The amount of people who are suffering from lower back pain, shoulder, hip and/or
knee pain has increased dramatically in the past several years. Our sedentary
lifestyle has proven time-and-time again that this isn’t the solution to fighting pain.
Medically, we are fortune to be living in the best of times. Sports medicine and
exercise science are helping many people to become pain free. Yet we have the
highest rate of injured people in the world. According to Oxford University, injuries
are one of the most serious public health problems facing the United States today.
The health and welfare of all Americans are impacted by injuries through premature
death, disability, medical costs and lost productivity.
Once your body feels the first sharp pain hit your lower back, hip or shoulder; it is a
sure sign that your body is trying to tell you that it is now guarding an injured area.
The causes for experiencing lower back pain, hip and/or shoulder pain are numerous
and are not always as a result of doing heavy lifting. Whether you are a mother
who is constantly lifting your children, a furniture mover who is lifting heavy objects
all day or an office worker; everyone should consider starting their day by doing a
few easy stretching exercises to loosen up their muscles for the day.
In order to avoid a lifetime of chronic muscle pain, there are five simple rules that
you can follow:
• Always bend your knees and keep your back straight when lifting objects off
the floor.
• Keep the object that you are lifting as close to your body as possible.
• Whenever the object is heavy, go down on one or both knees.
• Always maintain balance and control throughout the lift.
• Do proper stretching or warm up exercises before periods of extended lifting.
Muscle pain is not caused by just one lift. Improper lifting practices over a period of
time causes a series of events that lead up to muscle pain. With 80% of the
population experiencing some sort of muscle pain, it is a quite clear that most people
are not using proper lifting techniques and/or doing warm up exercises and
stretching.
By practicing proper lifting techniques and doing exercises, you can maintain a
healthy lifestyle and enjoy a body that is free from pain. In order to stay healthy or
improve strength, it is not necessary to do an hour of exercise each day. All you
need to do is to learn how to strengthen and stretch large core muscles, as well as
workout to keep your posture in proper alignment.
At “SHAPES ‘R IN, LLC.”, we have all the resources and cutting edge exercise
techniques that you will need to help improve your mobility and balance. Building a
healthy and pain free body should be the goal of anyone already in pain or wanting
to prevent pain. Let us help you to achieve your goal at “SHAPES ‘R IN, LLC.”
Jose Fuentes/CSCS/President/Writer-Author
IFPA Master Trainer Certified
Sports Nutrition Certified
Weight Management Instructor Certified
Human Movement Science Specialist
Kinetic Chain Assessment Specialist
www.shapesrin.com
knee pain has increased dramatically in the past several years. Our sedentary
lifestyle has proven time-and-time again that this isn’t the solution to fighting pain.
Medically, we are fortune to be living in the best of times. Sports medicine and
exercise science are helping many people to become pain free. Yet we have the
highest rate of injured people in the world. According to Oxford University, injuries
are one of the most serious public health problems facing the United States today.
The health and welfare of all Americans are impacted by injuries through premature
death, disability, medical costs and lost productivity.
Once your body feels the first sharp pain hit your lower back, hip or shoulder; it is a
sure sign that your body is trying to tell you that it is now guarding an injured area.
The causes for experiencing lower back pain, hip and/or shoulder pain are numerous
and are not always as a result of doing heavy lifting. Whether you are a mother
who is constantly lifting your children, a furniture mover who is lifting heavy objects
all day or an office worker; everyone should consider starting their day by doing a
few easy stretching exercises to loosen up their muscles for the day.
In order to avoid a lifetime of chronic muscle pain, there are five simple rules that
you can follow:
• Always bend your knees and keep your back straight when lifting objects off
the floor.
• Keep the object that you are lifting as close to your body as possible.
• Whenever the object is heavy, go down on one or both knees.
• Always maintain balance and control throughout the lift.
• Do proper stretching or warm up exercises before periods of extended lifting.
Muscle pain is not caused by just one lift. Improper lifting practices over a period of
time causes a series of events that lead up to muscle pain. With 80% of the
population experiencing some sort of muscle pain, it is a quite clear that most people
are not using proper lifting techniques and/or doing warm up exercises and
stretching.
By practicing proper lifting techniques and doing exercises, you can maintain a
healthy lifestyle and enjoy a body that is free from pain. In order to stay healthy or
improve strength, it is not necessary to do an hour of exercise each day. All you
need to do is to learn how to strengthen and stretch large core muscles, as well as
workout to keep your posture in proper alignment.
At “SHAPES ‘R IN, LLC.”, we have all the resources and cutting edge exercise
techniques that you will need to help improve your mobility and balance. Building a
healthy and pain free body should be the goal of anyone already in pain or wanting
to prevent pain. Let us help you to achieve your goal at “SHAPES ‘R IN, LLC.”
Jose Fuentes/CSCS/President/Writer-Author
IFPA Master Trainer Certified
Sports Nutrition Certified
Weight Management Instructor Certified
Human Movement Science Specialist
Kinetic Chain Assessment Specialist
www.shapesrin.com
NEWSLETTER of October 2009
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