The following program is designed to 00:00:02.19\00:00:03.70 demonstrate simple workouts that you 00:00:03.73\00:00:05.26 can use to improve your health. 00:00:05.29\00:00:06.87 Be sure to consult your physician before 00:00:08.84\00:00:10.58 beginning any exercise program. 00:00:10.61\00:00:12.35 Neck pain effects many people, 00:00:14.09\00:00:15.92 we're gonna learn more about it by how it works? 00:00:16.40\00:00:19.01 What muscles are involved 00:00:19.05\00:00:20.24 and what you can do to correct it. 00:00:20.27\00:00:21.88 Find out next on Body and Spirit. 00:00:21.91\00:00:24.28 Hello, I am Dick Nunez Wellness Director 00:00:50.49\00:00:52.41 of the Black Hills Health and Education Center. 00:00:52.44\00:00:54.17 Welcome to Body and Spirit. 00:00:54.20\00:00:55.74 We were heard the term pain in the neck. 00:00:56.81\00:00:58.44 Well unfortunately for lot of people 00:00:58.93\00:01:01.05 it's more then just little saying. 00:01:01.26\00:01:02.72 It's a reality, everyday of their life 00:01:02.75\00:01:05.10 spend in great discomfort. 00:01:05.45\00:01:06.95 Just moving their head or doing simple things 00:01:07.23\00:01:09.00 it's very uncomfortable, 00:01:09.03\00:01:10.60 but there are things we can do for our neck 00:01:10.63\00:01:12.54 and we're gonna learn more about 00:01:12.77\00:01:13.78 the anatomy of the neck 00:01:13.81\00:01:14.90 and what we can do to help it. 00:01:14.93\00:01:16.32 I think we're ready to get into our exercises program. 00:01:16.57\00:01:18.64 Helping me out today will be Omar Mascara 00:01:18.87\00:01:20.97 from the Black Hills Health and Education Center, 00:01:21.18\00:01:23.40 where he is the massage therapist and Alex Hines 00:01:23.43\00:01:25.94 the physical therapist from Wenatchee, Washington. 00:01:25.97\00:01:28.64 Alright, guys we're gonna lose up, 00:01:30.05\00:01:32.39 loosen up a little bit. 00:01:32.42\00:01:33.43 Let's gonna move our arms nice and gentle. 00:01:33.71\00:01:35.64 We're assuming that somebody 00:01:36.03\00:01:37.13 might have neck problems 00:01:37.16\00:01:38.32 and not gonna be able to move their arms 00:01:38.57\00:01:40.08 way up overhead. 00:01:40.11\00:01:41.08 Let's gonna keep our movement 00:01:41.35\00:01:42.80 just a little bit less, 00:01:42.83\00:01:44.02 less motion this time. 00:01:44.05\00:01:45.57 Okay and let's go back the other direction 00:01:49.09\00:01:51.05 and since we're gonna focus in on the neck, 00:01:56.70\00:01:58.80 we're gonna get right into that particular 00:01:58.83\00:02:00.71 aspect of our training to make sure 00:02:00.74\00:02:02.37 we maximize the time, but before we do that 00:02:02.75\00:02:06.16 I wanna bring Alex up here 00:02:06.19\00:02:07.78 and I want you have turn around. 00:02:08.14\00:02:09.35 So, your back is to the camera 00:02:09.78\00:02:11.29 and we're gonna do just a quick anatomy lesson. 00:02:11.32\00:02:13.36 Up here as what's called occipital protuberance 00:02:14.88\00:02:16.93 of the skull and coming down from here 00:02:16.96\00:02:19.34 there is a big muscle called the trapezius, 00:02:19.52\00:02:21.17 which comes on down and forms like a bog diamond 00:02:21.20\00:02:23.87 and goes all way down to T12 in the spine. 