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Posted 1/2/2014 8:14 PM (GMT 0)
Hope everyone has had a great New Year and Xmas...I haven't been on here for a while, as have been so busy with family...Which is a good thing

I wanted to know, what type of stretches everyone does to help their stiffness? Do you just do your own ones or are these recommended by a doc / PT? I do what I think is right, but not sure where to start really...My neck is very troublesome at moment and I feel I need to do some stretches to loosen up as im seizing up a bit :o(
Posted 1/2/2014 9:34 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Wackers , you will find some gentle stretches in fibro 101 on the top of the page...#9.

I do some gentle stretching for my lower back that I've learned going to PT and also upper body stretches.
Each morning I put all my joints through a range of motion starting from my neck right down to my toes. It's my way of getting the kinks out :)

Go online and do a search for gentle stretching... Gentle is the key word...you don't want to force a stretch. Start out slow...I'm not flexible by any means but if I didn't do the daily stretching I'd be like the Tin Man fron the Wizard of OZ.

Good Luck to you!
Hugs, Robin
Posted 1/2/2014 9:51 PM (GMT 0)
I make up a lot of my stretches, too. Whatever is stiff, I stretch...very gently.

BUT, I did learn good neck stretches in physical therapy last year. You look straight ahead and then bring your head down. Then turn and raise your head to the right...so you are looking over your shoulder. I would stretch that as far as I could without causing pain. Then you do the same thing for the left side. By doing this, I got more range of motion in my neck and it's good when I'm driving, too. I used to have to turn my whole body in the seat to check the "blind spot" when changing lanes. Now, I only have to turn my much looser neck. Hope this helps you.

Sherrine
Posted 1/3/2014 3:48 PM (GMT 0)
ah yes I forgot about Fibro 101 stretch advice - thanks!

Tin man from the Wizard of Oz describes it so well - that did make me chuckle...Thanks Sherrine, Il try that one
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