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Low Back Pain & Muscle Tightness Improvements, Fast
STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION
BODYWORK Method

STRETCHING DVD's
& Hands-on, How-to
Mini Courses, too.

Fascia - Soft Connective Tissue
Spreading & Re-lengthening
in inter-connected muscle length ways
Lengthens between joints, better, too.
FREE Custom Phone Stretching & Self Hands-on Session - Worldwide
Teaches Massage Therapists, Trainers, Doctors Things that work fast

WHY this works SO WELL - click here to jump to the Heart of the Matter
     Free Initial consultation & Free stretch session before you buy 
     Lots of testimonials:   Yoga Practitioners, College Coaches & keep scrolling 4 more
     Also can jump to the:  Rest of testimonials  
     Even from the phone session
 Immediate Improvements Testimonials
     See 
My Credentials       See Video Costs & Ordering Info
     Also:  Hands-on How-to Videos for Therapists, Family & Athletes
      
 includes info on which DVDs to get

What's in the DVDs & which DVDs to get - more - See this Separate Page
For June, My recommended discount package 5 hrs DVDs 1,2,3,4 (stretches, self help Bdwk on yourself, other people Bdwk on you incl backs & legs) + 2 E-books & coaching $120 vs $165  DVD 5, 2-hrs hands-on, for legs, pelvis, lower back, runners, dancers,
just $30 more vs $60.  BUT YOU MUST GET THE FREE SESSION & ANALYSIS & INSTRUCTION FROM ME & GET TOWARD THE RESULTS YOU WANT, while I monitor & control the method you use & we achieve the alignment & opening results we want to get, BEFORE I WILL EVEN SEND YOU DVDS EVEN TO TEST OUT.
 


Master Postural integrator
Lou Gross BSEE
"The Stretching Engineer"

More effective, Stretching Positions add to yours
  & a More effective WAY to do ANY stretching.
                More length - easier, faster,  And it lasts longer.
        Has repeatedly worked when other approaches did not.

 Includes easy-to-do-in-clothes standing stretches that do a LOT.
Can be done effectively, a few at a time at work, as well as a whole series.


Athletics  - Dance  - Yoga  - Meditation  - Rehab  - Back Pain - Seniors
Sciatic Pain - Tilted Pelvis - Low Back Pain - Scoliosis - Lordosis - Disk

Some of these are look alike stretches to what stretching people have seen before, but the way they are done in an application to the structure is different from what people have been doing, if, they still have tightness,
misalignment &/or back issues.
That's why I coach you - to see how it really helps you
& it teaches you how to do Better Stretching.


 

Lots of testimonials:   Yoga Practitioners, College Coaches & keep scrolling 4 more
  Also can jump to the:  Rest of testimonials  

 Even from the phone session
Immediate Improvements Testimonials


Structural Integration Bodywork has been practiced
world wide
since the 1960's
    & is recognized as one of the most effective body loosening,
    lengthening, integrating, organizing & aligning methods available.
It also helps massage, chiropractic, athletic training, & other therapies
    work more effectively.

My DVDs & personal coaching teach people how
to do a lot of this with stretching exercises & hands-on for yourself, clients and to/from
family, friends, local therapists.
NOW PROVEN - GOLF SPECIFIC


Lou Gross, BS Electrical Engineering,  
"The Stretching Engineer"
Certified Master Postural Integrator since 1983
Holistic, Energetic & Psychosomatic Structural Integration Bodywork
25 years & 24,00rience, Over 2000 hrs specialized training
Coached Structural Fascia Stretching via phone for over 2 years
... coached one-to-one & classes in person since 1983
See About Lou Gross - professional background

888-299-5973 & 310-285-8132
louisryoshin@yahoo.com
Scroll thru Free Trial & Ongoing Support for more Contact & Order info
 

FREE TRIAL before getting the DVDs
                                  
Your Free "See How It Works for You" phone session also includes
    Structural Analysis of your condition,
    How people's structure is designed & what creates tightness in it,
    Why other methods have not helped enough,
    & common sense understanding of what's been missing.
Includes hands-on for yourself AND from family members, right on the phone, & suggestions of which DVDs to get  (See below, also)
    The DVDs show you these & a lot more, & you see me doing it & explaining
    step by step how & why.  After you get them, for even better results & your better
    understanding, I encourage people to call or email & I'll tell you which ones to
    emphasize & do throughout the day, & where to do routine Bodywork on yourself.
You can get deeper & more thorough every day with increasingly better results. 
Your family, friends, employees, teammates & massage therapist can all benefit.
Lots of testimonials:   Yoga Practitioners, College Coaches & keep scrolling 4 more
       Also can jump to the:  Rest of testimonials   
       Even from the phone session
Immediate Improvements Testimonials

ONGOING SUPPORT
                                                           
I CONTINUE to be there for you, with FREE COACHING
     on email & phone to help you, ongoing.

I make my living with expertise, attentiveness & caring gained through |
     25 years of state-of-the-art successful treatments.
The DVDs help me show you, & show you a LOT & they actually work on their own.
My personal connection makes them work better, adds what's new & specific for you,
     & gives you your own experience & recognition that you can get better, soon &
     precisely how to do it.


