Remove Muscle Knots Yourself (Tennis Ball Cure)

[rienvandermeer]

Excellent video!

This is useful information. Thanks!!

[Dewmisty]

What an excellent video! You're a great and fun teacher.

[posturevideos]

@Dewmisty Wow thanks!

[larrpan]

You're precious Momma <3 Thanks so much!

[theveggieluver]

Omg it feels sooooooo good!

[posturevideos]

I wouldn't suggest starting any new exercise (especially if you've had surgery) without the advice of someone (your GP or chiropractor) who has examined you. This is quite a safe exercise for most people but do seek advice.

[jattisonfire]

i've done a surgery in 2009 becos of a slipped disc on my L4/L5. and every now and then my lower pack is weak and painful. is it okay for me to do this?

[TheAstroChild]

Love your videos, and yeah, aren't tennis balls amazing?

So simple.

:)

Thanks for offering this on here, and for free, good vibes!

:)

[posturevideos]

@TheAstroChild Brilliant, thanks Jake!

[CapCollegeDukes]

wow! ok, that sweet spot (QL) is what is killing me right now - first time in 25 years! Thanks so much for your help :) I'm going to get me a tennis ball!

[chihuahuabebi]

thanks a lot!!!!

[posturevideos]

Simply, no. You can not self adjust, that would be dangerous! Thanks for your question though.

[musicpianoman]

My chiropractor say's one or two of my ribs move out of place which causes pain from mid back to bad side rib cage. He adjusts it using a bear hug technique lowering me back side down to the table. Is there an exercise or manipulation I can do similar at home?

[posturevideos]

Hey fantastic! Thanks so much.

[Bmayo27]

I love your videos (especially the forward-head posture fixes!)! You've helped me greatly! Thank you so much for posting!!

[charlesxjung56]

n eed help my lower back is in pain and i do not know if it is a knot. when ever i slouch over to any direction it hurts and i dont know if it is a knot please

[posturevideos]

@charlesxjung56 Ahhhh this sounds like a job for a health care professional. You need an examination to first diagnose the issue. If you have a muscular issue this exercise may help you.

[Wdominguez20111]

Love your voice! Great advice.

[posturevideos]

I wouldn't. A baseball is too big and will cross too many muscles. You need to be specifically on the knot so need something smaller like a tennis ball or small rubber ball the size of a golf ball (golf ball is too hard and you'll bruise the muscle).

[como651]

@posturevideos Thanks for the advice. I plan to give this a try. Any other advice for stopping chronic muscle spasms due to accumulated injury? I think I have a lot of scare tissue in ligaments so every time I work out too hard or too often my neck, rhomboids and trapezius or lumbar muscles go into spasm to prevent further injury. I warm up stretch, hydrate, use good posture and eat healthy but I still get them. They started in my mid 30s and have got worse and more frequent with age.

[posturevideos]

@como651 Yes indeed, join the club. Even as a chiropractor I get them too. Real pain in the butt!! I have a regular stretch routine, get a massage and chiropractic adjustment each month. You can read more about muscle knots and how to address them in my new book Posture Give It To Me Straight (see Best Posture Products heading on my website). Writing it was a total labour of love!! Also check your eye of the category 'muscles and stretches' on my website. Thanks for your comments!

[como651]

@posturevideos Thanks!  I've already been following all the rules of good posture described by Ester Gokhale. They have helped. I definitely have much better posture now than before and less occurrences of lumbar spasms but I still get a lot in the rhomboid region. I think my problem is I have existing scare tissue and I continue to re injure the same areas with continued workouts. It has become a dilemma. How effective do you think deep friction massage would be in my case?

[posturevideos]

@como651 I hadn't heard of Ester Gokhale before so thanks for the tip I will do some research on her. Perhaps scar tissue, hard to say without examining you. Consider doing my 'Posture Analysis' again under Best Posture Products on my website. (Sorry not trying to flog my products, but I really value the work that I do and the best way to help). I get deep tissue, chiropractic adjustments and regular stretching and posture work. If I missed out any of these steps I really don't think I'd manage.

[como651]

Can you use a baseball?

[Andreas748]

thanks, can you do the same for upper back? 

[posturevideos]

@Andreas748 You bet check out my new post 'Stiff Neck and Shoulders' on my posturevideos website

Thank you!

[ifightaliens]

I've done the same with a tennis ball. Love it!

[shakatak55]

Thank you so much! I've been dealing with a back and tailbone injury the past year and had been relying on my RMT/chiropractor/PT to release my tender points, and when I ran out of health benefits I did not know what to do! My PT had mentioned using the tennis ball but failed to provide such detailed instruction. Thanks!!

[posturevideos]

@shakatak55 Glad you like this one. I love anything that I can teach so my patients can improve their health on their own without having to rely on someone else.

[tophatbluesser]

Where's the line between melting the knot and bruising the muscle? Thanks :)

[posturevideos]

@tophatbluesser Great question thanks. Not so easy to answer. You learn this as you learn your body. A little soreness the next day is normal when you begin. Actual bruising marks means you pushed in too hard. Arnica lotion great for bruised muscles. If you find the knots easily by rolling onto them without pushing with extra force into the ball you should be fine. As the knots melt they get harder to find and sometimes you need to push a little into the ball to find the knot. I hope that helps.

[xblackxsailsx]

on and off british accent lol

great videos

[posturevideos]

@xblackxsailsx Really? Gosh my family will totally tease me. 15 years in the UK, my Canadian accent has finally morphed eh?!

[xblackxsailsx]

@posturevideos a little bit lol :)