00:02:23.90\00:02:27.22 But along with that another muscle that really 00:02:27.60\00:02:29.35 causes lot of problems 00:02:29.38\00:02:30.88 are levator scapulae they startup here 00:02:31.11\00:02:33.31 from C1-4 and they come down into the 00:02:33.59\00:02:36.70 superior angle of the scapula and lot of times 00:02:36.73\00:02:39.56 when you have somebody with lot of pain. 00:02:39.59\00:02:41.06 If you simply push on the origin of 00:02:41.09\00:02:42.83 the levator scapulae, they will feel pain there 00:02:42.86\00:02:45.92 or if you go into the insertion aspect 00:02:46.24\00:02:47.92 they do that. Another area the massage 00:02:47.95\00:02:49.87 therapist find, they work on lot is 00:02:49.90\00:02:51.82 what they called the scalenes, 00:02:51.85\00:02:52.82 which your muscle right in 00:02:52.83\00:02:53.92 among the vertebral column 00:02:53.95\00:02:55.49 and so the whole area through here 00:02:55.88\00:02:57.62 is a brachial plexus and it's very 00:02:57.65\00:02:59.56 vast network of nerves 00:03:00.10\00:03:01.54 and muscle that comes on down through. 00:03:01.75\00:03:03.65 In fact, I actually had impingement cut off 00:03:04.06\00:03:07.45 90 percent my strength on my right arm overnight 00:03:07.48\00:03:09.85 and lost that for about 10 years. 00:03:10.26\00:03:11.99 Hence because I had cramping up 00:03:12.23\00:03:14.51 levator scapulae, it knotted up. 00:03:14.54\00:03:16.09 It put pressure on the axillary nerve 00:03:16.30\00:03:18.31 and I last my triceps. 00:03:18.67\00:03:20.37 I last part of my pack 00:03:20.50\00:03:21.63 and it was just a terrible ideal. 00:03:21.66\00:03:23.27 So, I'm very aware of what a sore neck can do. 00:03:23.58\00:03:26.67 In fact when I played football, 00:03:26.96\00:03:28.41 I actually chipped the seven cervical vertebrae 00:03:28.44\00:03:30.72 and I was given an opportunity 00:03:30.75\00:03:32.33 to be either to have surgery 00:03:32.36\00:03:33.60 with no guarantees of playing again 00:03:33.63\00:03:35.19 or just give a football. For the choice was easy, 00:03:35.22\00:03:37.34 I give up football. 00:03:37.37\00:03:38.34 Not different, not gonna get to hands. 00:03:38.35\00:03:39.78 Yeah, so we're gonna loosen up our neck now 00:03:40.75\00:03:42.84 by just doing some easy rotation down here 00:03:42.87\00:03:45.24 and we keep our head right down in this area. 00:03:45.69\00:03:47.73 Just back and forth 00:03:49.57\00:03:50.75 and if you have problems with this, 00:03:53.36\00:03:54.90 just do whatever motion you can. 00:03:55.69\00:03:57.49 Some of the things we're gonna do here; 00:03:58.21\00:03:59.39 you might not be able to do. 00:03:59.42\00:04:00.77 But hopefully little bit a time 00:04:01.40\00:04:03.74 you get better and better. 00:04:04.22\00:04:05.19 For those at home, we'll like a specific 00:04:05.53\00:04:08.07 workout for the neck. You might wanna think 00:04:08.10\00:04:10.42 about calling 3ABN to get a copy of this particular 00:04:10.45\00:04:12.72 program for neck training. 00:04:12.75\00:04:14.86 To often, I get phone calls with people 00:04:15.64\00:04:17.31 saying you remember what you did on that program 00:04:17.34\00:04:19.23 way back when and I've tell you, no I don't remember. 00:04:19.38\00:04:22.28 So, if you really want something for neck training 00:04:22.60\00:04:24.76 this is gonna be a good one to go after. 00:04:24.79\00:04:26.34 Okay, now what we're gonna do is, 00:04:26.97\00:04:28.77 we're gonna just turn our head to the side and turn. 00:04:28.80\00:04:32.28 We're just gonna stretch the neck 00:04:32.31\00:04:34.05 and back the other way 00:04:34.85\00:04:36.05 and back and back and over again. 00:04:38.59\00:04:45.93 Okay, let's go look up now and stretch back 00:04:47.41\00:04:50.47 and let's see down, let's look up and down, 00:04:51.97\00:04:58.39 and up and down, and up and down. 00:05:00.09\00:05:08.45 Now, we're gonna do little isometric exercise 00:05:09.23\00:05:11.27 on our head, so in another words, 00:05:11.30\00:05:13.06 we're gonna put resistance against it. 00:05:13.09\00:05:14.87 But we're not going to move it, 00:05:14.90\00:05:16.48 so we're gonna keep it steady. 