SAVE MONEY - SAVE ON TRAVEL - Do it at home, office & track, gym

For JUNE, $125. My recommended discount package 5 hrs DVDs 1,2,3,4 (stretches, self help Bdwk on yourself, other people Bdwk on you, incl backs & legs) + 2 E-books & coaching   (Usually $165)

Add DVD 5:  $30  2- hrs more Runners, dancers, seniors, tight legs also get DVD 5, deeper & more thorough legs &  deeper pelvis, which loosens & opens abdominals & lower back further, initially designed for track athletes.  Includes 3 E-Books.
Complete detailed mini-course with hands-on sequence & lots of explanation for only Massage therapists can learn easily & work on you.  (Usually $195 total or $60 alone)

All include E-books, about 400 large, single spaced pages, & ongoing free consults & coaching with Lou.

PayPal - add $6 for 1-4. and $2 more for 5.  Go to your PayPal Acct, choose Tab Send Money, send to
louisryoshin@yahoo.com  - contact Lou for mailing adr for checks.



Please note
See my Original On Site Article  Foods for Structure
If you are tight & it is hard to stretch, then your tissues may need more vegetables and sea vegetables and even fresh fruit nutrition.  These make tissues more easily spreadable and if you do a lot of fresh green vegetable juices and kelp seaweed, a lot or all the pain goes away, too.

 







PRICING & ORDER INFO

CONTACTING LOU
 
INCLUDES
FREE - phone consultation-structural analysis
FREE - stretch coaching before & after you get the DVD's.
FREE - Structural Integration Photo Structural Analysis

You are getting a 25 year Structural Expert
    as your personal Advisor-Coach for

    Structural Bodywork, Stretching & Structural Nutrition ;
Lou is there for YOU, personally via phone & email.


OK to Call or Email Lou Right Away for
*   ORDERING
*   MORE INFO &
*   FREE PERSONAL CONSULTATION & STRETCH/HANDS-ON COACHING

      24 hrs Voice Mailbox   888-299-5973  &  310-285-8132
         up to 3-mins available for your message
         lou@backfixbodywork.com
I'll even refer you to specific articles on site to help you understand more.

General costs are about   --  see discounts above.
$39 for 1 hr of DVD,
$89 2-hrs incl an Ebook #1 & 2 or #1 & 3
$115 for 3-hrs incl 2 Ebooks, 1,2,3  or 1,4
$155 for 5-hrs incl 3 Ebooks, 1,2,3,4 or  1,4,5
$195 for 7-hrs incl 3 Ebooks, 1,2,3,4,5
Includes US & Canada shipping
All DVDs come with before & after free coaching by phone and email.
PayPal is fastest (also Visa-MC thru them) & it adds $5 per $100 for PP fees.
Overseas mail usually adds $5, but check w/me for special countries.
What's in the DVDs & which DVDs to get - See this Separate Page

I give discounts or throw in an extra DVD for low income people.
I do trades for various services.
Testimonials from how the DVDs have helped you are encouraged.

Let me know
good times to call you back
Please
include your TIME ZONE or state - country so I know
    when evening or morning is for you versus my own time zone.
    & include-spell out your EMAIL ADDRESS if possible, so I can be sure
    I get in touch with you & can send you an initial info article.
 

I usually return calls promptly & can talk with you,
    & very often do the free consult-stretching sessions
    the same or next day, even on the same phone call
IF you don't get a call back in 1-2 days, please call again and/or email
    because my otherwise reliable voicemail service sometimes delays
    getting me messages for a number of days.

Important Read -- See WHY THIS METHOD is so effective: 
    
Jump to the Heart of the Matter

Optional Read --
Free Consult Info Page

What's in each of the DVDs: 

     Videos 1,2,3 Package plus 4 & 5 - Info Page
Testimonials:  Coaches & Yoga Practitioners    Many People   
                          Immediate Improvements


How to fit these into your daily life a little at a time w/fast
     & good results: 
     Do a few thru the day  How Lou Teaches

Practitioner Support:

Teaches you about Structure    Helps Clients    My Credentials
       Helps prevent repetitive strain injuries
       This is Not Yoga     Not the same as similar looking stretches
       An Integrated Structure approach
       Info about the Hands-on How-to DVDs
       How Practitioners use this, sell it, get consults from me


 



This Info Page gives - in this order - just scroll
   or contact Lou even right away.

Which DVDs to get?  See this page.

-- The Two Key Specifics  de-mystify & fix, &
        lengthening BETWEEN the joints.

-- Why this is such a good ELONGATION
       METHOD - an explanatory list
-- SYSTEMIC Fascia relengthening is the key
-- Testimonials
-- The Heart of the Matter:  an explanation of
        fascia, and of fascia stretching

-- How Lou teaches you effectively
-- Preventing repetitive Strain Injuries
-- How to fit key stretches into your daily life
-- How this is an "Integrated" approach to
       stretching

-- This is a teaching resource to Practitioners
-- Links to Helpful Articles on the Website
-- How practitioners can help their patients with
       these Stretches & hands-on How-to's
-- Advantage of THIS DVD's methods, for all,
       & for athletic teams & others.

-- Hands-on How-to DVDs Information
-- Detailed ordering information
--
A list of benefits & features
-- Further explanation of the method
-- Info on the Guided Relaxation Mind into Body
       audio.

