Hey everybody, it's Doctor Jo, and it's product review time again. The folks at FlexFixx sent
us their FlexStrap. So let's get started.
So stretching is very important in just general wellness and especially rehab. The FlexStrap really allows you to stretch almost any muscle
in your body, especially the shoulder area and your legs. What's really nice about this
is it has numbers along the way. So there's 12 different numbers 6 on each side to help
if you want to track your progress of how much you're stretching. It also is nice because
the end strap here, the loop, has a little bit of a give to it. So when you're stretching,
you can get a little bit of a deeper stretch. But the black strap is solid, so you can get
a nice static stretch as well. What's also really nice about this is it's machine washable
so you can put it in the wash, wash it and let it air dry. And that's nice because if
you're using it on your feet and different parts of your body sometimes it can get some
build up of some stuff you don't like so it's nice that you can wash it. Let's start off
with some shoulder and back stretches. I like the one where you kind of bring it up high
and then you just pull your body over to the side. So your not only getting a stretch in
your arm, you're also getting a stretch along the side. So it's coming up and coming over.
Holding that stretch for probably about 30 seconds come back up. You can switch sides,
stretch that. And then do that about 3 times on each side. You can also do the nice, the
towel stretch for your rotation of your shoulder. By just putting this behind you, grabbing
it in the back and then pulling your arm upwards. So that gets that nice rotation in the back.
Ok, so now I'm gonna show you some stretches lying down. So now I'm gonna do a calf stretch.
I'm just gonna start at loop #1. Take the loop, wrap it around your foot. Not up on
your toes, not all the way down, just kind of at the balls of your feet. And then keep
your back upright and then just pull your foot towards you. Just relaxing your foot,
you're not moving it, you're pulling it towards you. Hold it for about 30 seconds, relax and
do about 3 of those. And I like the other loops cause then you can just kind of pull
with the loops so you don't feel like you have to arch your back. Pull and relax. Then
we're gonna go into a hamstring stretch where you're lying down. I'm gonna go to about a
2 for that one. And then just lie down, relax. I like taking the other leg and bending it
up because then you're not arching your back when your lying down. Try to keep your knee
as straight as you can, and just pull up until you feel that stretch. Hold it for about 30
seconds come back down, you don't have to come all the way down if you don't want to.
And then come back up for that stretch. And the last one I'm gonna do is an IT Band stretch.
The one on the outside that tends to give you trouble in the bursa area. So I'm gonna
bring my left leg down because it's gonna come up and then cross over. So then you're
just kind of pulling it across your body and you should feel a nice stretch through here.
Again holding it for about 30 seconds, come up give it a little break, and do that 3 times.
Try and keep the upper part of your back down so you're not rolling with your whole body.
So that's the FlexStrap. If you have any questions, leave them in the comments section. If you'd
like to check our some more information about the FlexStrap, get their eBook with all the
cool exercises with it, you can go to FlexFixx.com (2 x's). If you're interested in purchasing
the product, go to our product store at AskDoctorJo.com/products And remember, be safe (don't strangle anybody),
have fun, and I hope you feel better soon.