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3 Exercises you can Start Doing Today to Burn Fat

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If you want to start burning fat today, check out HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). With HIIT, you do shorter bursts of high intensity exercises with periods of “active rest” in between.

An easy way to get started with HIIT is to take some traditional exercises and give them a plyometric element. This video will show you how to do that with three basic bodyweight exercises: squats, stationary lunges, burpees.

Here’s a short example of what each look like:

1) Squats – add a slight jump when you come up from your squat to turn them into Pop-Squats.
2) Stationary Lunges – add a jump when you come up from your lunge and land ready to perform a lunge with your opposite leg to turn them into Jump Lunges.
3) Bupees – a burpee by itself is a great plyometric exercise that is simple to do and can be modified to include things like push-ups.

Work the three of these into a quick circuit, where you do something like this:

Jog in place – 40 seconds
Pop-Squats – 20 seconds
Jog in place – 40 Seconds
Jump Lunges -20 seconds
Jog in place – 40 seconds
Burpees – 20 seconds

Repeat this circuit 2-3 times, with a minute cool down jog after the last round for a workout that is only 7-10 minutes long, but will leave you sweating hard.

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The Exercise

Turf Toe Stretches Exercise – Ask Doctor Jo

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Turf toe is basically when you sprain the ligaments of your big toe joint. This happens a lot with football and soccer players who play on turf. These stretches and exercises should help the ligaments heal. See Doctor Jo’s blog post about this at: http://www.askdoctorjo.com/turf-toe

The first sequence takes a lot of coordination and concentration. Sit on floor with your legs straight out in front of you. Flex your foot upward, towards your face, and curl your toes in at the same time. Then point your foot downward, and bring your toes up at the same time. The sequence is foot up, toes down, foot down, toes up. Start off with 5-10 of these.

Next you will put a towel on the floor. You can stretch your toes by placing your foot on the towel. Leave your heel on the floor holding the towel in place, and pull the towel up and over your toes until you feel a stretch. Hold the stretch for 30 seconds, and do it three times. Then try to crumple the towel with your toes. Start with 30 seconds and work your way up to a minute.

The Exercise

TMJ Pain Relief with Simple Exercises & Stretches – Ask Doctor Jo

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TMJ exercises & stretches can help relieve jaw pain in the temporomandibular joint. This TMJ treatment can help relieve TMJ symptoms like jaw clicking, jaw popping, jaw pain, and deviations that are common with TMJ disorder. For another TMJ pain relief video, click here: https://youtu.be/SbJZXG4fsd4?list=PLPS8D21t0eO_aKBiXrRDEvPM3hRzXUJQd

TMJ stretches & exercises around the joint should help relieve TMJ pain. Start off with a simple side bend of your head to help stretch out the muscles in your neck. You can follow these with some gentle active range of motion stretches.

Now you will do a TMJ massage for some of the muscles that become tight when you have TMJ dysfunction. These are the Masseter muscles and temporalis muscles

The final exercises are isometric jaw exercises.

These TMJ pain relief stretches and exercises should help relieve TMJ symptoms and relieve the jaw pain associated with TMJ disorder.

Weight Management

Lose Weight | Exercises To Lose Belly Fat | Exercises To Lose Weight

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Lose weight. This video is on exercises to lose belly fat, exercises to lose weight, lose belly fat and weight loss exercises.

This weeks video is a two part episode on how to lose belly fat and weight. This episode will be focusing on exercises anyone can do at home to lose weight and belly fat, the first episode was on dietary advice. I’ve received a lot of messages and comments to make a video on this topic and now it’s finally ready. I really hope my tips help you and always remember you’re awesome!

WHAT IS BELLY FAT:
You see the problem is that fat, isn’t just the inch you can pinch known as subcutaneous fat the real danger is the fat that’s in your abdomen and surrounding your internal organs known as visceral fat. Studies have shown visceral fat puts us at higher risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and in women it’s even shown to increase the risk of breast cancer.

THE SCIENCE BEHIND THESE EXERCISES AND WEIGHT LOSS:
If done correctly after 6 weeks the study showed a loss of just over 2cm around the waist of the participants which is great and you can do this without any diet change and see a difference.

The Exercise

SI Joint Dysfunction Exercises & Stretches – Ask Doctor Jo

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SI Joint Dysfunction Exercises & Stretches http://www.AskDoctorJo.com These SI joint dysfunction exercises can help if you’ve been told you have a hip rotation. They will help you to keep it in place and strengthen the muscles so it won’t rotate back out of place. Sometimes you might feel or hear a pop. See Doctor Jo’s blog post about SI Joint Dysfunction at http://www.askdoctorjo.com/content/si-joint-dysfunction

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The exercises and stretches in this video will help if you have been diagnosed with a SI joint dysfunction. This is when the pelvis is out of alignment with your spine. The sacrum comes together with your iliac bones, and this joint is called the SI joint.