Links for jumping are available
   at top of this page above,
   in a table of contents further down the page,
   & in specific sections.





T
HE TWO KEY SPECIFICS

SPECIFIC (1 of 2)   I de-mystify the causes of people's tightness & pains, & show them how to correct them 
Free "proof" right on the phone - before you decide to buy. Even worked right away in Massage School Instruction & with the people who call me for athletic tightness & back & neck pains.

The positions you put your body in and the method of stretching by spreading out the distance between collagen fibers thru the fluidy fascia, is specifically designed to help Low & other Back Pain  & Muscle Tightness --- & to improve what we call overall body alignment  as we talk about in the famous Structural Integration Bodywork System.

  
"I didn't know you could fix the back 
       even without touching the back."

       
      from two Massage Therapy Class Students where
              I gave a guest class at Kaiser University on the Stretching
              & the Hands-on for fixing back pain & tightness.

The Stretches always increase results from my hands-on Bodywork & make the next hands-on sessions do more.
 
So when these students then did a fascial spreading mini-course in THE specific areas to reduce the excess arch people get in their low   backs, everyone in the class, including the teacher, found their low backs got somewhat better.



People on the phone tell me these are More Effective than the usual stretches they say they have been doing, and not getting the release they have wanted.

Even when my stretch positions at first seem to a new person, like the stretches they have done before, this method of the interconnected muscle positions, then applying the collagen spreading with my area-by-area mind-into-body lengthening is more effective than how most people stretch with those other positions. 

Further, the adaptations I add to the more well know looking positions, also increase a person's ability to spread more collagen fibers further apart, as that is what creates the large amount of elongation that lasts, as well as creating more lengthening as we do the stretch.

SPECIFIC  (2 of 2)    If you are told you have very loose joints and yet you have tightness and pains - then this kind of stretching can help you - because it is aimed at lengthening the muscle bodies and not creating looseness at the joints.  
    
People with this kind of loose joint connection often have tight thigh muscles and lower legs.  With my special FREE coaching, I guide you to how to get the stretch BETWEEN the joints - You learn what kind of positions to get yourself into & how to pull the fascia so you lengthen the actual fascia through the whole muscle lines and areas.

Please note - If you are tight & it is hard to stretch, then your tissues may very well need more vegetable and sea vegetable and even fresh fruit nutrition.  These make tissues more easily spreadable and if you do a lot of fresh green vegetable juices and kelp seaweed, a lot or all the pain goes away, too.
See my Original On Site Article  Foods for Structure

   



Now, more specifics of what I teach you
WHY THIS IS A GOOD ELONGATION METHOD

Lengthen the
fascia & 
Lengthen interconnected lines of muscles


IN A HURRY?  TOO MUCH INFO?  JUST READ THIS:  Then order or call Lou.
Jump to
the Heart of the Matter - "Fascia" Stretching 
      More length - easier, faster,  And it lasts longer.

You learn to Stretch "Fascia" section by section
- along long lines of
     interconnected muscles,
instead of trying to stretch just one local "muscle"
     area a lot, the part that hurts.
I teach you to spread your large "Fascia" Body-Suit, & that makes
      your muscle Groups lengthen further, easier, faster
- & they stay
      stretched, for longer.  They are also more organized so you get better
      Integrated Body Movement
Then you can adapt this method to more stretches that you do,  You can
   
add your own stretches to do more, when done with these principles
      and when combined with the whole system of body length stretches, 
      these additional stretches also often go further & last longer.

Stretching fascia is really spreading the position of its millions of
      collagen protein fibers back out
through its fluid

      to correct the bunching up of these fibers that your activities have caused. 
There are also interconnected muscles with tightness affecting the few
    muscles you are aware of
- in other parts of the body.   Single
    muscle stretching methods don't  lengthen these, because they don't
    hurt; but, they would pull you back into pain if not also lengthened.
With "lines" of muscles lengthened, it is like pulling something when
    there is now, no one pulling back on the other end.

On the DVDs, you learn positions to lengthen many of these inter-
    connected "lines" of muscles.  You learn about your own body
    structure while you are also making yourself looser.
.
  .
Your head to toe
"structural alignment" improves, too.
   
You're straighter again, as well as looser, and this eliminates
    a lot of people's low and other back pain.

And your Body's Muscle Groups, being more organized, therefore work
     to give greater strength, agility & endurance.





This is NOT a massage method,
Nor an exercise for balancing muscles.

It is a putty spreading method, restoring length out of bunched-up blobs or balls of tissue; like spreading bread dough or a blob of window putty back out along the length of the window.

Fascia Re-lengthening
in a Whole Body way
&
in a Muscle Group - by - Muscle Group way 

    is a much simpler, & I think faster way to correct tightness
    & tightness caused pain,
than to try many methods of
    muscle rebalancing with exercises.
 
IN A HURRY?  TOO MUCH INFO?  JUST READ THIS:  Then order or call Lou.
Jump to the Heart of the Matter - "Fascia" Stretching 
  More length - easier, faster,  And it lasts longer.

