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.

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?

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.

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

I know you can purchase the Edgelow kit - but are there PT's trained in the Edgelow method?

Bucky Buckwheat!!! lol too funny!

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.

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.