Your doctor or therapist might tell you that you have a posterior or anterior pelvic rotation. This is also called an innominate rotation. It can cause pain in your hips or pelvis and sacrum area. Many times people will say it hurts in their butt cheek area. It will also be painful while walking or change your gait pattern. Once it’s corrected by your therapist, you want to strengthen your hip and pelvic muscles to keep it in place. Occasionally, it will go back out, and here is a good way to self-correct it.

Here are some isometric hip exercises and techniques to get it back in place and keep it in place. Using a combination of hip flexion and extension, and then hip abduction and hip adduction will help rotate the hips back into place. With isometric exercises and all exercises, make sure you are not holding your breath. If you cannot talk while you are performing exercises, then most likely you are holding your breath.

SI Joint Dysfunction Exercises & Stretches:

DISCLAIMER: This video and any related comments are not medical advice. Doctor Jo is a licensed Physical Therapist and Doctor of Physical Therapy; however, she is not YOUR Physical Therapist and can’t possibly diagnose you through the Internet. So don’t use this information to avoid going to your own healthcare professional or to replace the advice they have given you. This information is only intended to show you the correct technique for physical therapy exercises and should not be used to self-diagnose or self-treat any medical condition. If you are not properly diagnosed, this information won’t help, and it could make things worse. So seriously, check with your healthcare professional before doing these techniques. If you experience any pain or difficulty while doing these exercises, stop immediately and see your healthcare professional.
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Slimming

5 Best THIGH SLIMMING Exercises

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The Exercise

4 Simple Sacroiliac Joint Exercises for Pelvic Strength & Stability

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4 Simple Sacroiliac Joint Exercises for Pelvic Strength & Stability

Sacroiliac joint exercises with Physical Therapist Michelle Kenway from https://www.pelvicexercises.com.au to strengthen your buttocks, stabilize your pelvis & protect your pelvic floor.

These 4 sacroiliac joint exercises are general buttock strengthening exercises directed towards conditioning the muscles surrounding the sacroiliac joints. These exercises are not a substitute for medical treatment from your health practitioner. These SIJ exercises are the type of exercises commonly prescribed for SI joint instability.

Sacroiliac joint exercises demonstrated in this video:

1. Floor bridge

Starting position:

Lying supine on a firm surface, knees bent and feet flat

Action

– Push down through your heels and raise your buttocks off the mat
– Breathe out as you raise your body
– Lower your body back to starting position

Bridge Exercise Progression

Place a dumbbell weight on your pelvis

2. Clam

Starting position

Commence lying on a firm surface on your side, knees bent, head and neck supported

Action

– Raise the top leg just above the lower leg keeping your feet in contact
– Lower the lifting leg back to starting position
– Repeat lying on both sides

Clam Progression

Position a weight on the upper outer thigh close to the knee or use an exercise band around the thighs

3. Alternate arm and leg raise

Starting Position

– Lying prone with/without a cushion supporting the hips and pelvis
– Keep the forehead resting down on the back of the hands

Action

– Gently contract your deep abdominal muscles
– Raise one straight leg off the mat
– Lower the leg back to the mat
– Repeat on both sides

Alternate arm and leg raise progression

Lift and lower alternate arm and legs simultaneously

4. Heel prop

Starting position

– Lying prone with/without a pillow supporting the hips and pelvis
– Keep forehead down supported on the back of the hands

Action

– Bend one leg at the knee to approximately 90 degrees (right angle)
– Lift the bent leg pushing the flexed foot towards the ceiling
– Lower the bent leg back to starting position
– Repeat with the other leg

Physical Therapy Tips for Safe Sacroiliac Joint Exercises

– Cease any exercise that causes physical discomfort
– Support the hips and pelvis with a cushion when lying prone
– Progress gradually
– Avoid tensing the pelvic floor pelvic floor muscles during these exercises.

How Many Sacroiliac Joint Exercises?

Commence with whatever feels comfortable for your body, even 1-2 repetitions at a time
Generally aim for 10-12 repetitions of each exercise at a time (1 set)
Repeat up to 3 sets of exercises/day
SIJ strengthening exercises can be performed 3-5 times per week

Research has shown that SIJ exercises for stabilization were effective in postpartum women for pain and disability (1) however some research has failed show that stabilization exercise is any more effective than other treatment regimes (2).

References:
(1) Stuge B, Laerum E, Kirkesola G, Vollestad N. (2004) The efficacy of a treatment program focusing on specifi c stabilizing exercises for pelvic girdle pain aft er pregnancy: A randomized controlled trial. Spine 29:351–359.

(2) Nilsson-Wikmar L, Holm K, Oijerstedt R, Harms-Ringdahl K. (2005) Effect of three different
physical therapy treatments on pain and activity in pregnant women with pelvic girdle
pain: A randomized clinical trial with 3, 6, and 12 months follow-up postpartum. Spine ;30:850–856.
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Also see:
How to Treat Your Low Back Pain and Sciatica

How to Treat a Lumbar Disc Tear or Disc Herniation

How to Prevent Flare-ups of Low Back Pain

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