]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/upper-back Blog Articles Tagged with 'upper-back' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/924977?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Here is Fast Friday Fitness - Get intensive upper body and core training, balance, fun, and another use for the stability board you built in October 24th's Fast Fitness - Make Your Own Balance, Agility, and Leg and Ankle Retrainer.Photos are still no... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/924977?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:04:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/901364?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Here is Friday Fast Fitness - a quick, safer way to try a handstand. Standing on hands has many health and strength benefits and can be easily practiced in this way.My student Dennis, Olympic medalist in wrestling, demonstrates in this short movie. C... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/901364?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Fri, 09 May 2008 03:18:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/901186?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back When you stretch and exercise, especially if you stretch and exercise to improve your health, remember that the purpose is not to recreate unhealthy movement habits.Two similar letters came in recently.Reader Tina wrote: Thanks so much for your posts... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/901186?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Wed, 07 May 2008 12:51:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/893089?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back How many of you caught that the photo in the Fast Fitness post - Fix Positioning by Watching Others is of terrible body positioning that is a common source of upper body pain and injury?I received letters asking about the photo. Several readers did n... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/893089?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:00:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/888072?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Bikini season is approaching so many of us are focusing on getting our upper bodies toned. One exercise that is great for working your upper back, mid-back and triceps is the Bent Over Row. For this exercise, you'll need a workout bench (or chair) an... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitsugar-healthy-happy-you/888072?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/883720?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Here is Friday Fast Fitness - easy, inexpensive almond milk and rice milk.Good tasting and healthier than dairy milk or soymilk. See Is Your Health Food Unhealthful?Use in place of milk in most recipes, desserts, in coffee or tea.For almond milk:Soak... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/883720?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:45:30 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/878797?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Here is Friday Fast Fitness - nice stretch for hands, upper back, and everything in between.Stand with your back about a foot from a solid surfaceReach upward and backward to place both hands on the wall, all fingers facing downwardPress, lifting upw... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/878797?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:20:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/875974?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Rich Tarpinian, IT systems engineer, musician, hockey coach, and vegan, fixed grinding neck pain, back spasms, disc pain, and tension-type headaches. He had not been comfortable sleeping in any position. Rich said the neck grinding and discomfort, ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/875974?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:14:21 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/867541?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Here is Friday Fast Fitness - Quick shoulder and triceps stretch, without adding new bad positioning. Use this instead of the usual stretch of pulling elbow overhead with the other hand, which usually results in leaning the head forward and arching t... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/867541?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:59:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/865198?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Here is Friday Fast Fitness - Quickly strengthen and straighten the upper back, improve balance, and learn better shoulder position for reaching.Last Fast Fitness Friday started this one for a strong base. Now that you have practiced, add the upper b... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/865198?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:14:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/864145?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back The mind can only absorb what the tushy can endure. If your back or neck hurt from sitting, here is how to change it. You don't need special or ergonomic chairs, keyboards, or desks. You can sit well on a bucket. You can sit poorly and have pain from... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/864145?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:22:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/861807?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Ivy from New Zealand e-mailed me last week with a funny update of persevering to improve mobility and health from a new stretch. I started writing this post just to tell of Ivy's stretch and how readers can have the same success.I looked over my file... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/861807?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:11:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/860582?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back In May, blog reader Bill (Lieutenant William Slabonik) sent an inspiring story - Freed From Pain, He Rides Again. Bill had been told by several sources that surgery and disability retirement were his only options. He used Fitness Fixer information to... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/860582?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:47:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-blog/860380?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Filed under: Type 2, Lifestyle, ResearchNo, no elephants here. Sorry. This is about human trunks - that is, your upper torso. Upper trunk fat refers to fatty deposits that form on the chest and upper back area. According to the latest research, upp... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-blog/860380?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:26:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/860124?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Here is Friday Fast Fitness - quick strengthener for arms, shoulders, body, legs, hands, feet. Healthier than bending over for rows (hard on discs) and more functional strengthening than lying on a bench:Hold a tucked pushup position - tuck shown in... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/860124?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:00:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/859321?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back I received an invitation to take a course to learn a new back surgery for damage to the facets. Facets are the joints at the back of each vertebrae (spine bone). The surgery was advertised as a good revenue producer.In the surgery, the facet joint is... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/859321?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:50:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/858388?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back This weekend in the Northern Hemisphere, the moon will be new, and the night dark, and the skies filled with the shooting stars of the Perseid Meteor shower.Every 130 years or so, the Swift-Tuttle comet circles the Sun, streaming icy, dusty debris th... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/858388?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/854923?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Tilting or leaning your neck forward (left photo) instead of keeping ear over shoulder (right photo) is called a forward head. A forward head hangs the weight of your head on the muscles of the neck and upper back, making them hurt. Keeping the head... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/854923?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:28:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/851273?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Today is Independence Day in the United States. The Declaration of Independence was drafted in June of 1776 and signed in July. The paper itself didn't grant independence - work continued until independence came a few years later. After getting the i... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/851273?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:02:49 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/840835?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Reader Bill Slabonik had sports injuries, motorcycle and bicycling accidents. He was a good exerciser and hard worker, doing all the conventional exercises and ways of lifting during his regular workouts, long hours sitting as a pilot, and vigorous w... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/fitness-fixer/840835?rsstype=tag&tag=upper-back Fri, 11 May 2007 17:52:00 -0400