VINIYOGA THERAPY FOR THE UPPER BACK, NECK & SHOULDERS WITH GARY KRAFTSOW
Viniyoga Therapy for a Upper Back, Neck & Shoulders with Gary Kraftsow
- Features short, elementary yoga practices written to assuage suffering as well as foster health
- Benefit from a consultant superintendence of Gary Kraftsow, a single of a world’s heading yoga therapists
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- Make these absolute healing practices partial of your bland fast for illness as well as well-being
- Includes reward MP3′s of all practices for audio-only classes during home or upon a go
Viniyoga Therapy for a Upper Back, Neck as well as Shoulders facilities short, elementary healing yoga practices delicately written to assuage suffering as well as foster illness in a top back, neck as well as shoulders. For a initial time ever upon DVD, good from a consultant superintendence of Gary Kraftsow, a single of a world’s heading yoga therapists. Founder of a American Viniyoga Institute, Gary is a engineer of a usually yoga practices demonstrated to be in effect for behind suffering in a National Institutes of Health-sponsored clinical study. If we have been a single of a 8 out of 10 Americans who have or will knowledge behind pain, have a absolute healing practices upon this DVD a partial of your bland fast for illness as well as well-being!
Highlights from this DVD include:
Presentation upon Understanding Back Pain as well as a focus of yoga therapy.
Technique Workshop upon how to safely perform postures as well as movements.
Focused use for Upper Back as well as Neck Therapy.
Focused use for Neck as well as Shoulder Therapy.
Integrated use for postulated top behind Strength as well as Stability.
Bonus MP3s of all practices for audio-only classes during home or upon a go.
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(out of twenty-nine reviews)
List Price: $ 24.99
Price: $ 14.25
30307
on July 2nd, 2010
Review by 30307 for Viniyoga Therapy for the Upper Back, Neck & Shoulders with Gary Kraftsow
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Because I sit at a computer all day, I struggle with neck and shoulder issues. Now that I’ve picked up my weight training routine again, those issues are only being amplified. Happily, I have this DVD in my therapy stockpile. It’s the only DVD I’ve tried which addresses neck and shoulder issues exclusively.
I like the fact that this DVD offers slow-moving yoga postures rather than sun salutations ad nauseum. While this is definitely a yoga dvd, the routines are more along the line of gentle stretching than a fast-moving “flow” practice. However, don’t equate “gentle” with “ineffective.” Hardly!!! This is the * most * effective neck and shoulder DVD I’ve done so far. I tried another, far more strenuous neck and shoulder yoga “workout” DVD which did not address the neck and shoulder area nearly as well as this gentle Viniyoga Therapy DVD. This DVD relaxes, loosens and strengthens the neck and shoulder area like no other yoga/stretch DVD I own. The fact that there are three 20 to 38-minute routines to choose from, that it is very effective, and that it has absolutely no “dread” factor for me, gives me the feeling that this DVD is going to be one of my most-used, “valuable player” workout DVDs of the year…. This DVD is appropriate for all levels: beginners, intermediates, advanced. However, understand that this is strictly a “therapeutic” yoga DVD addressing neck and shoulder issues. If you are looking for a traditional yoga workout with downward facing dog, etc., you are going to be disappointed.
Voiceover instruction with someone demonstrating the postures, so there’s nothing sexy here, but the production values were very good. The best thing I’ve found so far for my neck and shoulder issues outside of Jeff Primack’s qigong DVD.
bookworm
on July 2nd, 2010
Review by bookworm for Viniyoga Therapy for the Upper Back, Neck & Shoulders with Gary Kraftsow
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I bought this and the “Lower Back” DVD because I spend way too many hours at the computer, and I was having back pain and foot pain from a pinched nerve. The DVDs are great. I love the anatomy overview, and the way you can progress at your own pace. I lent my copy of this upper back video to my chiropractor, and he thought it was fantastic and said he plans to buy both lower and upper back to show his other patients.
Beth Cholette
on July 2nd, 2010
Review by Beth Cholette for Viniyoga Therapy for the Upper Back, Neck & Shoulders with Gary Kraftsow
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This DVD focuses on issues of the upper body, specifically the upper back, neck, and shoulders (the other DVD in this series focuses on the lower body). It differs from other yoga DVDs in that it contains a strong educational component in addition to the practice element. Also, the practices on the DVD are designed for rehabilitation and strengthening, and thus they are more similar in feel to a physical therapy session than to a yoga class.
The main menu of this DVD consists of four separate segments: 1) Understanding Back Pain, 2) Technique Workshop, 3) Therapeutic Practices, and 4) Special Features. The Technique Workshop provides the opportunity to study individual postures in greater depth. The Viniyoga Therapeutic Practices offer three complete practice segments tailored to meet different needs as described below. (Note: the DVD also provides bonus MP3 audio versions of each practice.)
