Tuesday 15 July 2014

Soseitai adjustment exercise for good health


Here's another Soseitai exercise. This is very useful if you find your upper body twisted to either the left or right. This type of postural distortion may occur with different types of sports such as golf or baseball or repetitive movements often in the one direction. This can be as simple a situation as having a work situation where the cash register is on the right and you are always swinging your body to the right to access it, months or years of doing this same action can lead to an imbalance in the muscular system. If left it may lead to postural distortion which can bring about other problems such as pain.

Try this exercise remember the breathing is an important part of this exercise as it as it helps the body to relax.


Trunk ( upper body ) rotation
Standing with your legs shoulder width apart.

Raise your arms up in front of you, then rotate you upper body checking which direction feels easiest to move. You will move in the direction of comfort, least amount of pain.

Inhale while raising the arms, as you exhale rotate your upper body to the end of the movement, raise your heel slightly to enable you to move a little more. Hold at the end of the movement you should be out of breath.

Inhale while in that position, exhale while returning to the original position.

Repeat in the same direction 3 to 6 times then check the movement to see if it has become easier repeat again if there is still pain or limited movement.

Wednesday 15 January 2014

Correct your posture

Soseitai self adjustment exercise for good health

This exercise is helpful when you are having difficulty with lateral bending of the trunk, (upper body).
It should always be performed in the direction of comfort (no pain ). If you have pain in both directions it maybe necessary to perform a number of  other exercises prior to this before attempting this exercise again.

This movement affects the internal and external oblique,& quadratis lumborum muscles.

The movement must be attempted first to determine which side the the exercise will be done when done with the breathing..

The exercise should be performed with exhalation as this has the effect of helping the muscles relax (parsypathetic ) The exercise is performed standing with the feet shoulder width apart.

  1. Place one hand on the hip, the other relaxed by the side.
  2. Inahale, as you begin to exhale raise the arm up over the head keeping it relaxed, st the same time move your hips and bend your upper body as in the diagram above, raise the heel slightly this will give you slightly more movement.
  3. Hold your position at the end of the movement you should be out of breath, inhale again while in that position.
  4. Exhale and move your body back to the position you originally started from.
  5.  Repeat the whole sequence 3 to 6 times only on the one side.