♪ Bob and Brad ♪
♪ The two most famous ♪
♪ Physical therapists ♪
♪ On the internet ♪
- Hi folks, I'm Bob Schrupp, Physical Therapist.
- Brad Heineck, Physical Therapist.
- We're the most famous physical therapists on the internet.
- In our opinion, of course, Bob.
- Today, Brad, we're gonna talk
about seven yoga poses stretches
that are great for your back in our opinion.
Now, we already did one video.
If you haven't seen it already, I'm sure all the yoga people
are just completely miffed at us and upset with us
and we're sorry about that, yoga world, but we had to give
our opinion from a scientific standpoint.
- Sure.
- We are not yoga people.
We are therapists and we are clinicians, so based upon
what we've seen in our clinic and based upon what we see
in research, we are giving our opinion of what we think
are bad yoga poses and we are giving our opinion
of what we think are good yoga poses for the back.
- Right, and of course, there's always the situations where
it varies from person to person but this is for the general.
- General public, what we believe.
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So, before we start,
I do wanna mention this East Hills yoga mat.
I just think they really have good products for
a good price.
- [Brad] Right, I agree.
- And, this, like this mat right here
was several hundred dollars.
This mat here is 45.99 but it's an inch thick.
(hums)
This is what, my wife actually said she wants this mat
because she's gonna use it by her standing table.
And she's, what's that, this is is so nice and cushiony.
- Oh, sure.
- So, she can work at her desk and stand up
and, and have nice cushion.
- But then you should put one there by the kitchen,
you know, if she's doing dishes.
- She did say that.
- For cooking.
- She said that.
- You can have them all over the house.
- She said she was gonna put it in front of the sink,
but what's nice about it like if you're doing stretches,
it's really easy on the knees.
- Yup.
- When you get old like me, you really wanna.
- Yeah.
- Have that extra cushion in here, so.
- You're not that old yet, Bob.
- Oh, I'm up there.
- But you're, you're getting there, that's true.
- Yeah, I'm getting there.
(laughs)
Alright, since I'm down here, Brad, why don't I go ahead
and do the first one here?
- Are you still older than I am?
- Yep, I'm two years older than you.
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Okay, Bob, now let's show some yoga things we really like.
- Yup, so first is the bridge pose and this is good
for the back.
It's just good, you know, easy way to start warming up even.
- [Brad] Right.
- And it's just a nice, you're working on the core,
you're getting a little bit of butt strength,
a little of the glutes.
- [Brad] Yeah, those glutes.
- And a hamstring which attach into the back.
- [Brad] Right.
- And help you get a little bit of support, so just.
- Now, now Bob has got his head up so he could talk.
- Yeah.
- And the mic is.
- Yeah and the mic get a little bit back there.
- Yeah, the mic gets in the way
but relax the neck on this one.
- But am I nice and straight, Brad?
- Yeah Bob, you're looking nice and straight,
that's what we like to have.
- Okay, nice and great pose.
- You bet.
- Now we'll go right to the cow pose.
Now I don't know why this does not look like a cow to me
but I'm sorry.
- Well, there's always kind of controversy
on the cat, cow and the camel and all those things
but one way or another, show your pose.
- Pull your back, it's always great
to start getting mobility in it.
I think this are great to do the cow pose and go right
into the cat pose.
- [Brad] Yup, you're, you're.
- I think it's just a great stretch.
- You're getting that full range of motions throughout
the thoracic and the lumbar spine.
- Yup, you're getting and sometimes I even emphasize it.
You put your head down, you do the cow pose
and you head up when you do the cat pose.
- Yup.
- And you can, this is great for the little facet joints
or facet joints of the back
(hums)
and the neck and gets itself moving, so.
And by the way, if you yoga people,
you seem to really like animals
'cause we got cows and cats and now we've got lots
of puppies and dogs.
- Well Bob, it helps you relax
when you think of those things.
- That's right, if you know guys.
- You know if you put the lizards stretch, what would,
(laughs)
'cause our people would think we're making fun of 'em.
- Good point, good point.
So we're gonna do the extended puppy pose.
I like this one, Brad, this is actually a Mulligan one
that he likes to do.
- Sure.
- He actually, he actually has you put the legs out
a little bit farther, a little past shoulder.
- Yup.
- And even set your butt back down a little bit
and this is such a great stretch to help extend
the spine even a little bit.
- He was mentioning Bryan Mulligan.
He's a P.T., that.
- Physical therapist.
- In a therapy world, he's well-known around the world.
- From New Zealand.
- And he's really, he's written books
and has a whole system developed around this philosophy
and training.
- Yup, exactly.
So the next one is the, we're gonna stick with the dog,
this is probably my favorite one, Brad.
It's the upward facing dog, this one's great
for most backs, probably 80%.
It's not good for breadths, Spondylolisthesis.
- Spondylolisthesis is how I like to pronounce it.
- And it's not good for Spinal Stenosis either.
- [Brad] Yeah.
- But you can go ahead, again, this is called
the upward facing dog.
- [Brad] And oh yeah.
- You can lift up here and you can actually,
I see where they even lift this body up like this, Brad.
- Okay.
- So I was trying to really extend it out.
- Look at this, now, for people, for majority of the people
have at 58 years old, there aren't a lot of people
that have this much range of motion in their back,
that's really nice to see.
- Well, that's because I've been doing this stretch.
This is one of the stretches I do
and so you can see it pays off.
- Right.
- Well, I actually, this is probably one,
the only one that I look like I actually know
what I'm doing, right?
(laughs)
So, the next one, Brad, we're actually,
we're gonna go back to the puppy dog.
We're gonna bring the chair over.
- Oh.
- So I like this one especially if you're
a little bit shorter.
- Sure.
- I'm a little bit tall for this
but you're actually gonna stretch out like this.
Again, your, the back is supported,
so you're taking the weight off of it
because I'm supporting with my arms.
- And look over here, we've got a nice straight back.
- Am I straight or not?
- Well yeah, you could arch your lumbar spine
a little bit if you can, Bob.
There you go.
- Well, I think I'm about, yeah
and usually I think they keep your legs straight
while doing this, Brad.
- Sure.
- But I'm so tall.
- Typically, yoga people are more flexible than your.
- Right.
- Your right, and again, did we mention I'm not doing this
because some of these, for my back, I just,
I don't like to stretch it that much.
I have my own special stretches for Spondylolisthesis.
- And he's lazy, I mean, let's be honest.
(laughs)
- Give me, I'll give you more than you deserve.
- I give you lazy.
Okay next one, the final one Brad, number seven
is called the Chair.
And I like this one because it's really functional.
It's trying to teach you the proper way to lift.
- Right.
- So what, you're gonna bring your arms up like this
and I'm bringing my back, butt down like this.
- Yeah.
- And I'm keeping my back straight.
- Look at that.
- And my arms straight.
- We've go the, put your stick here.
- Yup.
- To really help display that, very nice
and you're working your quadriceps, the quads.
- You're working the arch and the glutes.
- The arch in the back.
- Yup.
- How long can you stand like that?
- Oh, not that long, Brad.
- Now, let's see if we can get a minute,
how long will that, 15 seconds.
- Now, you know, when you can work this,
now you're stretching the back in the right position
but you're also preparing for
when you're gonna lift correctly, so.
- Helps that muscle memory.
- Yup.
- For good habits.
- Yup, I just love all these stretches.
I think they're really great.
They're winners.
- Yup.
- And.
- A plus.
- Maybe it'll put us back in the good graces
of the yoga people.
Maybe, they'll accept us back into the community.
- I doubt it.
- I doubt it too.
(laughs)
Thanks for watching.