00:05:16.73\00:05:17.91 So, we're gonna put our hand, right hand up 00:05:17.94\00:05:20.00 and just push against our head and hold it tight. 00:05:20.35\00:05:23.31 We're gonna hold that for 10 seconds. 00:05:23.88\00:05:25.65 Okay, let's go the other way now, 00:05:30.60\00:05:32.15 push against it and hold for 10 seconds 00:05:32.87\00:05:36.90 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 00:05:37.44\00:05:45.94 Now, let's take both hands, 00:05:46.14\00:05:47.25 we're gonna hold it back of our head and push back 00:05:47.28\00:05:49.97 and then we're gonna hold it in one spot 00:05:50.00\00:05:51.60 and we're gonna hold for 10 seconds 00:05:52.27\00:05:53.97 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Okay, 00:05:54.28\00:06:04.32 now we're gonna go front 00:06:04.35\00:06:05.44 put our hands up on our forehead. 00:06:05.65\00:06:07.43 Push forward and hold 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 00:06:08.08\00:06:18.76 and 10. Okay, Omar 00:06:18.79\00:06:21.10 could you get our towels first please. Yes. 00:06:21.13\00:06:23.36 When we use our towels as a training 00:06:27.89\00:06:29.82 device here for the neck and we're gonna start 00:06:29.85\00:06:32.14 by doing it a lot way side to side, 00:06:32.17\00:06:34.42 so Alex I want to go and put the towel up there 00:06:34.45\00:06:36.48 and give us a little demonstration. 00:06:36.51\00:06:37.75 Just gonna rapid around in there. Okay, 00:06:38.75\00:06:41.65 we're gonna look side to side like that. Okay, 00:06:41.68\00:06:44.25 we're ready, let's go the other side there Omar. 00:06:44.28\00:06:46.14 Okay, alright and let's go ahead and do it, 00:06:48.23\00:06:52.78 back and forth and I want you do 20 each way. 00:06:53.51\00:06:55.71 Good, you using the towel as your resistance 00:06:58.85\00:07:00.91 and just as we often do on the program 00:07:01.68\00:07:03.57 you determine how hard you work, 00:07:03.60\00:07:05.24 if you really hold on to a tight. 00:07:05.64\00:07:07.12 You will get more out of it, 00:07:07.59\00:07:09.41 if you need to go little softer 00:07:09.84\00:07:11.74 then keep yourself at your own pace. 00:07:11.77\00:07:13.91 Okay, how many we have done there? 00:07:16.24\00:07:17.42 Nine Okay, you feeling that Omar. 00:07:17.45\00:07:21.27 Oh! Yes, it's good. Okay, 00:07:21.30\00:07:23.37 both Omar as a massage therapist 00:07:26.92\00:07:29.54 and Alex as a physical therapist, 00:07:29.74\00:07:31.91 spend lot of time helping people with sore necks 00:07:31.95\00:07:34.36 and they see a lot of problem with the trapezius 00:07:35.04\00:07:37.36 and the various scapulae muscles and 00:07:37.39\00:07:39.41 also of the scalenes. 00:07:39.44\00:07:40.70 Okay, where we're at now? 00:07:41.78\00:07:42.78 20. Okay, let's go and switch the other side. 00:07:43.45\00:07:45.68 Okay, let's go ahead and do it. 00:07:51.02\00:07:52.32 Often times, when I meet people out there, 00:07:55.61\00:07:57.69 who watch Body and Spirit. 00:07:57.72\00:07:59.19 They always time me it's amazing how many exercises 00:07:59.71\00:08:02.28 you can do with the towel and how diversified it is, 00:08:02.38\00:08:06.18 as far as exercise program. 00:08:06.64\00:08:08.18 Okay good and as you do it try and keep 00:08:13.89\00:08:17.79 your shoulders nice and square there Omar. 00:08:17.82\00:08:19.47 There you go, that's better, 00:08:19.50\00:08:20.75 good, where we had there Alex? Fifteen 00:08:21.67\00:08:28.14 And 16 and 17 and 18, 2 more 19 and 20. 