Expert: Bil Mitchell
Contact: www.liveclose.org
Bio: Bil Mitchell has been practicing massage therapy since 1992. He has worked with private clinics, physicians and resorts.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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It’s not really an eliptical trainer, and if it were, it woudn’t do much for my low back. Most eliptical trainers have a fixed or variable “stride” that might be as long as 20 inches or slightly more. The Gazelle Freestyle lets you have whatever stride your legs are capable of. So if you take long strides, it gives you a tremendous thigh stretch along with a great aerobic workout. But if you just walk with this machine, you won’t get much out of it.

It’s a really fun machine to use, and I need fun in order to sustain this daily workout. If you’ve ever done a “runner’s stretch,” you’re stretching the same thigh muscles that this machine stretches in a long stride workout. You can’t get this workout by running. You can’t maintain the kind of sprint that this strid requires for long without getting totally exhausted. But I can do a 20-minute aerobic workout on the Gazelle Freestyle at full stride. I don’t do that every day though. I generally do 10 minutes at full stride, and in addition to the aerobic workout, I get a stretch like nothing I’ve ever had with any other machine or exercise.

My back pain over the 8 year period that I lived with it, often traveled down my sciatic nerves into one leg or the other. The Gazelle Freestyle in full stride gives my upper thigh muscles & tendons a good workout and stretch, and keeps everything in good working order. I don’t have a hint of sciatic pain any more, and I think this machine is one of the main reasons.

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work your core (crunches, planks, supermans)
stretch you hamstrings daily (helps lift properly)
lift properly (quad strength)

I was clearly doing the rehab exercises for real, I’m not a good enough actor to fake pain The reason I wanted to do this video while I was having back trouble was that all the videos out there illustrating these rehab exercises seem to have been done by people who have never had back pain. I wanted this to be real so people could relate.

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I have tried to make my back/abdominal exercise routine fun, interesting and sustainable. I fully intend to do this for the rest of my life. In 6 months, this stretching & exercise routine ended 8 years of back pain. This bench, along with the inexpensive exercise machines I purchased have made this highly effective routine very fun, interesting and sustainable. When I first started, I did everything on the floor, and I dreaded starting each morning. Now I really enjoy it.

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The Clamshell Physical Therapy Exercise Described By Toronto Physiotherapist Dev Chengkalath:

This exercise is fantastic for activating some of the more functionally important hip/pelvis stabilizer muscles.

Start by lying on your side with your hips and knees bent. Keeping your ankles together, slowly move your knees apart (top knee moves away from the bottom knee) and then return to the starting position.

During this movement, make sure that your top hip stays facing the ceiling and doesn’t roll either forward or backward.

You can use your hand to make sure the muscle is contracting. To do so, place your thumb on the bony part on the front of your pelvis (ASIS) and reach back around with the tips of your fingers. You should feel for the movement underneath.

Key Points:

-start on your side with your hips and knees slightly bent
-keep your ankles together and spread your knees apart
-make sure your hip stays upright
-don’t let your hips roll forward or backward
-use your hands to feel the glutes contract

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