Low Back Pain Exercises (Our Favorite Brain Training Strategies - Part 4!)
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2022
- Continuing our series on the low back, it’s time to add in some eye movements. Since the eyes are intimately connected to our neuropostural control systems, they are constantly influencing muscular activity around the spine. As such, the visual system can be a great training and therapy target for people experiencing pain or movement dysfunction in the low back.
In this video, we use convergence and divergence drills with the eyes to target different types of muscle tone throughout the body. With a few tests and a little knowledge of anatomy, you can begin to figure out which eye movements are most likely to help your clients get the best results for their back!
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Video Highlights:
- Learning about convergence and divergence
- Muscle tone pathways in the brainstem
- Recommendations for frequency and volume of training
I felt an immediate "release" of some tension/discomfort on the left lateral side of my lower back during the extension with left side rotation test. Very nice video.
Great to hear!
Thank you for generously sharing this information. Can these exercises help with spinal stenosis? Or, do you have any you recommend for this condition?
Thank you very much for these exercises. It worked for me immediately. I work many hours on the computer every day. It's very difficult for me to extend my neck. After 20 repetitions my neck feels so soft! I would like to ask if there is an eye exercise that improves the rotation or the side bend of the body/neck or both of them.
Very happy to hear that you had a good result. They can be remarkably helpful for neck issues. With regards to side-bending, the visual system definitely is involved but there are no "general" exercises that we can easily recommend as it's a bit more complicated. One thing you can try is to perform the same exercises on this video but with your head and neck "pre-set" into a slight lateral bend. You may find that either convergence or divergence work in that position improves the lateral bending movement. Good luck!
Thank you very much for the answer. I am very curious to try what you have me suggested. I will give you a feedback.
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Hope you found it useful!
In my chiropractic office, I test my patients during their first visit examination eyes open/eyes closed. Do you thinks it's sufficient to uncover neuro-muscular pain related to convergence/divergence issues ? Thanks for the informations on the F/E° patterns ;)
Great question. While eyes open/closed may help with some differentiation of issues it probably is not fully sufficient for looking at convergence/divergence issues. I would recommend that you incorporate these into your exams. Glad you found the F/E info helpful!
@@ZHealthPerformance Allright, thank you very much for your reply :)