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Correct Exercise Technique Delivers
Maximum Benefit with Minimal Risk
By Bob Ryan for Yavapai Regional Medical Center
Exercise is a science. Research gives us more and better
information all the time. Still, many of us continue to do
exercises we were taught in PE classes as kids—exercises
which were once thought to give physical benefit but which
could instead cause harm.
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Andrea Klein is Director of Preventive Medicine and Wellness
at Yavapai Regional Medical Center. At the hospital’s
Pendleton Fitness Centers, she and her staff give their clients
guidance on how to do the right kind of exercise—safely and
for maximum benefit. She says classic physical fitness moves
such as keeping your legs straight and knees locked while
touching your toes can actually be harmful to the lower back
and hamstring muscles. For those at risk for osteoporosis, it
could even result in a vertebral fracture.
Some other examples she gives are:
• “Bouncing” in a stretch. Many believe that bouncing in a
stretch helps to give a little extra benefit. It does not. When
stretching, you want to hold to the point of tension, but not
to the point of pain. Once that tension his held, however,
bouncing the body, even softly, can lead to muscle injury.
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According to Klein, a far better way to stretch the lower
back is lying on the ground and bringing your knees up
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