Re: strong core TO Those with neck pain while doing ab exercise

[Guest guest]

My Mom had neck pain while doing ab exercise so

she bought this thing to help with it. It looks like

a strap with handles and each end. You grab the

handles and pull on that instead of your neck, do you

know what I mean? Anyway, it worked pretty good for

her.

I think using a fitness ball provides a better ab

workout.

Jen

--- Carolyn or Visser - Festival City Concrete

<pvisser@...> wrote:

> At 06:58 PM 12/30/2005, Tonya - wrote:

> >Also, for traditional ab exercises, try a towel

> under your neck for support.

>

> i do this quite often! ive always complained about

> a sore neck from

> ab work (not really from pilates, but from doing

> traditional abs as

> you said). people have always told me that my abs

> werent very

> strong which ive always disagreed with!!! even

> gilad told me to just

> not crunch up so high until my abs got stronger

> (sure, it is hard for

> him to give specific advice without seeing me, but

> still....).

>

> one day, i watched denise austin in a post-natal

> video and she used a

> towel in this way and i thought it was a brilliant

> idea. ive never

> seen another video instructor do this. ive

> discovered that, just as

> tonya has said, that it isnt that my abs are weak

> but that it is my

> neck that is weak!

>

> so i always keep a towel handy when down on the

> floor for ab work and

> when i get a burn in the neck area, i stretch that

> towel behind my

> neck, hold it taut with my hands and relax my neck.

> wow, what a

> relief. then i can concentrate on my abs and not be

> fretting about

> the pain in my neck.

>

> one does have to be sure to position the towel

> properly though so

> that it doesnt do more harm than good -- ensure that

> you still keep

> your neck straight and dont pull on it with the

> towel, just use it

> for support. give it a try and see what you think!

>

> :*carolyn.

>

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