Here's Why:
 

The muscle-bone system is already designed into our bodies, with the
     lengths of the muscle fibers and tendons already balanced with the
     lengths of the bones. 
It is built into our DNA.  
The "culprit" is the shortness in the fascia of the muscles, all over the
     body, that makes a large number of muscles tight and short.
 When we re-lengthen the bunched-up fascia, then the balanced muscle
     fiber & tendon length to the bone length system, reappears,
     all by itself.  And we both stand and walk a lot freer as well as being
     more balanced.
The "key" is just to know how to do it well.   And that's what I teach you.

The nice part is that when the fascia is lengthened, it stays in the new
     position and
for many people,
takes a long time to re-bunch up
     again that much
.
 So if we stretch for a little bit often, or in a long
     session, periodically, we can keep relengthening back out the areas
     our daily & athletic activity creates. 


Stretching for Low Back Pain as well

An  "integrated structure" lengthening approach is also a very good
      way to correct the misalignment cause of low back pain.

For more Back info
- please see Back Fix Book Menu Page on site -
    
the long blue article explains a lot, then below it, see the book's
     table of contents & chapter excerpts - especially the Introduction.







TESTIMONIALS
 FOUR  LISTS
  1.  Here are Yoga Experts & Athletes-Coaches
 
2.  A Lot of Everybody's Testimonials
  3.  Immediate Improvements Testimonials
  4.
 Info Page Bodyworker Testimonials, for all the Videos 

Thank you Lou Gross, for a program more effective than
    anything else I've ever experienced. I would definitely
    recommend it to any person who uses their body as a tool
    in their profession and requires exceptional performance.

    Senior Athlete, Age 60, Professional Trainer & PNF Stretching Coach

Hi Lou,  I Received the DVD's on Saturday.  They're perfect.
   So Easy to follow & so informative. 

    Ms LK, Arizona


IN A HURRY?  TOO MUCH INFO?  JUST READ THIS:  Then order or call Lou.
Jump to
the Heart of the Matter - "Fascia" Stretching 
      More length - easier, faster,  And it lasts longer.


TESTIMONIALS
Yoga Experts

Not just another Yoga Video.  This is new.  Watch part of the video.  Practice it.  Then watch some more.  I've been doing and teaching yoga for 20 years.  I've been trained by Ma Yoga Shakti.  And I learned some new things from this video that I've now incorporated in my own yoga practice, especially the technique of how to get more length by taking my attention into the muscles and spreading the fascia.  I also learned new positions in order to lengthen more of my structure.
Co-Director, Yoga Shakti Residential Country Mission, Florida

This adds a new dimension to stretching.  I'd never done this kind of stretching method before.  It is really effective.
Long time Yoga Student & Computer Software Company Owner

TESTIMONIALS 
Athletes Stretching & Bodywork
College Coaches & Trainers
   Plus Info about the Video,
  
And How a Weight Lifter Got Looser

My College Women's Volleyball team enjoyed the different approach to stretching.  They experienced increased flexibility and released muscle tightness in the low back and shoulders.  And it helped them release stress and tension from the day
College Coach & Former Championship Team Player


Easy to Learn - Easy to do in your day
More Testimonials          The Key Reason this Method is so Effective     

FREE
On-Phone Stretching Help
& Body Structure Analysis when you call.
With how this unique method can help you !


Applies to & increases results in other Stretching.
More Length, Faster, Easier.
One on One Detailed Show & Tell, & LOTS of Key Info
An Extra Tool Body Professionals Can Use w/Patients
Taught to individuals & classes for 20 years.
Explains How One Part of the Body Affects Others.
Helps active people noticeably.
Increases energy.
Takes Stress out of the body right away - even in a few min's.
 

I can assure you that Lou has a wonderful understanding of the human body  He has a knack for not only treating a particular problem but helping to correct the cause. Often times, that cause is far away from the site of pain. 

Lou has complemented the work we do in the training room with his own special brand of health careWe all work on flexibility programs, but Lou really attacks the problem and usually has wonderful results.

I can honestly say that I would not hesitate to send any of my athletes to Lou.  He can be an enormous asset to athletes and medical professionals alike.  He has definitely provided Pepperdine University's athletes with a fantastic service.
College Head Trainer

Athletes can train hard but not be so tight from it.  Use on-site in warm-up & warm-down, too.
More Testimonials          The Key Reason this Method is so Effective     


Lots of effective, Hamstring & Back Stretches.
Increases Deeper & Fuller Breathing.

Shows how working many areas helps each specific area.
Even increases strength after weight training by
    re-lengthening and organizing the muscle groups.
Helps maintain flexibility.  Improves Sciatica & Pinched Nerves.
Maintains & Adds to Benefits from Str. Integration.
Work out - spread some fascia - work out - spread a little more


Increases mental focus, attentiveness, awareness
   and even intuitiveness.

Changes stressful tension into energizing, flowing energy.
Decreases negativity. 
Improves positive demeanor and kind expression.
Can even do in work clothes during the day.
Even a little at a time works well.

 

 Lou did an outstanding job and was a great contributor to our winning both the cross country and track and field state championships.

I found Lou to be very dedicated to his profession as well as extremely knowledgeable.  His enthusiasm was contagious and carried over to all of the student athletes with whom he worked.  The athletes were extremely impressed and looked forward to working with him in order to not only reduce whatever ailments they might have, but also to prevent them from occurring in the first place.

