Butt trouble happens to us all, especially when we have to sit for any length of time. Lower back pain, sciatic pain, hip pain – all of it can be helped with some very easy exercises. That’s why I made my video – Butt Trouble Easy Solutions.
I want to share with you a video to help anyone who has to spend time in a chair, whether it be driving, working, eating, watching TV, or whatever. It goes over a couple of the key muscles involved, why they misbehave and what can happen when they aren’t working properly (as in, how they affect the way you feel and move).
Lower back pain can be helped by doing some of the exercises shown in the video. A few can even be done in a chair! Below is a summary of what’s in the video:
Hi, this is Tracey Marashlian, the Lady Personal Trainer from gofitnow.com coming to you live from Los Angeles!
Based on your requests, today I’m going to go over the sitting problem, why it’s so bad for you (on so many levels) and I’ll give you chair-bound people some very simple things to do to make life healthier and hopefully more comfortable.
Think about how many hours you spend sitting – driving, eating, movies, work, watching Game of Thrones, etc. I bet it’s more than 4 hours on any day (for most of you).
Have you ever noticed how toddlers have such perfect posture, how they can easily squat to the ground. When does this change?
School changes everything. Sitting for hours at a desk. It’s so unnatural for the human body. It’s BIG BUTT TROUBLE. The muscles involved… hip flexors (psoas major), hamstrings, piriformis, are all affected by sitting for long periods of time.
How do we shorten muscles? Using them heavily AND keeping them shortened (as in the sitting position). The psoas major (hip flexor) muscle actually connects the femur with the lower 6 vertebrae of the spine. Any wonder so meny people suffer from lower back pain with all those tight hip flexor muscles around.
Think about how much sitting you do every day – is it possible you’ve shortened your hip flexor muscles?
Watch the video to see a simple seated piriformis stretch and a standing hip flexor stretch. These help immediately.
We also need to strengthen the muscles. The video demonstrates a couple of easy strength exercises you could try.