1. Upper Back and Neck Therapy (22 minutes). This is the most gentle of the three practices, and it is designed to address misalignment or instability by strengthening and mobilizing the upper back and neck. In consists mainly of movements which serve to lengthen the upper spine.
2. Neck and Shoulder Therapy (32 minutes). This practice is more specifically geared to releasing pain or restricted movement in the neck and shoulders via stretching, aligning, and balancing work. Many of the postures here involve moving one arm as you twist your neck to the opposite side.
3. Strength and Stability (41 minutes). This longer practice is intend to build sustained, long-term health in the upper back, neck, and shoulders. It is a bit more intense than the previous two, containing many of the same posture sequences but adding some stronger work as well.
The practices feature a single student working on a mat against a rather sparse white set, with Gary providing instruction via voiceover. Most people are likely to find the practices rather dry–Gary’s voice is a big monotone and repetitive, and there’s little “fun factor” here. However, these are therapeutic in nature, and as such, they are quite effective. I found the twisting motions from the Neck and Shoulder Therapy practice in particular to be extremely beneficial for my nagging neck soreness and frequently tight upper back and shoulders. This DVD would be useful for virtually anyone who is at risk for upper back issues, from those who work at a desk daily to those with more chronic conditions. I definitely recommend Viniyoga Therapy for Upper Back, Neck, and Shoulders as an excellent tool for alleviating pain and promoting health in the upper back, neck, and shoulders.
Fancy Nancy
on July 2nd, 2010
Review by Fancy Nancy for Viniyoga Therapy for the Upper Back, Neck & Shoulders with Gary Kraftsow
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This is an excellent DVD, a book could never match the step by step instructions. As you are doing the yoga exercises Gary describes the different areas you should be focusing on stretching and does an excellent job of it. It contains very slow and stress free moves. The DVD contains a segment on Understanding Back Pain, an instructional Technique workshop to learn the practices, there are 2 different Practices for the initial stages and a longer Strengthening & Stability practice to use when you are feel better and improve. You don’t have to be Gumby to do these poses. There is no need to try and stretch further than your ability, your flexibility increases over time. I suffer from chronic upper back and neck pain from car accident many years ago. It is especially bad between my shoulder blades, traveling up through my neck. It is tissue damage, I have nothing wrong with any bones. I’ve tried it all Chiropractor, Acupuncture, and went to the gym for a while. I found that the best thing you can do for an injury with chronic pain is to continually stretch and slowly work on re-strengthening the muscles. I went online searching for a Yoga Video as a last resort. I get so much relief from many of these poses, I even have my favorites from the video that I do any time I feel like it. I live with pain every day of my life and can say that this video has helped me out a lot. It is an excellent way to unwind after a long day of sitting in front of a computer at work.
I don’t usually write reviews, but I had to on this one.. I definitely would recommend this DVD for someone who is looking for therapeutic viniyoga therapy. The specific poses/stretches target the upper back, shoulders, and neck. I think it is even good for everyday stress relief, which can cause tension in the shoulders and neck.
I commend Gary Kraftsow for making this DVD. I am so glad I found it! I have even been considering becoming a Yoga instructor to help people with chronic pain like me.
atisheh
on July 2nd, 2010
Review by atisheh for Viniyoga Therapy for the Upper Back, Neck & Shoulders with Gary Kraftsow
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I bought this DVD and its companion for the lower back shortly after having a debilitating back spasm that put me out of commission for several weeks. I went to physiotherapy, and although it did help, I find the exercises excruciatingly boring, which of course means I don’t do them as often as I should.
So, what was the result? These DVDs are quite simply a godsend. (I’m only writing a review of this one now because I haven’t yet used all three segments of the lower back DVD.) Kraftsow says in his introduction that doing the yoga exercises should be like brushing your teeth, and I find that the program is designed to make it just as easy to keep the stretching going as brushing teeth would be! Knowing that I have a choice between segments of different lengths, and that I can do just 20 minutes in the morning (before I get too hungry!) and still be doing something for my back, makes it so much more realistic to keep up a yoga program.
That, and the fact that the exercises work. I am sometimes so tense that the neck & shoulders movements don’t relax me completely, but they do help, and I generally feel the difference the following morning: they can be better described as preventing future, worse pain than easing current pain. I might add that several of the exercises are similar to what I learned in physiotherapy, which gave me some confidence in the system.
I spent more on these DVDs than I usually do on exercise videos, but I also use them several times a week, much more than I use anything else. They offer variety in type of exercise and duration of program, and they’re set up so that I can do a light program when I’m suffering from pain and a harder one when I want to build strength. I’ve also noticed a difference in my core abdominal strength from using the two videos. Finally, I should add that the DVDs also include mp3 files of the practices, in case you just want to work out with the sound and don’t need the video any more.