'Lewis Circles' Help Save Patients On Major Medical Bills

'Lewis Circles' is an exercise that engages muscles in the upper thorasic, neck and shoulder area. Not only helps to loosen up their necks, shoulder and upper back but patients recommend the exercise to other friends and family. End Quote

"The self-care exercise for health care"

(1888PressRelease) September 10, 2010 - Have you ever wanted to do an exercise that you can incorporate easily into your daily routine. An exercise that educates you about yourself; one that helps to lengthen muscles and and helps with mobility; an exercise you can do regardless of the time of day or the clothing you have on. Well, this exercise I am about to describe to you not only has been taught to and practiced by health professional themselves, but the feedback I receive reinforces the efficacy of the 'Lewis Circles' as an effective and useful self-care exercise.

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I have received feedback from physiotherapists, Massage therapists, Chiropotists, personal trainers and Doctors to name a few that use the exercise for themselves and recommend it to their clients. Catherine S. a physiotherapist with the Hand Therapy program at Trilium Hospital writes, "I use the 'Lewis Circles' for my own self care and for the client after or prior to hand surgery as a preventative measure to minimize the chance of developing shoulder issues due to lack of mobility." People have a tendency to protect the part of the body that gets injured. Take the arm or hand as an example. After injury poeple tend to holding their arm in a flexed position close to the chest. If this position is held for long extended periods of time without movement various complications could develop.

Bardee L. is a Registered Chiropodist, a health care professional specializing in issues of the feet and she says, "Our feet can reflect upper body discomfort. With proven success, I suggest 'Lewis Circles' to help with the discomfort because they are simple, effective and easy to remember." Bardee treats people with feet issues and she says that the feet are our foundation and issues travel upwards and our upper body adjusts to and reflects issues we maybe experiencing.

Since 1987, I have been recommending this exercise to my clients as a preventative and maintenance activity that the clients say, are easy to do and the most important thing is that they actually do it. They tell me that they do the exercise at the office if they have been sitting behind the computer for extended periods of time. They also mention that doing this exercise before and after activity not only helps to loosen up their necks, shoulder and upper back but my clients recommend the exercise to other friends and family.

In simple terms, the 'Lewis Circles' is an exercise that engages muscles in the upper thorasic, neck and shoulder area. As you are moving muscles are contracting and others are elongating creating blood flow and helping with circulation. You would start by placing your finger tips gently onto the tops of the shoulder. Leading with the elbows, one brings them together in front of the chest contracing the pectoralis muscles and lengthening the interscapular and lateral rotator muscles of the shoulders. From here you are using your elbows to create circles in one direction and then in the other direction.

At the same time if you lower the chin to the chest you should fee a gentle lengthing of the posterior neck muscles. You should feel lengthening of the lats, and all the muscles attached to the shouldber blade as you lift the elbows close to the ears. Remember slow and controlled movement is best and you should always check with your doctor before engaging in physical activity.

I try to incorporate 'Lewis Circles' into my discussions and presentations regardless of whether I am teaching a workshop, fitness class; leading the warm-up at the marathon; demonstrating static and dynamic stretching at a 'learn to run seminar' or treating a client for stiff neck and frozen shoulder issues.

This year I will be presenting workshops on both table and chair massage techniques in Canada, USA, Japan, China and Europe and I plan on incorporating the 'Lewis Circles' exercises into the discussions.

Barbara C and Fana K., two Massage Therapists in that order sum up nicely what the exercise can help with and the reason each of them recommend he exercises to their clients. "I recommend 'Lewis Circles' on a daily basis to MVA clients with head, neck and shoulder as well as low back pain who have difficulty with more traditional pendulum-style exercises." and finally, "I often recommend 'Lewis Circles' to my clients because this simple, effective exercise can be done sitting or standing and therefore can be easily incorporated into daily routines to help relieve muscle tension and stiffness in the neck and shoulder area."
Good health to you all.

Paul Lewis is a Registered Massage Therapist, fitness instructor and reflexologist. Changing the world one treatmet at at time. For more information visit: www.paullewis.ca

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