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Author Phạm, Vinh, author.

Title Sit up straight : futureproof your body against chronic pain with 12 simple movements / Vinh Pham with Jeff O'Connell.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Scribner, [2022]
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 Manchester, Whiton Branch - New Materials  613.78 PHAM    DUE 04-02-24
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Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description xiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222)
Contents Posture, pain, and a pandemic -- The blueprint of your body's posture -- Sixteen health landmines related to bad posture -- Movement is life -- Understanding where you stand -- The posture hygiene plan -- Foam rolling for next-level mobility -- Ten common health ailments solved -- The challenges facing specific groups -- Your spine doesn't operate in a vacuum -- Turning perfect posture into an unbreakable habit -- The time to start is now.
Summary Futureproof your body and relieve chronic pain resulting from sitting, slouching, and other bad lifestyle habits with this easy-to-perform set of daily stretching and exercise routines - from an innovative physical therapist who coaches dozens of celebrity clients. What if we could easily acquire long-lasting protection for our bodies and escape the chronic pain caused by our sit-all-the-time, slouch-too-much lifestyles? Vinh Pham is a world-class physical therapist - a member of a new breed that dissects how people really move. He has worked with a broad range of clients, from Olympians to NBA stars to Mixed martial arts-fighters to Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning artists. Early in his career, he discovered a disappointing truth: most of his patients came to him already in pain. They had poor, deeply ingrained lifestyle habits that misaligned their joints and tightened their muscles. And the recent epidemic of prolonged sitting - which represents an all-day assault on the body - has only made things worse. If you're sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time without getting up, you may be heading toward a world of hurt. Vinh's answer to the host of muscle maladies that ails us has been a revolutionary concept: why not future proof? Instead of reacting to chronic pain after it flares up, what if we focused on a movement discipline that not only prevents injuries but leads to longer lives, healthier bodies, and a clearer mind? Sit Up Straight outlines a process that starts with a daily posture hygiene regimen. Performed correctly, Vinh's Big Ten exercises, which can be completed in 20 minutes, will lock in protection for the rest of the day. But Vinh goes further. He provides stretching and exercise routines for many of the specific ailments that affect us - from hamstring pulls to sciatica to rotator cuff problems - and, best of all, he offers a series of customized movements based on age, gender and the kind of work we perform. A precise and simple toolkit for tweaking the way we move (or refuse to move), Sit Up Straight shows that the solution to becoming pain-free is easier than we think.
Subject Posture.
Physical education and training.
Chronic pain -- Prevention.
Physical education and training. (OCoLC)fst01062401
Posture. (OCoLC)fst01073236
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
Handbooks and manuals.
Added Author O'Connell, Jeff, 1963- author.
Other Form: ebook version : 9781472296559
ISBN 9781982181567 (hardcover)
1982181567 (hardcover)
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