8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back--Esther Gokhale's book

[Garrett Smith]

Just thought I'd share this with you all.

I read through the free chapter 5 download last night and started working on the drill from that chapter. It was interesting.

There is also another link to "look inside" the book here.

Her ideas on a "tipped forward" pelvis are interesting, she is in favor of it, as opposed to many "back experts" these days.

Anteverted pelvis = good. Hyperlordosis = bad.

After doing the drill last night, I hit two of my best handstands yet, with extremely minimal practice over the last 2-3 weeks. FWIW.

Anyway, I wanted to share. I will likely be buying the book soon.

[Steven Low]

Yeah, that's how a handstand is supposed to be done. Lengthen everything and squeeze the abs in like that but not at the expense of an excessive back arch or bending at the pelvis.

Good resource there.

[Mark Bennett]

I have been looking at this book and it's reviews for a while now. I am now going to jump in and order it, as it looks just like what I have been looking for.

[Jay Cohen]

This book also looks good, along the same lines.

Ageless Spine, Lasting Health: The Open Secret to Pain-Free Living and Comfortable Aging (Paperback)
by Kathleen Porter

http://www.amazon.com/Ageless-Spine-.../dp/1933538406

w/f/s

[Garrett Smith]

Jay,
Saw that one too, I heard that Esther's book is the most detailed of the bunch, I like that aspect.

I thought it was interesting about her views on the L5-S1 curve being prominent and the lumbo-thoracic area and thoracic kyphotic curve being relatively flat.

Every chiro or bodyworker I see tells me I have a hyperlordosis (which I believe is exaggerated from what they are used to seeing, due to muscular glutes and back) and a flattened thoracic spine. After seeing this stuff, I'm tending to believe that what I've been doing has been working!

Oh yeah, my back muscles on the outsides (under the ribs) are decently sore today from all the "inner corset" work I was doing yesterday....

[Garrett Smith]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yYJ4hEYudE
This is such an evolutionary biology approach to posture, I just love it. That and the fact it is contrarian in general, I tend towards those types of approaches...