footwear are responsible for the flat footed, lacking gluteus maximus development typical shod westerner.

The Nike Free shoes as they claim, are a step closer to barefootedness.

Barefooted walking, or wearing very flat shoes, make usenage our ass muscles as we walk & run, this also makes us use the muscles in our feet a lot more, strengthening the foot arches, relieving pressure from the front of the hip joint, moving the femur towards the back of the hip joint.

The article gives good photographic examples of atheletes like Zola Budd - barefoot runner who lacks hamstring development, but had good ass muscles compared to her fellow competitors. This is better for the efficiency of the body alignment etc. in general apparently, gluteus maximus dominance over hamstring dominance. The article explains -
Gluteus maximus in the role of back stabilizer
Gluteus maximus in the role of hip joint stabilizer
Gluteus maximus in the role of lower leg "positional optimizer"


This morning after walking 7 miles in this new way yesterday, the soles of my feet and some ankle tendons ache a bit, but this is cos i don't usually use them. Have not had ANY lpwer backache though. In other words i am experiencing what the article claims - strenghtening ther foot arches, relieving pressure off the hips, and lower back. I'll continue forward testing this new walk!

http://www.easyvigour.net.nz/fitness/h_gluteus_maxintro.htm
The Westerner's Gluteals are woefully underdeveloped, with drastic consequences in terms of pain and poor function in the following locations:-
The lumbar spine and sacral region.
The hip region.
The lower leg.
If you have pain in any of these locations, then this article will benefit you!

 

[Blu-Ray]

Thanks for the article JT, I've been struggling wth lower back pain on and off for about a year now and spent a fortune with the Chiropractors.

I'll give this a go and hopefully fingers crossed....


Cheers

Blu-Ray

 

[fibonelli]

Cheers for the articles JT. I'm going to try this out too!

 

[JTrader]

As a teenager i broke my leg quite badly, and since after that time have been of the slight opinion that my left leg is slightly longer than the other, by maybe 1/4 of an inch . Apparently it is quite common for people to have one leg longer than the other (known as a leg length discrepancy), regardless of leg break or not. http://www.womanspassions.com/articles/583.html
Walking in this modified way, engaging my gluteus maximus more, seems to also suggest further that my left leg is slightly longer. Because i find it slightly easier to enage my right gluteus max than my left gluteus max. This to me suggest that my right leg is dangling to the ground (shorter than my left), and its easier to engage the right gluteus max.
So perhaps one consequence of this new correct walking technique would be for me to see a specialist & maybe get some quality custom inserts for my right shoe, to raise my right side slightly further, now that i have a better bio-mechanical walking technique in place, thus levelling my hips, if there is any slight lob-sidedness. But then shoe implants only raise the hell further off the ground, which Westerners have too much of anyway, unless you get those special soles added to the shoe, in a complete lare, that cover the entire sole length. . http://www.algeos.com/html/products/productindex.htm

With these lower back, hip regions etc. it seems that only a minor things can have significant knock-on effects.

I've had left hip joint/left groin pains over the last few months, initially triggered playiong football, aggravated in once or twice during day to day activity. Thinking about it, if my left leg is the longest, it makes sense that my left hip would experience troubles first, as it is bearing more weight than it is meant to and is doing this at non-level angles.

 

[the blades]

The above article/s make sense & are well worth a read.
Having adopted the suggestions in these articles for an afternoon of walking, during which i've covered about 6 miles. Usually i may have some slight lower back pain after covering sch a distance, but by engaging my Gluteus maximus! my body alignment has felt much straighter, I'm strengthening my Gluteus maximus, and hope this new & hopefully more efficient style of walking/jogging will be beneficial in the future. My ankle muscles, and my foot arches ache a bit more than usual, as i'm using/strengthening muscles never previously used.
Overall i would say this new style of walking may be an improvement upon my previously quite lazy style -
I'm going to forward test it for a few weeks!

OK, I presume the "miles" was a typo, and you meant "hundred yards". Also, you forgot to mention how many pubs to stop at along the way.

Once you've clarified the regime, I will take it up.

UTB

 

[JTrader]

No typos here mate, and no pubs either ,

I thought i needed to do at least 5 miles, in order to be able to draw up some valid observations. I covered 7 miles in total yesterday and went to the gym for an hour.

I'm now going to walk the same distance today.

