#1 Posture Secret To Fix TIGHT Hamstrings & Lower Back Pain

[@mattc825]

I love how you give us “the why” instead of just recommending the stretches. This content is a MUST SEE for anyone!! 🙏 Thank you

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

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[@ColbyCadwell]

Havent even watched yet but after battling AS for the past 20 years with 2 hour daily stretching, i cannot believe i never came across the “good morning” stretch from one of ur vids before. Its been lifesaving for me thus far.

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

So glad you found my content helpful. Thank you so much for subscribing, it means a lot to me. I hope you get to feeling 100% soon!

[@omidbahramzadegan8310]

Knowing Ester Gokhale, I immediately realized that you know what you're talking about. And it was way more comprehensible being able to watch you, than it is to read a book. Truly appreciate you sharing your knowlegdge.

[@michaelsaba7870]

I love your show because it’s so real and easy to follow and understand the anatomical and nerve information you’re sharing especially with the pictures!

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

I really appreciate your comment. Each of those things you mention are things I hope to deliver. 🙏🏼

[@kens.3637]

Your instructional videos are amazing. This one should be required watching for everyone. What is especially incredible to me is that I have experienced significant improvement in my SI and leg pain in only two days of changing my sitting posture! Your presentations are so clear and easy to follow. Thank you.

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

Thank you so much for your feedback. I truly appreciate it. 🙏🏼

[@bgs5374]

Hi, living in Paris, I'd love to know who your expert is !

[@Thatsdax]

My brother 🙏🏾🗣️ YESSIR! Appreciate you

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

Thanks for all your positivity Dax! 🙏🏼

[@c.j.9141]

Thank you for such powerful suggestions. I put a lumbar pillow on the seat instead of a wedge, and used the hinge technique when sitting down. Boom! Right on my sit bones, proper alignment, knees tilting down slightly. Amazing!!! Won't need that lumbar pillow behind my back anymore, because I am not leaning back against the seat.

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

You are very welcome. Glad it was helpful.

[@ds61821]

Thanks. I gave your pdf of this to my DC today at my visit. He likes it too.

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

That is so great to hear! Glad you found my content helpful.

[@JasperHill-Bennett]

Do you have any tips for driving long distances? Thank you

[@davebetler8230]

Yes, that's my question too since driving is where I sit most.

[@Robot007]

Thank you for another wonderful and easy to understand video Dr. Pedersen. Keep up the great job! 🎉

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

Thank you! I really appreciate your support. 🙏🏼

[@madhurighodke3483]

Thanks for all the amazing videos. Lots of Blessings !!

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

Thank you so much!🙏🏼

[@pennythorne]

Thank you so much! I’ve had low back pain and tight hamstrings for a very long time.

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

You're so welcome! Glad you found my content helpful.

[@dreamervanroom]

I looked for a hamstrings playlist. It would be nice if you mention if any of the hamstring exercises are good or bad for the knees. Thanks.

[@fredvanbeek4863]

I loved and understand this video. Tweaking sitting area in office, dining and even car I see as very feasible. However I find difficulty to sit correctly on the couch or lazy chair in the family room, where we actually spend a lot of time. With this knowledge or conscience I can get a better position in the relaxing furniture than before, but it seems to me that such furniture is never optimal? How can we improve on lazy furniture? Ps, I love spending time in a hammock. I think it is not bad at all, even good for my back? Do you agree?

[@PeterMunday-eh6kw]

How is it I've never been taught how to sit correctly? Thank you so much for passing on this simple and vital piece of information. Love your presentation and sharing it with those I know who are interested - which really means everyone!!

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

I felt exactly the same way when I learned this material. I couldn’t believe that in four year of chiropractic school no one had taught us had a sit properly. I’m glad that my video resonated with you.

[@Rokia2003]

The way this video showed up at the perfect time!

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

I love it! 🙏🏼

[@lovetoride9646]

Thank you, thank you!

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

I’m glad you are getting value from my videos.

[@danhorvat1481]

God. This is brilliant. Weightless indeed, and suddenly I'm sitting up straight effortlessly after slouching for 40+ years. Pressure gone.

[@julianpaik-g8n]

thanks so much for this...just curious,,,any opinion on those kneeling chairs? thanks!

[@iloveureallytho]

Amazing content!! Thanks so much!!

