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Iris 09-19-2012 09:16 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jkl626 (Post 915863)
how are you liking the Edgelow protocol so far?
Only done it for a couple of days. Have not done breathing CDs yet. But my pt thinks it will help me and this is the protocol that mass gen uses.

Woodstock3 09-20-2012 09:10 PM
I also find the foam roller too high and hard on my lower back. Does the yoga bolster work in the same way - can you lay your entire spine over it just like the roller?
Quote:
Originally Posted by chroma (Post 915631)
While I found that laying (lying?) on the foam roller created a great stretch, it was too high and also too hard on my spine. I have switched to using a rectangular yoga bolster per a suggestion in that Katie Bowman video I have posted about in the past.

I just wanted to throw that out there if anyone was finding the foam roller too uncomfortable to lay (lie?) on, as I did.

chroma 09-22-2012 06:09 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by stos2 (Post 915737)
Please look at nospam and jkl626's posts about the melt roller. It has the same dimensions, but it is much softer for TOS patients. You can also google it. Your therapist can also try having you lay on a half roller which is the hard roller just cut in half to begin with.
Thanks, but I was actually talking about the melt roller too. While it's much nicer than a regular, it still seems taller/thicker than what I need when I lay facing down on it per Ando's exercise for pushing elevated ribs in.

But I guess my complaint about the spine was about the regular and not the melt which is easier on the body.

chroma 09-22-2012 06:14 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodstock3 (Post 916226)
I also find the foam roller too high and hard on my lower back. Does the yoga bolster work in the same way - can you lay your entire spine over it just like the roller?
The one I have is not long enough. There are two ways to deal with this.

1) In Katie Bowman's "Aligned & Well: From the Shoulders Up" video, she actually rests her butt on the floor and her upper body on the bolster. This works fine actually; I just make sure I do some child pose afterwards to straighten the back out.

2) Lately, I've been putting this buckwheat pillow at the end of it to extend it. My hips rest on it and the rest of my body on the bolster.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001I4TXU/

I originally got it to try as a regular pillow but didn't like it. However, it has now been repurposed.


Here is the bolster I use:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000C9KSZQ/

HTH

Woodstock3 09-24-2012 04:31 PM
I know you can purchase the Edgelow kit - but are there PT's trained in the Edgelow method?

Woodstock3 09-24-2012 04:32 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by chroma (Post 916691)
The one I have is not long enough. There are two ways to deal with this.

1) In Katie Bowman's "Aligned & Well: From the Shoulders Up" video, she actually rests her butt on the floor and her upper body on the bolster. This works fine actually; I just make sure I do some child pose afterwards to straighten the back out.

2) Lately, I've been putting this buckwheat pillow at the end of it to extend it. My hips rest on it and the rest of my body on the bolster.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001I4TXU/

I originally got it to try as a regular pillow but didn't like it. However, it has now been repurposed.


Here is the bolster I use:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000C9KSZQ/

HTH
Bucky Buckwheat!!! lol too funny!

parbie 09-24-2012 11:53 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodstock3 (Post 917159)
I know you can purchase the Edgelow kit - but are there PT's trained in the Edgelow method?
Yes, but very few and I think most if not all are located in Cali. Try giving Peter Edgelow a call and see if he may know anyone in your area. Otherwise, just take the Protocol to a PT who is willing to learn about it (that's what I did while in NY). Although learning from 2 PT's here in Cali who trained under Peter was a completely different experience.

Iris 09-25-2012 07:16 AM
my PT has been using the kit with me
 
I know that the mass gen PTs are trained in it, but I agree with Parbie that most probably are in CA. I brought it to my PT and she is helping me with using it- she thinks it's very good.

Quote:
Originally Posted by parbie (Post 917243)
Yes, but very few and I think most if not all are located in Cali. Try giving Peter Edgelow a call and see if he may know anyone in your area. Otherwise, just take the Protocol to a PT who is willing to learn about it (that's what I did while in NY). Although learning from 2 PT's here in Cali who trained under Peter was a completely different experience.


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