00:08:28.40\00:08:37.51 Okay, let's do the rear now, 00:08:37.54\00:08:38.79 okay. 00:08:42.79\00:08:43.76 I remember as a young football player, 00:08:48.55\00:08:50.28 we always had to do a lot of neck exercise, 00:08:50.31\00:08:52.31 it's interesting though Alex, 00:08:53.51\00:08:54.75 as how many neck exercises I did. 00:08:54.78\00:08:56.66 It didn't prevent that chip vertebrae. 00:08:57.13\00:08:59.03 Good, do it steady with the movement try 00:09:03.35\00:09:06.37 and keep your shoulders squared. 00:09:06.40\00:09:08.21 Just try and focus on using your neck as you do this 00:09:08.24\00:09:10.59 and for you at home do it at your own pace 00:09:12.91\00:09:15.54 and pull through hard. Just get yourself started, 00:09:17.04\00:09:19.75 the main thing as we had get movement going. 00:09:19.78\00:09:21.76 Because as we get movement going through an area. 00:09:21.91\00:09:23.84 Okay good, 00:09:25.83\00:09:29.79 okay let's do front now. 00:09:29.82\00:09:31.00 As we get movement going through an area 00:09:33.43\00:09:34.84 we enhance the healing process, 00:09:34.87\00:09:37.03 it brings an oxygenated blood. 00:09:38.63\00:09:39.90 We give it waste by product, good. 00:09:39.93\00:09:43.41 Alright you're looking good, 00:09:44.13\00:09:45.25 you have been focus on keeping your body 00:09:49.90\00:09:52.05 in one position just as your neck 00:09:52.08\00:09:53.49 and make sure you get the good 00:09:54.17\00:09:55.14 breathing pattern going. 00:09:55.15\00:09:56.63 Don't hold your breathe at all 00:09:57.34\00:09:58.62 in and out the whole time. 00:09:58.96\00:10:00.33 Okay, where we at? Thirteen 00:10:02.21\00:10:03.96 Fourteen, 15, 16, 17, 18, 2 more, 19 and 20, 00:10:04.93\00:10:17.99 good, alright very good. 00:10:18.02\00:10:20.66 Now, what we're gonna need to do 00:10:21.40\00:10:22.57 is we're gonna stretch out 00:10:22.60\00:10:24.02 that area little bit more by. 00:10:24.64\00:10:26.10 By doing some shrugging motion 00:10:26.13\00:10:28.04 and going down and up, way up and down, 00:10:28.07\00:10:32.35 and up and down, and up and down, and up and down, 00:10:32.62\00:10:41.08 and up and down, and up and down. 00:10:41.70\00:10:46.92 Now, we're gonna take our hands in front of us. 00:10:47.12\00:10:48.59 So, we're gonna row up and down, and up and down, 00:10:48.62\00:10:54.09 and up and down. This again is focusing 00:10:54.68\00:10:57.61 on the trapezius area as we bring our arms up 00:10:57.64\00:11:00.92 and down and up and down. 00:11:01.34\00:11:04.52 There is 8 and 9 and 10, 1 and 2 and 3 00:11:05.02\00:11:16.47 and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8, 2 more, 9 and 10. 00:11:17.74\00:11:30.79 Now from the front, we're gonna raise up 00:11:31.07\00:11:33.08 and down and up and down and up and down 00:11:33.58\00:11:39.56 and up and down, and up and down, up and down, 00:11:40.10\00:11:47.03 and up and down, and up and down, 00:11:47.47\00:11:52.02 10 more 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5, 6 00:11:52.05\00:12:04.80 and 7 and 8, 2 more times, 9 and 10 good. 00:12:06.31\00:12:14.31 Alright, let's bring the arm up 00:12:15.55\00:12:17.28 over the head and stretch. 00:12:17.31\00:12:18.72 Okay, for those who've experienced neck pain? 00:12:24.04\00:12:26.21 Also you wanna get into a good therapy program, 00:12:27.69\00:12:30.59 let's hope somebody like Omar comes in 00:12:30.62\00:12:32.81 getting regular massage to the area 00:12:33.14\00:12:34.77 or techniques likes icing the area or heating it 00:12:35.46\00:12:38.11 or contrasting it, also beneficial 00:12:38.14\00:12:40.36 to enhance circulation and healing response. 