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

Glad you found it helpful. Thank you for watching.🙏🏼

[@ech8162]

Thanks for a great video! I also have watched the video for neck pain and it is excellent as well. Do you have suggestions for sitting on sofas or recliners while relaxing or watching tv. I use my exercise ball sometimes.

[@purpleseven5470]

Driving my car, gives me extreme pain in my right glue or hip flexors somewhere in that area. My car and working at my desk is giving me so much discomfort. Please thank you for all of your videos.

[@robertherrera955]

Appreciate your informative video. In my sixties and hamstrings tight all the time. Like almost a year. Trying your way how long does it take to see results usually. Can one add another method to this to see faster improvements. Thanks.

[@GLohith-jg4ot]

Sir We can do gym or running or any spot activity with si join pain & gluteus medius muscle pain ?

[@henrytoussant9385]

I agree this is the way one should sit. However, when I try to sit like this, my upper back muscles start fatiguing after a few minutes. What to do?

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

That is not uncommon. I think that this video might give you some further insight on how to handle the upper half of the torso. Back Pain Solution: Ending Bad Sitting Posture kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHPFZH-GqpqEf5I

[@Chelsi-o8e]

helpful , thank you please guide also about upper torso posture

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

I’m glad you liked it. You might find this video helpful for more information on the upper torso posture. Back Pain Solution: Ending Bad Sitting Posture kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHPFZH-GqpqEf5I

[@hughgeiger9353]

Any comments about posture (stance) in high level downhill skiing (eg Masters racing). My understanding is that a more ideal hip position is to tip hips back - opposite of what you are recommending.

[@Imstarshine]

Would you consider doing a video on Thoracic Scoliosis? Excellent advice in your videos, thank you.. So glad i found this channel. From extensive experience of doing the wrong things and following generic exercise handouts i know for an absolute fact that this Gentleman knows what he is talking about. Following a yoga injury to my foot and ankle i hopped about in a boot the hospital gave me for 1 year without a diagnosis. They didnt know what was wrong so i was passed about the MSK team. Everytime i seen someone different they would put me through a range of motion test. After which i couldnt walk for 3 days. On the ninth time in two months i refused to do anymore motion tests. I paid privately for an osteopath too. A lot of money in total. Did it fix it? Nope, "go home, walk about as much as possible". Or "stay in bed, heres some weak diazepam and tramadol". In the end one morning upon waking and trying to get out of bed i heard a loud snap and felt a warm rush of liquid in my back. My L4/L5 had burst open. They had to kick my door down to get me to the hospital. I was screaming and my legs were forced to my face by spasm. MRI? NO, thats too much trouble and expense. "Go home and walk around as much as possible". Next visit to the hospital in extreme pain. Family member threatened to sue. They gave an mri and said i need an emergency operation. "Almost complete spinal canal obliteration". Now i still have problems and L5 nerve root damage from the operation. Ive been around the world talking to all sorts of back treatment people. That was the price i paid to be able to know for a fact, this guy knows his stuff. Oh and by the way, 10 years after all my back trouble they tell me i have thoracic Scoliosis. And that ive always had it. After all the people i seen and people i paid you'd think I would already have known! Nope

[@peace8096]

Check out the Spinalogy Clinic (it's in Pune City, Maharashtra, India)

[@loumonte658]

Masterful explanation. Similar to the Alexander technique.

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

Thank you for your kind words. Yes, there are many similarities to Alexander technique. Alexander technique is amazing.

[@nancyyacoub9513]

Theses are amazing videos. Can u explain how to protect your knees in the sitting position.

[@denisethor]

Omg! This will help me instruct my horse riders! I always say sit on your seat bones to help with that thighs position 👏👏wow

[@lbazemore585]

This is why I like my ball-chair!

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

Absolutely!👍🏼

[@barygol]

What if I have anterior pelvic tilt that also makes my spine to have bigger curves? Will this increase that tilt? If i do it I feel my hip flexors with tension and feel kind of pain in my lower back

[@Nah481]

It's a shame that most modern chairs don't have the option of tilting the seat pan. They still have the audacity of calling themselves ergonomic when that is just not true! More than the seat tilting Ford you also need the sidearms to move inwards and be able to rotate to support your arms as you are typing. I'm an architectural designer so I have some experience with this. It would be nice if there was a minimum requirement of features for a chair to be able to call itself ergonomic. These days it's a term that is loosely thrown around for just about any chair that goes up and down.