I have the fondest regard for Lou and can truthfully recommend him to any coach or instructor who wishes to reduce injuries in athletes and students
College Head Track & Field Coach

Lots of effective, Hamstring & Back Stretches.
Increases Deeper & Fuller Breathing.

Shows how working many areas helps each specific area.

More Testimonials          The Key Reason this Method is so Effective     


Great for gifts.    
Helps Weight Lifting & Health Club.
People really appreciate them.
Someone saw my videos at a friend's.
He got a lot of benefits from them.
So he bought for himself & for 3 other people

"Oh, K., I owe you a big favor for getting me the stretching tapes.  You know I'm a weightlifter & I've been really tight.  It's really been a benefit for me.  I'll give you the best special deal on my products you use."
Testimonial from a Weightlifter who was given one.

When you lift weights, you get a negative side effect -  the bunching up of the fascia.  
If the fascia is relengthened, then people report
    being able to lift more weight right away.
    So you get stronger by being longer.


More Testimonials          The Key Reason this Method is so Effective 


If YOU stretch already & want to know why this method is
    so effective,  click here to
jump to the Heart of the Matter
More length - easier
, faster.   And it lasts longer.
Better body Organization.
Lighter feeling, more uplift & better posture.
Greater & longer lasting flexibility & range of arm, leg & torso
    movement.

Explanation of my Hands-on How-to Videos
  Teaches Therapists, & Family & Athletes, too.

Ordering      Top of Page 

 

  

     
click photo for an additional stretching position


In Athletics, Pain Removal & from Body Therapists:
Testimonials - specific info on benefits

These are very good stretches you've shown me.  I can now stretch a lot further. 
English National Team TRACK & FIELD OLYMPIAN.

Besides the fact that the Bodywork loosened and lengthened my body all by itself, Lou even showed me how to stretch my body better on my own, so I could do the yoga class better.
Engineer,  age 66,
Avid Recreational
RUNNER & SKIER and Year-long YOGA PRACTITIONER

Not just another Yoga Video.  This is new.  Watch part of the video.  Practice it.  Then watch some more.  I've been doing and teaching yoga for 20 years.  I've been trained by Ma Yoga Shakti.  And I learned some new things from this video that I've now incorporated in my own yoga practice, especially the  technique of how to get more length by taking my attention into the muscles and spreading the fascia.  I also learned new positions in order to lengthen more of my structure.
Co-Director, Yoga Shakti Residential Country Mission, Florida

This adds a new dimension to stretching.  I'd never done this kind of stretching method before.  It is really effective.
Long time Yoga Student & Computer Software Company Owner

I think the stretching exercises helped my back as much as
the hands-on Bodywork did.
(Showed him just 3 stretches from Tape 1.)
Computer Specialist & Community Orchestra Musician
Avid Recreational
RUNNER & WEIGHTLIFTER

     Even a week later, the long term pain I'd removed from my right side and low back, from just the first part of Tape 1, are still gone.  I'd thought the side pain was in my liver, but it was just structural.  I also hadn't known there were so many positions I could do leg stretching in.
     Doing just the initial side to side stretches, holding them as long as Lou did, gave me an exercise workout that felt greater than my half-hour workout at Curves for Women earlier in the day.
     And overall, I found
Lou's information easy to take in, he is very confident in his explanations, and I even started getting his "principles" down and was inventing my own stretching positions.
Health Educator
and Electro-Energy Health Equipment Manufacturer & Resource

    I've been working with a few clients and I tried some of the hamstring and lower leg stuff we went over.  They seemed to think it was very helpful.
Personal Trainer & Professional Athlete


    I often tell my massage therapy clients to also go to a Yoga class.  Now I can tell them to get Lou's Tape.  The information is very good and the stretches do lengthen the myo-fascia.  I felt better even from just the initial, multi-position torso sequence.  I've ordered two tapes already.
Massage and "John Barnes Method" Myo-Fascial Release Therapist

    As I watched Lou's Video, I saw more effective ways to do the stretching positions I was already doing and I saw ways to stretch areas I never stretch.  And I stretch daily.  The logic of Lou's better positions and method were immediately obvious.
    This is indeed an outgrowth of Lou's 20 years Structural Integration Bodywork experience.  I found his information, manner of explanation and demonstrations all excellent.
Long Term Senior Athlete and Personal Trainer,
     including PNF Stretching Certified.
(READ HIS 2-PAGE IN-DEPTH PRAISE OF THIS METHOD)

    Besides demonstrating and explaining the actual stretches, Lou explains why we want to do them to help ourselves.  He explains how the body can be made to work a lot easier, for the average person to followAnd most other stretching videos don't explain like this.  Lou puts his hands on areas and explains the muscles there, the basics, and describes what we want to be doing with them and why, and how that helps us.
     Lou shows how to massage oneself.  Just 5 minutes massaging my left arm made it a lot looser.    And my whole body feels more relaxed.
Office Worker , Avid Social Dancer.

