Classical Stretch Back Pain Relief and Prevention with Miranda Esmonde-White

Classical Stretch Back Pain Relief and Prevention with Miranda Esmonde-White includes three workouts for the back.  

The DVD Menu:

Introduction to the Workouts

14 Minute Upper Body Pain Relief

14 Minute Lower Body Pain Relief

30 Minute Back Prevention Workout
 

14 Minute Upper Body Pain Relief

This workout actually clocks in at 10 and 1/2 minutes. It features shoulder rolls, one arm shoulder circles, shoulder blast, Upper back stretch, diagonal pulls, forward fold arm rotation to name a few. Workout uses a chair.

14 Minute Lower Body Pain Relief

Clocking just under 14 minutes, Miranda starts this workout seated stretching and rounding the back. After the chair series, there is a standing series in which you use the chair to continue stretching and rounding.  This is followed by a lying series where the IT Band is the focused. Miranda includes back arches, leg lifts and child pose to further the stretching and loosening of the back.

30 Min Back Pain Prevention Workout

This workout clocks in at 30 minutes and uses a chair and a mat.

After a standing warm up, where you sway/rock side to side and do some forward folds and directional circles moves into the workout where are doing a lot of stretching and range or motion movement. Miranda tells you that "this workout is about loosening the muscles and not bout strength. Strength can be done later when the back pain is gone."

Segments in this workout include:

• Chair Series 1
• Mat Series - All Fours
• Mat Series Lying Supine
• Mat Series Lying Prone
• Chair Series 2

I have had this workout forever, and thought I had reviewed it. I only pull this out when I am having back pain that is not going away.  I did all three sections over the course of three days, and I am already starting to feel better.

Back Pain Relief and Prevention - 4 stars.