00:12:40.39\00:12:43.22 Alright switch, the thing that I find, 00:12:43.86\00:12:48.05 that I try and encourage people not to do 00:12:48.08\00:12:50.40 and that is to do nothing because we do nothing 00:12:50.72\00:12:53.22 it doesn't do anything to help the pain go away. 00:12:53.25\00:12:55.10 You simply stay with it and it keeps surround, 00:12:55.44\00:12:58.48 stays around. You got to do something, 00:12:58.51\00:13:00.57 get some movement going, 00:13:00.60\00:13:01.67 get some debilitative action going 00:13:01.70\00:13:03.42 and that's what is gonna make 00:13:03.45\00:13:04.45 your neck start to feel better. 00:13:04.48\00:13:05.60 Okay, just relax and let's bring the arm across 00:13:06.77\00:13:10.33 and hold that stretch. 00:13:12.02\00:13:13.35 Okay, 10 more seconds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 00:13:15.97\00:13:22.69 7, 8, 9 and 10. Now switch, 00:13:23.23\00:13:27.13 okay and hold, feel that stretch 00:13:29.10\00:13:31.82 through the shoulder area. Feel that Omar. 00:13:31.85\00:13:34.25 It feeling really good. That's very good, alright, 00:13:35.03\00:13:37.20 5 more seconds 4, 3, 2, 1. Okay, 00:13:39.83\00:13:45.64 now we're gonna do little chest work 00:13:46.09\00:13:47.43 and we're assuming that with neck pain 00:13:47.46\00:13:49.50 we're not gonna climb down and do any pushups 00:13:49.53\00:13:51.10 because we know that will be little severe. 00:13:51.13\00:13:52.48 So, we're gonna do some, some work in front here 00:13:52.61\00:13:55.00 we're gonna squeeze the hands together 00:13:55.03\00:13:56.53 and we gonna push out and draw back and push out 00:13:57.04\00:14:00.80 and draw back. Okay, let's keep it going, 00:14:01.38\00:14:03.62 we're gonna try and do 20 of those. 00:14:04.53\00:14:05.87 Somebody help me count back there 00:14:05.90\00:14:07.39 and I know when I went through my neck pain 00:14:11.80\00:14:15.02 with knotted up levator scapulae, 00:14:16.05\00:14:17.88 I never gone through such pain as that. 00:14:17.91\00:14:19.68 First time, I got up, I buckled my knees in pain 00:14:20.13\00:14:22.55 and I was just so staggering to find myself 00:14:22.85\00:14:25.59 losing so much strength overnight. 00:14:25.62\00:14:27.41 It certainly helped me for later in my career 00:14:27.65\00:14:29.73 to be more sympathetic of those, 00:14:29.76\00:14:31.56 who had neurological impingements? Where we're? 00:14:31.59\00:14:34.71 Nineteen Okay and now let's go up. 00:14:34.74\00:14:37.76 Back to the time, I was a racquetball pro 00:14:40.27\00:14:42.27 and I had to totally give up racquetball for a year 00:14:42.60\00:14:45.20 because I couldn't even swing the racquet. 00:14:45.44\00:14:46.96 It is too heavy, that' how bad 00:14:46.99\00:14:49.21 my strength have gone away. 00:14:49.24\00:14:50.32 Okay, squeeze the hands tight as we do this 00:14:54.49\00:14:56.93 and up, and up, and up, and up. 00:14:58.20\00:15:04.79 Where we're fellows? 00:15:04.82\00:15:05.79 Fifteen Fifteen and 16 and 17 and 18 and 19 00:15:08.64\00:15:17.32 and 20 good, hands behind the back 00:15:18.56\00:15:21.08 and stretch your chest. 00:15:21.80\00:15:23.03 Lean back to the good stretch in there; 00:15:23.06\00:15:26.05 alright bring across to your body. 00:15:29.92\00:15:32.00 Pull your shoulder blades apart 00:15:32.44\00:15:33.87 and behind the back. 00:15:40.72\00:15:42.35 Stretch your chest and hold for 5 more seconds 00:15:44.25\00:15:49.99 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and again across, 00:15:50.02\00:15:55.60 pull apart and hold that for 5 more 4, 3, 2, and 1. 00:15:56.19\00:16:05.82 Okay, relax alright. 