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Brad I'm tripping over my words there a little bit, tell you
we're gonna talk about the first step to stopping neck pain.
This is the magic spot T1 to T7.
Let's get into it, Brad
- but what are you talking about T1 and T7? Not everyone
Its magic. So, yeah, let's talk about first here.
This is a spine and we got what
Do we have 32 vertebrates?
I don't know is that what we have Brad?
Am trying to remember.
- Put me on the spot, Bob.
- Yeah. So this person would be facing that way.
Brad, do you want to show what a...?
- This is the back of a head and the whole backside.
- So the first seven bones make up your neck
and the last one is the big bumpy feel here.
The next fifth,
12 bones are the thoracic vertebrae.
Now that's what we're going to be talking about.
T1 thoracic one down to T7,
which usually start to get
down to the bottom of the scapula or the shoulder blades.
So right about here, this area right here is the magic area.
This is the area that can cause neck pain or often
can take neck pain away.
If it's rounded out, Brad
do you want to show them to the side?
If it's rounded out
there is no way you can put your neck in a good posture.
You can, you can do chin tucks.
you can.
And you're going to think of you're solving the problem
but if you don't have that problem solved.
Yeah. If you don't straighten that up
you're not going to be able to straighten the neck
out and your neck pain is gonna go on and on and on.
Right. And, and the other thing is if that's rounded out
if you want to bring Sam, on.
- All right Sam
- So again, we're talking
about this area from here to vault here.
If this is all rounded out,
it also throws
off the positions positions of the shoulder blade.
The shoulder blade gets thrown off
which can give you shoulder problems
but it can also give you neck problems.
Cause there's muscles that attach from the shoulder blade
up to the neck
- on both sides
- of the Bader scapula
and that can get overworked
and can send the pain into your neck.
- And that muscle is got a trigger point.
And it did like just like a
you just don't want to get it to lock up.
You got to work on it.
But yeah, it boils down the posture of the spine.
- Yeah, we got to correct us.
The problem is this area here,
is really bound together by heavy ligaments.
- Yeah
So it doesn't, you know, you can try to straighten it out.
Maybe you can maybe young enough
but if you've been doing this awhile
you're going to need to get in there
and mobilize it almost -
- exactly.
- And that's what we're going to show you some ways
to do that. Right?
- So, and that's exactly what, you know, a chiropractor
a therapist can get in there and put some force
but you could treat yourself with this,
that so we're gonna to have you try anyway, see if it works.
So you can use
a tennis ball,
a lacrosse ball,
a softball.
yeah
We're going to show you something you can purchase here.
If you, if you want to go that route
we'll show that to you later.
But what you're trying to do, Brad,
sorry make a turn around.
Don't worry I'll do it.
So we're trying to improve this area.
So I always think of it as having six spots.
You don't want to go right on the spine.
- No.
- you're gonna to hit the ball to the left
to the right to left, right.
All the way down six spots.
And you can start by doing this on the wall.
So it's not that aggressive and a sock using
that ball in the sock actually works out.
Pretty good.
Yeah.
- No, there's, I'm just playing around, but yeah.
It's like, what are you going to do
with a sock and a ball and the sock,
but on the wall.
So the nice thing about a wall is you can see
if you can touch your shoulders back
- See if you can put your head back your shoulders back.
- If you can touch the back of your head with your head
not going back like this and with a chin tuck, you know
you could obtain good posture where a lot
of people are going to go back
like this
and they won't be able to touch here.
Particularly if you're, you know, a little older
that makes a big difference.
So we're gonna to go
to spot that we're going to call them one through six.
Sure. I'll start on the right side up high.
And I'm going to Eric
because now I'm just controlling the location.
- Right, you could..
- It does make sense you could
right it'd be hard to do.
- The nice thing about the ball is,
you know, I'm on the spot.
I'm putting a fair amount of pressure and he couldn't roll
up and down and it actually
- it'll stretch those ligaments.
- Yah. You get to those, those naughty areas.
And you're right now, I'm
on where I'm going to work that out.