   
 We did Lou's stretches in the class on Structural Integration and fixing backs he gave.  I was impressed that you could fix the back without even touching it.  I liked how Lou taught us to actually lengthen the fascia in the appropriate places.  It's obvious from his teaching that Lou is well educated in his field.
Massage Therapy Student, Kaiser College

     I liked the whole stretching part in the beginning of Lou's class, to give the limbs a good range of motion.  It's something I would give to my clients.
Massage Therapy Student, Kaiser College

    
I've had long term pain all over, and recently got 10 sessions of Rolfing (r) and now get trigger point therapy and chiropractic, so most of the pains are gone. Yet my neck is still sore and my deep muscles are still tight.
    I did Lou's first Video and felt so much lighter and even straighter.  Lou also analyzed my structural photos I sent him and he explained how I still have a big zig zag and indentation in my lower back with neck sticking forward.  And this misaligned shape is part of the inner tightness being there.
    Lou offered me advice on how to use the video stretches and to get more BodyworkBy looking at the photos of me at the computer, Lou also gave me a suggestion about how to use the computer with less tightness and strain.
Computer Operator

   I really enjoyed the video (And haven't even gotten to the second tape yet... Still busy with all the moves on the first).  It's been really helpful.  It surprises me just how much work it is... I get huffing and puffing.  The low back pain & muscle tightness (my chief complaint) is doing much better.  I wonder why I didn't stumble onto stretching, earlier. 
   The video was nice.  Lou, I don't think you'll win any Oscars (stiff competition this year), but what you had to present, was presented well.  One can't help but see your heart in it.  You teach well.  Like I said before, you inspire me.
Chronic Back Pain Sufferer
, age 45

       

       I also used to have a lot of low back pain from cycling.  Each time I'd cycle the pain would get worse.  Now I do these stretches before I cycle and no longer have the pain.        
Health Food Cafe Assistant Manager

        
I've looked for many years for something to correct my ongoing neck pain; just the wrong turn or tweak and it would be in great pain for 2 weeks at a time.   I'd been to doctors, acupuncturists and other treatments, which helped, but didn't fix it.  I even had to get a job position that didn't tighten it and put it into pain. 
       Lou's stretching videos have taken the pain and severe tightness awayIt has also made me stronger.  Because of my stretching the way Lou taught, I can relax the muscles, and I have actually added an inch to my arms in just two months.  Before, I couldn't add any bulk from working out.
      Even my son has noticed the significant improvements.  At 60 years old, I now stretch daily and regularly go to the gym to work out. 
       People are looking for things like this to improve their health.  And there are reasons why this method works.  On the surface it looks very basic.  But getting into it, such as the special mouth and face stretches, I found my neck loosened up.  And every time I do the stretches I feel good.
        Lou also comments on the video how his own body is loosening while he is doing the stretches, and that showed me how I can overcome my fear of being harmed if I move my spine.  I can now drive down the road with the same bumps that I used to try to avoid, and I don't worry about it.  I have the confidence that it'll be OK and there won't be any suffering, pain or damage.
Retired Railroad Brakeman, Conductor, Supervisor


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IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS

Right Away --  On the Phone Improvements,
Right Away --  Improvements from using the Videos

My legs feel SO MUCH  better, especially the left one, just from the mini-session I did in my office.  Day before yesterday I felt a warmness going up my spine.   My left eye has changed for the better.  God bless you.  Thank you so much for the guidance on the phone (she tried 2 special leg stretches in her office cubicle).  After receiving the tapes, practicing with Video 1 is doing wonders for my legs. 

Office Worker & Avid Social Dancer, Chicago

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I've Been Stretching Daily for 30 years & I learned things from Lou right in the free initial phone call with 3 stretches for both sides.   I went out & played squash right after  & my movements & performance were much better. 

Then I got the Stretching
Videos.  Tremendous Stuff, wonderful, beautiful.  You even mention the muscle names & what they affect.

72 yr old Fitness Expert Athlete in Australia

 


         
I  was told by my doctor that I probably have fibromyalgia, was put on a dairy-free / wheat-free diet, and supplements such as fish oil and vitamin C (for inflammation).
        
Some mornings my legs seemed almost paralyzed, and it would take 15 minutes to loosen up all my joints before getting out of bed. After shuffling and hobbling around for the first hour, I would gradually begin to limber up enough to make it through the day.
         I discovered Lou's website on the internet, and called him.
Lou was very patient, asked questions, and listened. Then he guided me through a process of stretches over the phone. They were a bit intense but gentle at the same time. I was sweating heavily  and drank water - it seemed like a lot of 'junk' was sweating out of me.
         
Over a  couple hours on the phone I learned ;  !.) how to make immediate changes in my diet    2.) how to do the stretching on my own  3.) how to release muscle tension caused by trauma.    
          The next day my legs had improved. I continued the stretching throughout the day. The second day my legs were noticeably different.
I could get out of bed right away, the pain had lessened, and I wasn't as tired.
         
I am very impressed with this technique. Months of chiropractic and  massage therapy did nothing to affect change  the way this has, and I actually feel hopeful for the first time in months.
          I would like to recommend Lou to anyone who feels they suffer from the same condition. Lou is also a very compassionate person to talk to. 
 
Ms L.Z. Phoenix, ARIZONA

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I played video 1, for the first time this morning and did the first 3 stretches.  I was amazed at the amount of effort it takes to do those stretches but they work wonders.  My torso feels much looser. 