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

I completely agree with you.

[@GarretDuffy]

You said to lock the seat pan down. But if the seat back and (forward-sloping) seat pan move together, is that not OK? I can see a problem if the seat pan and seat back moved independently of one another... I guess I don't understand your statement.

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

Yours is a good question. The important thing is to lock the seat pan so that the surface that you are sitting on is stable. When you are sitting properly, the back to the chair becomes almost irrelevant, but the back to the chair should be locked. If for some reason, the locking of your seat pan with it sloped as far forward as possible means that the back of your chair is now pushing you forward, then you could unlock the back of your chair or lock it in a different position. I hope that makes sense.

[@GarretDuffy]

@@PositiveMotionChiro Thank you so much for this additional information. Seat pan locked! I've been practicing your exercises and somatic movements (thanks to @LearnSomatics) and the combination of both of your content has greatly helped me recover from my SI joint pain.

[@TheZenYuzu]

Great video. So.. I actually have a Herman Miller aeron chair. Can you show me how to use it ultimately? 😅

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

100%. That is a great chair! You look the seat pan. Tip the seat pan as far sloping forward as possible. And move the arm rests low enough so they allow your elbows to hang directly at your side. And height should be so your feet can rest flat on the ground. Utilize those tips with what is taught in this video and give it a try. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@stenefy]

Do you have a recommendation for a firm wedge cushion?

[@RebekahGood]

With my low back pain and SI joint pain sometimes those sit bones hurt when I sit on them..I may be sitting too long at that and hard seats hurt more when I sit..I do have bad posture though which could be stressed induced though. Thanks for your videos

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

I find that when someone has sat incorrectly for most of their life that when they do start to sit like I discuss in this video that their sit bones are tender or get uncomfortable after a bit. I also find that as they continue to practice sitting this way that those bones get to be less and less painful until they don’t hurt at all. It is almost like building up, calluses on our hands when we start getting out in the garden in spring.

[@AeceDece]

What if someone has grade 1 spondylolisthesis?

[@ColbyCadwell]

Dang. I was hoping hed show while driving a car.

[@RebekahGood]

Also out of curiosity...what can you tell me about mild disc space tearing at L5-S1. I had an xray and that was a finding...not sure how much of a tear but seems like it takes very little to cause back pain

[@tahoeguy1743]

It would be really helpful to see you or someone else do this shirtless and from several angles shirtless so we can actually see your back curve and muscles and belly. This would also be able to see your breathing while in this seated position and where your breath is going. I can only assume your breath is going into your belly?? You say you can just relax in this position but obviously some upper back/shoulder muscles must be working to keep your shoulders from slouching forward and neck/head straight and high... So again being able to see someone take this seated posture shirtless would be super helpful. Thanks for all your videos and content.

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

That is a great suggestion. There is nothing like seeing the actual anatomy that we are discussing. I will kick it up a notch in the gym and see if we can’t do a reboot.

[@iloveureallytho]

Anyone else distracted by the skeleton wearing the hat? haha!!

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

😂

[@norbertrosenpek3884]

How to sit in a car chair to keep the right position?

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

Tip the seat pan as far forward as possible or get a sloped seat cushion and slope it forward. Get into anterior pelvic tilt as much as possible.

[@timphelan6679]

Spoiler: sit up straight. Saved you 12 minutes.

[@PositiveMotionChiro]

Sitting up straight can happen one of two ways. Option #1: you can utilize your phasic muscles and you will look good will you work at it and as long as you don’t fatigue. It is what everyone has been taught and it doesn’t work long term. If it did everyone would have perfect posture. Option #2 is to learn how to position your bones correctly when sitting to allow the weight of your body to be held up by your skeleton versus your muscles “muscling it.” They both look the same but the feeling and the long term results couldn’t be more different. That is what this video teaches… not just sitting up straight.

[@LeroyMichael-rz6ni]

Hoping to heal soon

[@bg147]

I can't believe you broke your coccyx off. Ouch!

[@zdt6]

All the difference...! Basically jutt your Butt out as you sit.

[@ColbyCadwell]

Havent even watched yet but after battling AS for the past 20 years with 2 hour daily stretching, i cannot believe i never came across the “good morning” stretch from one of ur vids before. Its been lifesaving for me thus far.