00:16:05.85\00:16:07.72 Just turn your hand up and let's grab the wrist, 00:16:08.25\00:16:10.79 have the arm out to about 45 degree angle. 00:16:11.11\00:16:13.50 Curl it up, push down, up and down, 00:16:13.76\00:16:17.87 we do 20 here. 00:16:18.95\00:16:20.12 You will find that even with neck discomfort, 00:16:21.46\00:16:23.30 you can do some of these exercises 00:16:23.33\00:16:25.26 because we're trying to keep the neck away 00:16:25.34\00:16:27.78 from the movement as much as possible. 00:16:27.81\00:16:30.75 Try and keep your neck relax, 00:16:31.14\00:16:32.30 as you do another areas. Some of the exercises 00:16:32.33\00:16:35.16 like I was mentioning earlier, 00:16:35.19\00:16:36.52 if you try to do pushups some of that on those lines 00:16:36.56\00:16:38.86 that could still create some irritation 00:16:38.89\00:16:41.33 in some of the muscle supporting the neck. 00:16:41.58\00:16:43.23 Okay, where we at? Eighteen 00:16:44.07\00:16:46.06 Okay, 19, 1 more time and 20. Okay, 00:16:46.67\00:16:51.31 let's switch over and squeeze and squeeze, 00:16:51.34\00:16:55.20 when you do it focus on the muscle you're working. 00:16:55.23\00:16:57.98 So, in this case work in our biceps. 00:16:58.01\00:17:00.22 So, each time we squeeze up 00:17:00.93\00:17:02.44 and you should feel the muscle that we're working 00:17:03.22\00:17:05.04 and so right in here the muscle should contract up 00:17:05.51\00:17:07.83 and down and up and down. 00:17:08.21\00:17:10.83 You should see it shortened 00:17:11.10\00:17:12.50 and extend each time you do it. 00:17:13.68\00:17:15.75 So, we know we're getting right action there good. 00:17:16.47\00:17:19.88 Where we at, okay 16, 17, 18, 2 more 19 and 20. 00:17:21.17\00:17:31.83 good and just to keep it simple. 00:17:31.86\00:17:33.27 We're gonna do the same type of action 00:17:33.30\00:17:34.86 for the tricep, we're gonna do a chopping motion. 00:17:34.89\00:17:37.04 Hand like this and so we gonna bring our hand 00:17:37.24\00:17:38.84 underneath to stabilize, 00:17:38.87\00:17:41.19 it give support and add resistance. 00:17:41.22\00:17:43.64 There is 4, 5, 6 and 7, 8, 9, and 10 more 00:17:45.49\00:17:57.25 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 00:17:58.26\00:18:12.38 1 more time and 10 good. Switch the other side, 00:18:12.41\00:18:16.48 push out, and push, and push, and push, 00:18:16.81\00:18:22.65 and push, and push. 00:18:23.53\00:18:26.26 There is 7 and 8 and 9, 10 more 1 and 2, 00:18:26.94\00:18:35.96 3 and 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Good, shake it out, 00:18:36.64\00:18:50.15 alright let's get the legs warmed up. Let's step out, 00:18:50.99\00:18:54.26 switch inside the thigh and keep your chest up. 00:18:54.76\00:18:58.07 Now shift the other side and stretch and shift, 00:18:59.15\00:19:03.04 and shift, and shift, and shift, and shift, 00:19:04.17\00:19:11.30 and shift, and shift. Keep going and shift, 00:19:12.64\00:19:19.12 good let's go 5 more each way. 00:19:20.35\00:19:22.29 There is 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5, good. 00:19:23.54\00:19:36.87 Alright, we're gonna do some squats. 00:19:37.85\00:19:39.08 The way we squat is by crossing our arms 00:19:40.02\00:19:42.17 and we wanna push our hips back as we squat down, 00:19:43.07\00:19:45.39 we wanna make sure our knees 00:19:45.59\00:19:46.82 don't go past our feet 00:19:46.85\00:19:48.24 and keep them right over and so we can, 00:19:48.27\00:19:50.50 cannot squat down very far that's okay. 00:19:50.53\00:19:52.47 If you wanna keep that motion; 00:19:52.75\00:19:54.00 you wanna push the hips back first. 