You Don’t Have To Live With A Stiff Neck & Tight Shoulders! In my 20+ years of private fitness and Pilates training the... More > biggest complaints I hear from my clients is chronic back and neck pain. For most people it’s not so acute that they really want to do anything about it. They just live with low level pain all the time and avoid activities which make things worse. The problem is that most of our day to day activities aggravate the neck and shoulders. Working at a desk; talking on the phone; operating a computer, Blackberry, or iPhone; driving; and even cooking, cleaning, and shopping can all tighten your chest, neck, and shoulders. Luckily there are some simple things you can do every day to help relieve this forward tension pattern. < Less

Chronic back pain signals a muscular and postural imbalance that can get worse and that can leave you open to a greater... More > injury and possibly the need for spine surgery. And these imbalances don't simply affect your back, but can cause imbalance and injury to your other joints leaving you with aching hips, knees, ankles, toes, shoulders, and elbows. Most of us have heard that we need to strengthen our abs to help our backs, or strengthen our core, but when I ask my clients what that means most of them have no idea. Even the classical abdominal and back strengthening exercises such as crunches and superman extensions will make your pain worse if they are not done correctly. Just 6 simple exercises used morning and evening for 21 days and your back will feel much better! Thousands of Lynda's Pilates and fitness training clients have successfully eliminated chronic back pain using this simple program. < Less

You Don’t Have To Live With A Stiff Neck & Tight Shoulders!

In my 20+ years of private fitness and Pilates training the... More > biggest complaints I hear from my clients is chronic back and neck pain. For most people it’s not so acute that they really want to do anything about it. They just live with low level pain all the time and avoid activities which make things worse.

The problem is that most of our day to day activities aggravate the neck and shoulders. Working at a desk; talking on the phone; operating a computer, Blackberry, or iPhone; driving; and even cooking, cleaning, and shopping can all tighten your chest, neck, and shoulders. Luckily there are some simple things you can do every day to help relieve this forward tension pattern. < Less

Chronic back pain signals a muscular and postural imbalance that can get worse and that can leave you open to a greater... More > injury and possibly the need for spine surgery. And these imbalances don’t simply affect your back, but can cause imbalance and injury to your other joints leaving you with aching hips, knees, ankles, toes, shoulders, and elbows.

Most of us have heard that we need to strengthen our abs to help our backs, or strengthen our core, but when I ask my clients what that means most of them have no idea. Even the classical abdominal and back strengthening exercises such as crunches and superman extensions will make your pain worse if they are not done correctly.

Just 6 simple exercises used morning and evening for 21 days and your back will feel much better! Thousands of Lynda's Pilates and fitness training clients have successfully eliminated chronic back pain using this simple program. < Less