Simple Solutions For Chronic Low Back Pain

by Shin Ohtake on Thursday, February 25, 2010 • 21 Comments

About 75 million U.S. adults experience some sort of chronic pain, with low-back pain among the most common complaints. 

Although you can get temporary symptomatic relief from medications like Tylenol, Motrin and Aleve, it’s by no means a permanent solution…and taking too many meds can cause other serious health complications. 

So what’s the best remedy for chronic low back pain?  Well, the solution comes from understanding how the problem first came about. 

Modern conveniences have made us increasingly more sedentary and less active.  This has contributed to our ever expanding waist line, as well as, all of the health problems associated with it.

Although being overweight definitely adds to the problem.  Surprisingly, it’s not the most common cause.
 
You may be surprised to find out what causes most low back pains and the shockingly simple solutions for it.

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How To Use Your Biggest Fat Burning Muscles—Without Killing Your Knees

by Shin Ohtake on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 • 12 Comments

It’s no secret that the biggest fat burning muscles in your body are your legs.  They are the largest muscles in your body and therefore require the most amount of energy when used.  Since your legs are the primary muscles that drive your heart rate up, the more you use them the harder your heart pumps.  And the harder your heart works, the more calories you burn and the fitter you get.  So if you want to keep up your fitness and fat burning progress, you’d better take care of your legs—especially your knees.

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The One Stretch That Can Help You Avoid Lower Back Pain

by Shin Ohtake on Monday, April 06, 2009 • 15 Comments

As you may already know, I’m not the biggest fan of static stretching.  Which is why you won’t see any photos or videos of me doing any static stretching in my book or website.  But, there is one static stretch that I do like.  It’s a Hip Flexor Stretch. 

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Get In Shape Faster With These Muscle Recovery Tips

by Shin Ohtake on Monday, January 19, 2009 • 27 Comments

We all tend forget the importance of muscle recovery.  Of course we all notice the lean bodies with the sculpted abs, but how much work did the muscles have to do to get the desired effect? 

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