00:19:54.03\00:19:55.79 So, we're gonna go down and up and down, 00:19:55.87\00:20:00.81 and up and down, and up and down, 00:20:02.03\00:20:07.58 and up and down, and up and down and up. 00:20:08.52\00:20:15.15 Good, so squats is an exercise that often times 00:20:16.14\00:20:19.84 people put a weight on their back. 00:20:19.87\00:20:21.95 But with neck pain we don't wanna do that 00:20:23.15\00:20:25.00 because that's gonna irritate the area 00:20:25.03\00:20:26.79 and we're wanna get rid of the pain as soon as we can. 00:20:27.33\00:20:29.73 But in order the pain stays around, 00:20:29.76\00:20:31.19 comfort is to get rid off. 00:20:31.29\00:20:32.66 That's why it's important to get on 00:20:33.28\00:20:34.55 the things right away. 00:20:34.58\00:20:35.55 Don't wait for a longtime and certainly don't give up 00:20:35.68\00:20:38.00 because there is help out there 00:20:38.59\00:20:39.80 to make you feel better again 00:20:40.39\00:20:41.36 and we're gonna try and do 30 of these fellows. 00:20:44.11\00:20:45.94 Where we are at? Nineteen 00:20:47.00\00:20:49.45 Nineteen, okay good. 00:20:49.48\00:20:50.77 We got 10 to go and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 00:20:53.11\00:21:06.63 and 7 and 8, 2 more times 9. 00:21:08.13\00:21:14.07 We're gonna go down and hold the last one 00:21:14.10\00:21:15.81 and try and hold for 20 seconds. 00:21:16.23\00:21:17.77 For those at home if you need to stand up, 00:21:18.60\00:21:20.77 that's okay. We got 10 seconds to go 00:21:20.80\00:21:25.23 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, we go to go Omar are still smiling. 00:21:26.31\00:21:32.60 Alright, 1 relax, good. Yeah. 00:21:32.63\00:21:37.07 Okay, use me as a brace and go ahead and get hold 00:21:37.41\00:21:40.61 of your ankle and you have to stretch your quadricep. 00:21:40.64\00:21:43.06 What I like about Omar, he's happy all the time. 00:21:44.70\00:21:47.00 We've to be happy. We've to be happy, 00:21:49.89\00:21:51.68 that's right. Yeah. 00:21:51.71\00:21:52.68 We feel this. 00:21:52.69\00:21:53.66 See why? Oh! Just like that. Oh! Okay, 00:21:56.18\00:21:59.65 alright switch. 00:22:03.39\00:22:04.85 Okay, hold that, 00:22:10.14\00:22:11.11 if you have to just get hold of your pant leg. 00:22:13.30\00:22:16.25 Because you can't get a hold of your ankle, 00:22:16.28\00:22:17.32 that's okay. 00:22:17.35\00:22:18.32 You should feel stretch in the quadriceps, 00:22:20.20\00:22:21.63 but don't make it uncomfortable for yourself. 00:22:21.66\00:22:24.28 Okay, let's do our hamstring stretch now, 00:22:25.56\00:22:27.46 where we step out and we're gonna lean 00:22:28.05\00:22:31.63 forward into it, keep the chest up. 00:22:31.66\00:22:33.31 You should feel the stretch in the back of your leg, 00:22:33.37\00:22:35.47 very good. You're looking good, alright. 00:22:36.39\00:22:39.22 Okay, we're gonna hold that for 10 more seconds 00:22:41.85\00:22:43.67 1 and 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 7, 8, 9 and 10. 00:22:43.70\00:22:53.54 Switch over; step out, 00:22:53.57\00:22:56.28 up on the heel, lean forward. 00:22:57.12\00:22:58.73 Good, okay and 10 more seconds 00:23:01.78\00:23:06.12 1 and 2 and 3 and 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. 00:23:06.57\00:23:17.00 Okay, we're gonna do the calf area now, 00:23:17.58\00:23:19.21 step back, press your heel to the ground. 