I experienced no lower back pain, just foot arch ache, and ache in a tendon on my outer ankle - both of which i think is because i'm not used to engaging these muscles/tendons, and once they become conditioned to me using them, they will no longer ache.
I also foudn thaty i was stood straighter when walking, which obviously looks better as well (even if i did feel a bit like i was trying to keep hold of a 5 pound note between my ass cheeks )

 

[fibonelli]

After an hour's walk, my legs hurt instead of my back

 

[JTrader]

After an hour's walk, my legs hurt instead of my back

Thats what i was thinking - moving the problem to another body part

However, after around 6 miles today, no back aches AT ALL. Ankle tendons, and foot arches ache less than they did yesterday, so i'm becoming conditioned to it!

I've also added a 2nd insole to the right shoe in all my footwear to raise what i think is my slightly shorter right leg by a few millimetres.


Having thought about it, when you see many athletes on TV walking/running they look to engage the gluteus maximus on heel strike. So perhaps correct walking/running technique is taught in professional like sporting circles, as correct technique would likely extend an athletic career.....

 

[JTrader]

Six more miles today, and i've got to say i'm becoming used to this new style of wlaking now!

Still no lower back ache,
foot arch/ankle muscles are quickly becoming conditioned to it,
I can feel that it is placing less strain on my hip/s.

And I've got to say, i think my new walking style makes me look like more of a winner!!!

Hopefully this new walk stlye, may delay any need i may develop for a hip replacement by a good few years!!

 

[JTrader]

Interesting article/s about helping/maintaining hip joint health, alignment, some causes of problems, knock-on effect problems in the lower back etc.

This is the type of stuff they should teach in school, biology, PE etc. - How to help avoid wearing your body out before needs be, by learning to use your body when walking/running as effeciently as possible.
I've found my new walk really beneficial so far this week, covering at least 4 miles per day since & including monday!
I can feel my a** muscles growing by the day :!:

 

[jacinto]

OK, I presume the "miles" was a typo, and you meant "hundred yards". Also, you forgot to mention how many pubs to stop at along the way.

Once you've clarified the regime, I will take it up.

UTB

hundred yards...... only if it implies at least 2 pubs....in between :cheesy:

 

[wasp]

OK, I presume the "miles" was a typo, and you meant "hundred yards". Also, you forgot to mention how many pubs to stop at along the way.

Once you've clarified the regime, I will take it up.

UTB

I remember taking up bike riding for exercise years ago... First time out we rode for miles and miles, can't even remember where we went but the pub we found was so good at the end of it, we had to get a cab back!

 

[JTrader]

Interesting article/s about helping/maintaining hip joint health, alignment, some causes of problems, knock-on effect problems in the lower back etc.

Well, over a week into my new style of walking, and its all good.

On tuesday, i got the car fixed by a "pro" , and ended up walking home, and back to the garage - 11 miles in all that day!
I then went to the gym for 75 mins in the evening.
No back or hip pains, and the feet and anke muscles/tendons seem to have fully adapted to it.
Only problem is, occassionally i forget, and slip back into my older, less stable walking style for a while, but do correct myself when i realise.

 

[the blades]

Well, over a week into my new style of walking, and its all good.

On tuesday, i got the car fixed by a "pro" , and ended up walking home, and back to the garage - 11 miles in all that day!
I then went to the gym for 75 mins in the evening.
No back or hip pains, and the feet and anke muscles/tendons seem to have fully adapted to it.
Only problem is, occassionally i forget, and slip back into my older, less stable walking style for a while, but do correct myself when i realise.

Good stuff Jtrader - it seems we both share the same enjoyment of excercise.

After stumbling home from the pub last night, I decided to review one of my Jemma Jameson videos. I was reminded of an excellent excercise for building up the forearm, bicep and shoulder muscle.

UTB

 

[JTrader]

Good stuff Jtrader - it seems we both share the same enjoyment of excercise.

After stumbling home from the pub last night, I decided to review one of my Jemma Jameson videos. I was reminded of an excellent excercise for building up the forearm, bicep and shoulder muscle.

UTB

Thats not a bad way to exercise, although some might call you a t***er ..........at least you didn't have to breathe in 2nd hand smoke in the pub

 

[Lightning McQueen]

Thats not a bad way to exercise, although some might call you a t***er ..........at least you didn't have to breathe in 2nd hand smoke in the pub

yeah, great cardiovascular workout vids...only potential problem with this form of exercise can best be illustrated by this poor over indulgent Jenna fan.

 

[the blades]

it's actually quite advantageous for running around bends. As long as the bend veers to the left.

UTB

PS - Jtrader - I miss the smoke, and Tevez is a w......