Posture Transitions | How To Move Safely From Standing Posture To The Floor

[@michiganhay7844]

A great video for me as I sleep on the floor so getting on and up off the floor is always important on how to do it properly thank you very much

[@jackboxer7537]

Fantastic video, as usual! I am very tempted to take your course. Edit: My hesitation stems from some of your methods seeming not to apply to overweight and non-morbidly obese. For example, in your classic "how to sit in neutral posture" video, your method for determining a "straight" back involves feeling the ridges of the spine; at BMI of 33, I don't feel those ridges until I'm bent forward nearly 90 degrees.

[@OlivierGirard]

Hey dear! Thanks a lot for the feedback: it made me think a lot. Definitely, I think you have a point there, which brings a massive question to the surface: should posture adapt to overweight or should overweight adapt to posture? Don't answer, just read it once more... Now, visualize your spine. The structures don't change due to superficial layers (muscles, fat or anything else). So if I correct the angles due to another weight distribution, in the end something will end up on the cartilage. So indeed, I think that the right answer is: - posture is of course individual (we're not all 100% the same) but the principles, if well understood, will apply to us all; - each one of us will be able to implement part of it, whilst the rest won't be implemented / implementable. For the latter, our fallback position should be: what can I do to compensate the "unpreventable damage"? To do this, I give plenty of exercises in the program as well as on the channel. That's why I have my YT: you guys force me to think... and for that, I thank you very much!

[@jackboxer7537]

@@OlivierGirard Thank you for your thoughtful reply! I just purchased your book and am eager to dive in.

[@orbandenisa5131]

Hello. After some neck exercises I followed on KZbin, two hours after them I started having pain in my left armpit that radiated sometimes to the side of the back and a bit to the breast. Two weeks after, I still have this. It doesn't always hurt and it hurts with pressure (both hand pressure, when i keep my hands close to my side and from the seam of some shirts) and with some movements sometimes. When I lay on my back the armpit area feels tensed.

[@OlivierGirard]

Hey dear... not too sure about which pain you feel but I have a guess. Can you check out this stretch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKSwYqJmbb5krpY If that's not the pain you mean, look at this website to see if you can identify it: www.triggerpoints.net. Post your answer and I'll do my best to help :)

[@orbandenisa5131]

@@OlivierGirard I think the Serratus Anterior. I have a bad posture for some years already (round shoulders, neck hump, neck and shoulders pain) and the pain I tried to describe Above matches the areas in the video perfectly (armpit, inside the arm, and a bit to the chest, and also towards the back). And since this pain appeard I can't fully lift that arm above my head. Only up to a specific point.

[@irunfromcomp4865]

Would it be helpful for my TOS to lay flat on my back on floor?

[@OlivierGirard]

It's never a idea... but don't expect a revolution from just that 😀. Have you watched this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5KYqJ6Co8loaqsfeature=shared ?

[@whowantsusernames]

Is this safe for people suffering from si joint instability?

[@OlivierGirard]

When a joint is unstable, you should minimize the strain on it. Unlike many people think, strain does not come from moving but from moving improperly (i.e. bad mechanics - cf the picture on the video cover - or too fast). That's why my advice is that you move both as slowly and as relaxed as you can: this is the best test to make sure the movement is healthy. Makes sense?

[@whowantsusernames]

@OlivierGirard Yes, it does. Thank you! I will give this a try.

[@solidfuel0]

But I have dics l5s1. This will kill me

[@OlivierGirard]

everybody has discs between L5-S1. You probably mean you have a disc hernia. If so, you need to understand that a hernia is not a lifetime sentence. You just need to do the necessary work to resolve it. As it isn't easy nor well taught out there, I have published a free protocol here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJO5Y6ZppJWJpbM. Take your time, go step by step: it's a slow process.