CBI used to be called the Canadian Back Institute
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Ah neat. I will give them a look at if I need someone for my back. I've settled into a good setup right now with massages, exercises and my sports medicine chiro buddy so I'll keep that going unless I need someone else. Wearing the lifting belt more frequently and doing hot yoga regularly should be enough to push me over the top.
On a side note, I actually do a lot of physio exercises at home. It's just not enough. My chiro buddy was telling me he'd always been surprised at my ability to self adjust. He said he still remembers me randomly sitting up in a chair, turning and then he'd hear popping noises from my back. He hasn't really met anyone else that does that. I still get relief from those movements, but as I get older, I guess I need his help to get that deeper releases. I am no longer able to consistently do it on my own with movements/basic physio exercises and even hard plastic rollers/hoops, lacrosse balls, peanut roller ball, foam rollers, back stretchers etc. even after warming up using warm up movements, shakti mats and massages.
IMO I need to strengthen the whole system because my recent injuries are things like lifting the kids at weird angles, so I think the issue isn't purely strengthening certain muscles, it's a weakest link in the chain situation when I and intercepting a 45 pound running kid to the side of my body kind of thing multiple times a day kind of thing. That's where the yoga will come in. I need to strengthen my upper and lower back plus have strength and range of motion for my shoulders and neck. The latter I know helps immensely with migraines.
Vinyasa flow range of motion stuff to strengthen it all. Warrior pose ain't so silly looking when you're lying on a sofa and trying to deflect a surprise WWE body slam hug. A successful deflection kinda ends up looking like a pair lift in ice dance or figure skating.
Once I get healthy (like WTF is up with my health this year??? I think I've had a frustrating cough for 5 of the last 7 months) I'll kinda try to start doing more yoga and maybe a little bit of basic boxing road work for cardio and strength. That being said, you can get pretty cut doing yoga if you do the movements right. It can basically turn into calisthenics for sculpting.
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Insanely easy to do as well. Use a veggie peeler to shred the washed cabbage, add salt and peppercorns, wait half a day before eating. A good crunchy kraut is great occasionally on a burger as a lettuce replacement.