In fact, those were the types of stretches I have been looking for for quite some time.  I needed something that would work the muscles at the same time I stretched.  And now I have found them. 
It is amazing how loose and relaxed my muscles feel after just those 3 stretches.  And I even used to do yoga.

28 yr old New Mom with lots of back & other tightness-pains
FLORIDA


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Lou Coached me thru some of his stretches for 25 minutes - right there in an herb shop relaxation area, and my chronic hip pain was gone, my leg tightness was much better, and I felt taller, more upright & more flexible all over.  And I have been stretching & getting body treatments that did not fix this.

Mother, Teacher,
age 52, Part time Ballet Dancer
, Florida

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Dear Lou,

I cannot thank you enough for last night's hour long stretching session,
which worked incredibly well, even over the phone ! 
It helped the tightness in my left shoulder and scapular muscles, and I learned some great new stretches that I look forward to implementing into my daily routine.  I must also say that the cracking in my neck has subsided greatly.  
I look forward to receiving the DVD's !  I have tried a famous hot yoga, which helps, but your stretching program is better [for this].
Ms K.S., age 31, News Reporter, New Hampshire


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Lou is my patient.  He asked me to watch the videos to see what I thought of them.  They're wonderful !  I felt better and I bought the thorough foundational tape 1 for myself.  I use the video regularly.

Physicians' Assistant, age 35, Florida

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THIS IS:   Jump to the Heart of the Matter

This is how yoga SHOULD be taught.
Bodywork client who was a yoga teacher (His emphasis)

 


So Right Off the Bat,
What's This Video All About?

Here's the Problem in a Nutshell.
It's in the Fascia.   Your "Muscle" is OK.
People do better when they purposely lengthen the fascia part of their muscles, in long lengths, systematically, including taking advantage of the body's interconnected structure aspect.  I show you how to do this & most people get immediate & cumulative improvements in their stretching ability & in how they feel, including athletes.
 

          Muscles are made up of two kinds of tissue that change shape.  One is the muscle fibers that you, yourself activate when you want to move around.  Muscle fibers are long thin rods connected to many nerve fibers that allow you to control all your movements in detail.  If you get enough nutrition & take a hot bath, get a massage or relax overnight, muscle fiber tightness often goes away.

         Chronic muscle fiber tightness often responds to trigger point therapy, some massage or chiropractic and other neuro-muscular methods.  But the benefits rarely "stay."

          That's because there's shortness in the other kind of tissue that changes shape.  That's the soft connective tissue wrappings & filler, called fascia (fah sha) that holds together all the muscle fibers, blood & lymph vessels, & immune & fat cells.  Fascia is, essentially, the same fluid that's in your bloodstream filled with innumerable tiny gelatinous protein fibers, to give it the shape of your muscle.

          At the ends of the lengths of your muscle fibers, all the fascia comes together & becomes the tendons that attach your muscle to the bones.  One tendon goes across the next joint & the other joins the nearby bone.  In some "two-joint muscles" in the arms & legs, tendons cross joints on both ends of the muscle.  When you, voluntarily, activate your nerve signals, the muscle bodies contract & the tendons pull the two bones together.  So your joints flex or extend straight again.  This is how mammals move around.

          MD's, Chiropractors & other health professionals know that fascia is these wrappings and filler.  But few of them know that it changes shape; because that's not in their training nor in what they do in their particular healing modalities.  They don't spread massive amounts of fascia.

          You see, fascia gets noticeably shorter & compressed with physical effort including working out & running, with repetitive activity & by holding the body in tight positions, with falls & bangs, including abuse, and with emotional tension, including holding in sorrow & stress while keeping your "head above water."

          The problem is, that the significant muscle fiber contraction or the blow from the outside, moves the tiny protein fibers in the fascia closer together, like moving all the furniture in your living room into a smaller space and then bringing in the walls.

          When the fascia in the belly of the muscle gets bunched-up short, & compressed, you then have muscle tightness that doesn't go away, & often gets worse over time, even for some people who try to stretch.

        This is all a mechanical pushing movement on some thing, the fascia, that has no nerve signals or other "moveable" bio-chemical parts.  So there's no way to re-lengthen and de-compress it nutritionally, with rest, or with some other muscle-nerve "letting go" technique.  Including deep hard massage.

          Maybe you've already found this out.

          You have to spread the fascia out horizontally, like a knife thru thick butter or a putty knife thru window putty.  And you have to spread it thru different muscle layers.

          This doesn't happen with massage strokes.  It requires a special hands-on technique, and one that also takes into account how the whole body-suit of fascia, muscles & bones is interconnected.  That's the Structural Integration Bodywork system.  You don't get the best results if you don't take into account the body's inter-connected architecture.

          Or, you can at least do some of the re-lengthening and what we call re-aligning with a "Method" to spread the fascia with stretching.  If you apply this "Method" to a lot of good yoga or other kinds of classes, and your fascia is soft enough with good nutrition, you can spread a lot back out.
 

Hence the Solution.
The way I teach people "how" to stretch

          This "Method" teaches people how to lengthen their muscles' fascia, the soft connective tissue that's everywhere in the body, so that their stretching of all kinds goes longer and easier. 

