Sit up straight : future-proof your body against chronic pain with 12 simple movements

Sit up straight Future-proof your body against chronic pain with 12 simple movements

Vinh Pham

Book - 2022

Future-proof your body and relieve chronic pain resulting from sitting, slouching, and other bad lifestyle habits with this easy-to-perform set of daily stretching and exercise routines - from an innovative physical therapist who coaches dozens of celebrity clients. What if we could easily acquire long-lasting protection for our bodies and escape the chronic pain caused by our sit-all-the-time, slouch-too-much lifestyles? Vinh Pham is a world-class physical therapist - a member of a new breed that dissects how people really move. He has worked with a broad range of clients, from Olympians to NBA stars to Mixed martial arts-fighters to Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning artists. Early in his career, he discovered a disappointing truth: mo...st of his patients came to him already in pain. They had poor, deeply ingrained lifestyle habits that misaligned their joints and tightened their muscles. And the recent epidemic of prolonged sitting - which represents an all-day assault on the body - has only made things worse. If you're sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time without getting up, you may be heading toward a world of hurt. Vinh's answer to the host of muscle maladies that ails us has been a revolutionary concept: why not future proof? Instead of reacting to chronic pain after it flares up, what if we focused on a movement discipline that not only prevents injuries but leads to longer lives, healthier bodies, and a clearer mind? Sit Up Straight outlines a process that starts with a daily posture hygiene regimen. Performed correctly, Vinh's Big Ten exercises, which can be completed in 20 minutes, will lock in protection for the rest of the day. But Vinh goes further. He provides stretching and exercise routines for many of the specific ailments that affect us - from hamstring pulls to sciatica to rotator cuff problems - and, best of all, he offers a series of customized movements based on age, gender and the kind of work we perform. A precise and simple toolkit for tweaking the way we move (or refuse to move), Sit Up Straight shows that the solution to becoming pain-free is easier than we think.

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Subjects
Posture.
Physical education and training.
Chronic pain > Prevention.
Handbooks and manuals.
Genres
Handbooks and manuals
Published
New York, NY : Scribner 2022.
Language
English
Main Author
Vinh Pham (author)
Other Authors
Jeff O'Connell, 1963- (author)
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition
Physical Description
xiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222).
ISBN
9781982181567
  • Preface
  • 1. Posture, Pain, and a Pandemic
  • 2. The Blueprint of Your Body's Posture
  • 3. Sixteen Health Landmines Related to Bad Posture
  • 4. Movement is Life
  • 5. Understanding Where You Stand
  • 6. The Posture Hygiene Plan
  • 7. Foam Rolling for Next-Level Mobility
  • 8. Ten Common Health Ailments Solved
  • 9. The Challenges Facing Specific Groups
  • 10. A Your Spine Doesn't Operate in a Vacuum
  • 11. Turning Perfect Posture into an Unbreakable Habit
  • 12. The Time to Start Is Now
  • Sources
  • Acknowledgments
Review by Booklist Review

In this ode to "self-care," celebrity physical therapist and Instagram influencer Pham and former Bodybuilding.com editor-in-chief O'Connell enthusiastically argue that good posture and simple daily exercises can help people take control of their health. No fancy equipment required. This practical guide uses some jargon, like "futureproofing" your body, that is, taking steps to prevent injuries to "the most valuable possession you own." But it primarily offers practical, common-sense advice, including sitting at a desk with elbows at 90-degree angles and with feet flat on the floor. Pham and O'Connell define what's at stake. People with chronic pain are at least twice as likely to report suicidal behaviors or to die by suicide. They may wind up on prescription pain medicines because it's easier to get them than good therapy.The authors include helpful photos of a diverse group of men and women to illustrate proper and improper ways to do exercises. At times this can seem like promotion for Pham's Myodetox clinics, but overall, it's full of good and clear tips and wisdom.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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