[pct-l] Backpain (was insoles)

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

Dear Melanie

I am sorry. It is my miss-understanding.
You looks very strong, you can defeat Reinhold in the wrestling.
Individual difference is often larger than gender differences.



2011/1/4 Melanie Clarke <melaniekclarke at gmail.com>:
> Dear Yoshihiro,
>
> I don't wear a weight belt everyday, only when I do heavy lifting and yard
> work.  I just put in an irrigation system last summer and I had to dig
> hundreds of yards of trenches as I have a big back yard.  The year before
> last I put in 13 fruit trees, a brick patio, sidewalk and had to haul lots
> of sand, bricks etc.  I used the weight belt as an example of how to elevate
> the abdominal area as most people scrunch, let their guts hang out and don't
> really know how to position their spines any more.  The weight belt is
> useful as a teacher in this regard.  I have very strong flat abdominal
> muscles even though I'm 50 years old and have had 6 full term pregnancies
> (one was still borne so I only have 5 children, now adults)
>
> Melanie
>
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Yoshihiro Murakami
> <completewalker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Concerning the back pain, there are many causes.
>> 1. bad postures,  hard exercise, etc. ---- these are caused by the
>> damage of muscles of abdomen.
>> 2. mental stress
>> 3. spine
>> 4. sickness of internal organs
>>
>> Generally speaking, excluding severe case, most of the back pain is
>> caused by the weakness of the muscles of abdomen. Then the prevention
>> of back pain is simple: To strengthen your muscles or To reduce the
>> stress to your muslces.
>>
>> To strengthen
>>
>> some practice is effective: such as:
>> http://bit.ly/gxamd1
>> I exercise about for 5 or 10  minutes in a day to maintain the
>> strength of muscles.
>>
>> To avoid stress
>>
>> I recommend  the internal frame pack, which has a good waist belt.
>> When most of the pack weight can be supported by the waist bone, the
>> stress of the spine will be reduced.
>>
>> I do not recommend Ms. Melanie's way of using a weight lifters belt.
>> When waist belt were wear in every day, the muscle of abdomen will
>> became week in a long run, and the more severe back pain will be
>> occur.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2011/1/4 ruffwork <ruffwork at ruffwork.com>:
>> > I've seen all the talk of back pain.  Posture is some of it but my
>> > experience was it can also be unevenly
>> > exercised and contracted muscles.  I was having bad pain after walking
>> > daily and it magically went away as soon
>> > as I started doing some sit ups and stretches after every walk.  Right
>> > now the pain has started coming
>> > back and guess what?  I've been skipping my post-walk exercise and
>> > stretches.
>> >
>> > ruffwork
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>> Sincerely
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Sincerely
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Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami )
Blogs http://completewalker.blogspot.com/
Photo http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/CompleteWalker/
Backpacking for 30 years in Japan
2009 JMT, the first America.
2010 JMT, the second America.
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