00:23:20.02\00:23:23.38 Get a push up on the toe and down, 00:23:23.59\00:23:26.09 and up and down. We're gonna 30 of there, 00:23:26.36\00:23:29.42 there is 4 and 5, 6 and 7 and 8, 00:23:30.16\00:23:38.35 push way up each time, way up high onto the toe. 00:23:39.10\00:23:42.14 Way up high, there is 12 and 13 and 14, 00:23:42.73\00:23:49.13 15, 16, 17. Good, 18, way up, 19 and 10 more. 00:23:50.15\00:23:59.32 There is 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 00:23:59.99\00:24:15.79 Press the heel to the ground and hold it, 00:24:15.82\00:24:17.32 hold the stretch back there, 00:24:18.13\00:24:19.64 hold for 10 more seconds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 00:24:20.61\00:24:29.74 9 and 10. Good, okay step back to the other side. 00:24:30.43\00:24:34.48 Okay, Omar are you ready? Yes, I'm. Okay, pushup 00:24:35.46\00:24:38.09 and down, up and up and up and up. 00:24:38.95\00:24:45.49 There is 6 and 7, 8, 9, 10, good way up 00:24:46.64\00:24:56.36 tall 12, 13. Stretch way down 14, 00:24:56.39\00:25:00.64 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 10 more, 1 and 2 and 3, 00:25:01.61\00:25:14.04 4 and 5, 6, 7, 8, 2 more 9 and 10. Push down, 00:25:15.24\00:25:25.04 hold it through the floor, stretch, stretch. 00:25:25.07\00:25:28.45 Okay, good. Let's put hands behind the back, 00:25:32.00\00:25:35.11 we're gonna do some abdominal contractions, 00:25:35.14\00:25:36.84 where we're gonna do this as we're gonna blow out 00:25:37.24\00:25:39.17 and we're going to contract our abdomen 00:25:39.93\00:25:41.77 and then we're gonna bend at the waist. 00:25:42.45\00:25:43.82 We're gonna come up, still in contraction 00:25:44.35\00:25:46.85 then we're gonna lay back 00:25:46.88\00:25:47.85 and stretch the abdominal wall. 00:25:47.87\00:25:49.50 Okay, contract it; bend over, up, lean back. 00:25:49.53\00:25:53.95 Contract, and over and up, lean back. 00:25:54.37\00:25:58.38 Contract and over and up, lean back. 00:25:58.81\00:26:02.93 Contract, over, up and lean back. 00:26:03.22\00:26:07.16 Contract, over, up and back. 00:26:07.53\00:26:11.27 Contract, over, up and back. 00:26:11.49\00:26:15.26 Let's keep it going, this is a good exercise to do. 00:26:15.29\00:26:18.44 If you have neck pain, because you don't have 00:26:18.47\00:26:20.32 to reach back and support anything. 00:26:20.35\00:26:22.41 You just do it from a standing position 00:26:22.44\00:26:24.08 and you won't be putting an extra 00:26:24.46\00:26:25.67 stress on the neck area. 00:26:25.70\00:26:26.83 Okay and up and back, let's go 5 more. 00:26:28.46\00:26:31.30 There is 1 and 2 and 3, 4, 1 more time 5, good. 00:26:33.09\00:26:48.38 Let's reach over and stretch to the side. 00:26:48.77\00:26:51.60 Now, switch, 00:26:56.57\00:26:57.54 okay and let's rotate the trunk, 00:27:05.11\00:27:06.90 hold the stretch. 00:27:07.81\00:27:08.78 Okay, now let's go the other way 00:27:12.34\00:27:13.66 and hold it. 00:27:14.62\00:27:15.59 Okay, good, alright 00:27:18.87\00:27:20.43 we're all done. Thanks a lot. Thank you. 00:27:20.46\00:27:22.02 Neck pain doesn't have to be a plague to you. 00:27:25.49\00:27:28.25 Find out what it is it causing it 00:27:28.53\00:27:30.05 and then seek help. 00:27:30.08\00:27:31.16 Hopefully, this program has been of some 00:27:31.39\00:27:32.83 benefit to you, but you also may need to seek 00:27:32.86\00:27:34.98 some hydrotherapy or massage 00:27:35.01\00:27:36.43 or physical therapy or see your physician 00:27:36.46\00:27:38.78 about what you might do. 00:27:38.81\00:27:39.92 But remember to do it all for the right reason. 00:27:40.29\00:27:42.09 Philippians 4:13 says, I can do all things 00:27:42.30\00:27:44.53 through Christ, which strengthens me. 00:27:44.56\00:27:46.30 And that means you're happy with 00:27:46.60\00:27:47.57 your neck pain as well. God bless you, 00:27:47.58\00:27:49.64 keep exercising, we look forward 00:27:49.96\00:27:51.57 to seeing you next time. 00:27:51.60\00:27:52.57