1. How is yours compared to the top 5 low back pain books on amazon.com? have you read them? others you would recommend and why?
- I have heard good things about The Gokhale Method. My honest opinion is that you can't learn very well from a book. Much more effective to use videos. That being said I would look into things like basic qi gong or basic Tai Chi in addition to your Foundation workouts. This is a very new and important idea in health, the others are pretty repetitious and not as effective in the long term.
2. My low back muscles went super tight to protect my L3-5 all slightly crushed and haven't loosened at all until your exercises. I'm standing with little pain for the first time in over 20 years! Women have walked up and said- wow, your taLL, nice posture!! THANK You back needs more stretching:) Your stuff is stregthening them. any specific stretchs? i've started yoga.
I like that you are doing yoga, i think the breathing exercises and the calming effects will be good for your expected physical anxiety in movements. Its pretty scary what you went through, be understanding with your bodies natural fear, but also know that the body is an extraordinary self healing mechanism and you have a different body and mind than you did after the accident. I think yoga and other relaxation techniques will be useful, but they should all involve breathing work and movement.
3. It's difficult to see where legs and hips should be in the floor legs crossed video. could you make another? show founder with a tight shirt wearing guy?
We are going to be releasing several, very detailed videos as full length DVDs, when these come out they should leave nothing unlearned. They will start coming out before the end of the year.
4. What is a way- motivation, good self talk to have when I'm doing these? The Fear memory- Tightness is intense especially on the floor exercises, but feels better after.
When people use the exercises to relax, they do every movement on a slow/deep breath. In fact a good way to get past the anxiety is to only move while you breath. So each step of the Founder, or any other exercise for that matter is done on a long, slow breath. Other than that all I can say is that this is the way your body is structurally designed to move, if you stay within these guidelines and slowly learn the specifics of each exercises you and your body will thrive. Take your time, it should be a lifelong process.
Eric