And then I'm going to go
I'm going to go straight down instead
of over and across the,
- sure
on to the next spot.
And I'll go a little quick here, but anyways
you do both sides with that Jew.
- and Again, you could
if you want to get more aggressive, try a softball.
I knew I...
- You need bigger sock to put it in, but I'll,
you'll see what I mean.
- There was a Timber wolves player, a basketball player
that used a soft softball to stretch out before games
- out on the floor.
- No, but
- Oh, in the locker room.
Yeah. He was one that was playing into his forties,
you know? I mean, and he attributed.
- Really? They play that old?
- Yeah. He attributed to the fact
that, that he was using the SOP off
- Basic Liability like Tom Brady,
- Yap same concept, different sport.
So now if you want to start getting more aggressive
you can go on the floor and do this.
And when you do that
you might have to put a towel or something
on it because it's going to be too aggressive to
- You can use a thinner pillow or a towel.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- You know that's what I used to do
when I started with the back pad
which we'll get into a little later, but you want, yeah
- I'll go down and I'll just
it's basically the same concept, Brad.
- Yeah. Instead of on the wall, you're, you're going vinyl
- Like I said, you might have to use a towel to where am I?
- We're on the floor, Bob.
- See that that's that's even too aggressive for me.
And I, I do this quite often.
So I do did this morning, but it actually
feels pretty good to be honest, I tolerate it.
Yeah.
- But with a towel, you're going to fold the towel up.
Just like as if you have haven't folded when you put it
in the closet and just lay it
over that and it just softens it.
- What's nice about this position then is you can do things
like this.
Bring your arms up overhead, bringing your elbows out
to the side and just lie there and just let it stretch it
- And take a Deep breath and try to allow that to relax.
It makes a big difference.
- Oh yeah. Good point Brad
that you really want to expand that rib cage
and expand the lungs
and expand your posture.
But Brad and I both are big fans
of the back pod developed by a service from New Zealand.
Right.
- And Steve August, there you go.
You go be Steven.
I, I don't know if he's watching this.
I hope he doesn't get mad, but he's communicated with us.
And we're really, it's one thing it's good
for his costochondritis chest pain
from where the ribs connect here, which I do have
and this has been wonderful for me.
I use it on a regular basis.
- Well, for me it took away the knots.
Yeah. Without a doubt.
I mean, I actually take it along on the are
have one at our cabin too
because now the warning is, this thing is pricey.
It's it's really, well-made it's, it's got a molded piece
in here, then it's got this and he, you know
he said you could ride it, drive a car over it.
- I'm sure he could.
We're going to do that someday.
And so it is pricey, but I would start with the balls first.
Yep. And then if they work, you might go ahead and invest
in one of these, but I just it'll last a lifetime.
- I lie there everybody.
And I just think I was there.
- Yeah. Exciting life.
How about I ain't got wow.
- I do my stretches for my life.
- at the same time,
- yeah at the same time.
So I'm, I'm being efficient.
So are you being critical of me Brad?
- Nah, cause I don't even do this.
I just do this.
I don't even do this touch at the same time.
- How often do you do it?
- Three days a week.
I probably should do it more. But
- If it's working, it's working, you don't overdo it.
But I find if I don't do it
for a couple of days, I started having pain.
- Sure.
- Keep up on it as a matter of fact.
Yeah. I'm going to have to pack it with me when I
when I go on my next trip.
- I remember this Video is a part of series
of videos on treating neck pain and pinched nerves.
So go to the Bob and Brad website.com.
Yep. Go to the program section and you'll find one
on neck pain and you'll see lots of videos on neck pain.
- Don't watch them all.
Look at the titles, pick
out the one that fits yours
and then look at it.
You can have a PDF printout of it.
So it shows you their summary exercises.
All right there.
And then you can reveal it.
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- It's our gift to you. [BRAD LAUGHS]
You want somebody who's first born.
No Bob. That's what they used to say.
Oh, I've heard that before.
- All right someone say that to me, once,
it got me exited
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