Exercises for the spine are vital

Traditional medicine and supporters of nontraditional methods of treatment unequivocally agree in one: the spine is one of the most important sources of our health and our diseases. In today's world, where people are less and less time devoted to physical activity, exercises for the spine can improve our health and prolong our life. Doctors-vertebrologists insist that if in your body any failure occurs in the work of various organs, you should definitely check the condition of your spine.

To maintain the spine in a normal and efficient state, it is necessary, if not every day, to regularly provide him with the necessary number of movements and loads. Osteochondrosis, headaches, sudden pressure jumps - all this is most often caused by problems occurring with the spine. A complete list of all the diseases that arise in the event of failures in his work will be much more impressive.

All doctors have their own technique and their developed complexes, including exercises for the spine. All these methods and complexes are aimed at obtaining a good therapeutic and prophylactic effect. Do not worry too much about choosing a set of exercises - everyone should choose exactly the one that will improve the work of his spine, and will not cause discomfort when performing physical exertion. The faster you start to perform the exercises for the spine, the faster you will get the expected effect. Lessons should be held at least twice a week. The most important thing is not to overdo it with the load and duration at the very beginning of the class. The basic principle: better less, but regularly.

Below are the exercises for the spine, which are recommended for almost all people who do not have serious problems with the musculoskeletal system. The complex should be performed in the following sequence:

1. Reheating. With the help of hands, the back muscles are warmed up (where possible). The tennis ball is located in the area of the spine, tightly pressing against the back of the wall. Roll the ball several times with your back along the wall.

2. The following exercise is designed to "shake" the vertebrae, muscles and joints. Slightly bouncing, do shaking movements with a torso as if you string your vertebrae over a string one above the other.

3. Imagine that the head is a ball, and your spine is a needle. Adopt the position when the "balloon on the needle" is held free, without additional fixation. Muscles of the neck, shoulder girdle and back are absolutely relaxed.

4. With your right hand extended, the left hand is pulled back and rotate, representing that the palms move along the walls inside the ball in which you are.

5. Twisting. Turn the whole body in the sides along the spine. Then these movements are made by separate departments - shoulder, upper. Then turn the upper part of the trunk in one direction, and the lower part into the other.

6. Deflection-arching. Such exercises for the spine are different:

- Lying face down on the floor, palms and toes rest on the floor, lifting slowly the basin and arching the body arc, thus forming a "bridge".

- Lying face down on the floor, palms and toes rest on the floor, bend slowly the body arc.

- Lying with elongated limbs on your back, group, pull your legs towards your chest and wrap them around your arms. In this position, you need to stay 5 seconds, then you have to straighten.

- Sitting on the floor, lean your hands behind and bend your legs. After that, lift the pelvis up to the horizontal position of the trunk.

7. Resistance. This group also includes a number of exercises:
- The head should be tilted, and after it to clasp hands, then the head should be raised, overcoming the resistance of the hands.
- Lean on the table with your hands and lift your legs alternately.
- Bend over, arms wrapped around your legs, and try to strain your back.
- Bend down and try to touch the fingers of your toes with your fingers.

8. Visy. These exercises allow the vertebrae of our body to assume a natural position under its own body weight.

A serious problem of a person often becomes a hernia of the spine. Exercises in this case should be performed only on the prescription of the attending physician and under his supervision. When the hernia is completely excluded, the axial load on the spine. You can not perform exercises sitting and standing. Recommended exercises for a hernia of the spine, performed in the pool. Excellent effect is swimming on the back. Showing "unloading" positions, performed in the supine position on the back and reclining. All exercises that cause pain are completely excluded.