Breathing to pain free walk

Problem

back and hip pain

Deadline

A few weeks

Treatment

Neuromuscular therapy, Buteyko method

Result

Completed 100km pain free. Stronger in the gym

The challenge

Jenny was suffering with lower back and hip pains which were being aggravated with exercise. She was due to do a 100km off road walk in the not too distant future.

On assessment I discovered that Jenny’s hip flexors just weren’t firing which was causing her glutes, thighs, abs and lower back muscles to lock up. This was ultimately because she wasn’t recruiting her Diaphragm efficiently during breathing.

Our solution

I used a manual Neuromuscular technique to activate her Diaphragm and educated her on awareness and conscious retraining of her mechanical breathing habits.

03 · In their words

Gary, I felt it was about time I posted something as I’ve had such great results recently and I’d like others to know about it and hopefully benefit from it too!! I wanted to say a huge thank you for the diaphragmatic breathing training we have been working on recently. I’ve noticed I’ve been sleeping better as a result and it has hugely helped with my stress management. I managed to complete the 100km Jurassic Coast Ultra walk last weekend and my friend and I blitzed it by really concentrating on the correct breathing (which I thought was amazing given we are age 48 and 50!). I didn’t suffer any aches or pains in my lower back or hips as I had done during my training walks and I can only attribute this to breathing properly! My friend was the same too!! I have also noticed I can now lift heavier weights in the gym but haven’t suffered any lower back twinges with squats or lunges, again like I have experienced in the passed, all through concentrating on my breathing!! Safe to say this is changing my life and I can’t thank you enough!!! I am spreading the word as this is such a simple thing we are all capable of doing in our day to day lives with such amazing results!!! Thanks again!!!

Jenny Skinner