            Special stretching exercises show you how to do this, and we also use the method to take you through a number of yoga stretching exercises to show you how to get more fascia lengthening, and thus muscle loosening, with them, too. 

             And how to correct the zig zag that causes low back pain and upper back and neck curve over pain.

          The length of your "fascia" determines the shape of your body & its flexibility.  It also determines how powerful your muscles will be toward their potential.

          And its looseness or tightness determines the amount of tension & stress you're carrying around with you.


This "Method" helps you "align" your structure
so your posture gets better, you feel lighter from less chronic tightness, and people even feel more uplifted.            Stress even gets less. 

An aligned structure rarely, if ever , has low back pain
and has more free muscle movement, range of motion, and coordination.


This "Method" helps you "integrate" your body's different muscle group and bone "sections"
so your structure performs more efficiently.  It takes less effort to do things & even Olympic athletes say they don't have to work at control so much - their bodies just work as they want them to work.


This "Method" is nothing magical, you still look like you're stretching, but because it's based on the Structural Integration System, it's "a new way of stretching" for most people, it's a new set of approaches
that allows people to access and stretch more 
of their bodies, and get more length,
that even accomplished athletes have not been
previously taught about.


Spreading Fascia
Your Secret Weapon for Greater Flexibility

An Integrated Structure Approach to Stretching - Brief Comments

Why it Helps Chiropractic.  Chiropractors know excessive muscle tightness causes compression & misalignment in the spine.  Spreading fascia greatly, makes length, so vertebrae & other bones can go back to where they're supposed to be.

That even stops sciatica, which is low back pain nerve pinching caused by compressed disks between vertebrae that are being pulled too close together by leg, thigh, pelvis and abdominal muscle tightness.

A number of people have said that the Chiropractor could then get more vertebrae to go in, than would go in even with months of attempts.  They went in easier & more comfortably, too.  Some people also said the vertebrae didn't go out as often, too, and that when they stretched, vertebrae would just pop back in right there.

I have worked in two chiropractic offices in conjunction with the chiropractor on specific patients.  We found the combination of chiropractic and the Bodywork I do, as well as this kind of stretching of the fascia, and aligning the top and bottom parts of the body more vertically, worked better than either of them alone.  

Both chiropractic adjustments and applied kinesiology helped the neuromuscular relaxation and muscle positioning and length as well as the bone position, and I could then do more fascial lengthening, and easier.  Conversely, the fascial lengthening enabled the chiropractors to get further with their adjustments and kinesiology.

And since even lengthened bodies throw out vertebral alignment & even re-tighten, then the whole body lengths, fascial stretching enables the chiropractor to do more on a regular maintenance basis as well.  A lot of times, we have vertebrae out we are not even aware of, even if we pop some in ourselves.  The chiropractor can both adjust these and then we also know how we should do the stretches further for those areas.

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My Procedure, or method:

A Key reason My Methods seem to work when what people have already tried didn't work as well, is because as a Structural Integration Bodyworker, I've been trained to know which deep & interconnected muscles need to be lengthened.

And then, also because I'm an experienced teacher,
I teach people both hands-on manipulation techniques
& special stretching movements, to lengthen those muscles in their "fascia" parts.

And I've done engineering analysis on the body's architecture to understand and correct with some stretching a lot of the cause of low back pain & other pain.


Includes Unique-Effective Structural Bodywork "Integrating" Stretches, from the Hands-On method's approach,
    & also Demonstrates & Explains Ways to make a
    number of good yoga stretches lengthen better & to
    integrate & align the structure even more.

What you do is use Positions, along with Ways to Get Your Awareness Inside the Biology of your Fascia, & then you stretch by using the actual structural way your muscles & bones are connected together.
   
The keys are: 
     1. We purposely lengthen lots of fascia; that's a biggie;
         by doing stretching of the fascia in accord with its
         biological organization in your muscle "system."

     2. We stretch to create length in what are called the
         " Interconnected "Lines of Muscles to bones to
         the next muscles to the next bones.  And we do this
         in both large and small areas of the structure.

      3. At the same time, we are aware of making the whole
         structure more aligned vertically, with torso on top of
         legs, head on top of torso, instead of the parts zig
         -zagging front and back.    This even makes the
         top and bottom halves more interconnected so they
         function together better.

 

This is how yoga SHOULD be taught.
Bodywork client who was a yoga teacher (His emphasis)



Important Note - if you Stretch.
My Stretches:

  
Look Similar, but are not the same.
   Look the same, but done differently.


Some sports active people who already stretch think that these positions, when they look on the videos, are like the ones they already do.  But many are incorrect & are not following either my visuals nor my verbal instructions correctly. 

That is another reason why I prefer people to get personal, free coaching from me on the phone. 

These stretches & my diet recommendations, along with hands-on, even the hands on I coach people with, have a consistent history of being successful when the other "similar looking but not the same" stretches were done by the same people
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Note, However, that this is NOT Yoga.  It's only stretching.
How to do THIS method.
    Never pull against pain.

      And, if on one leg - balance yourself by holding on
     or leaning against something - be stable.

     do not hop around or strain-twist your standing
     leg 
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This is not about strength building, nor even developing balance, as in some yogas.         
It is just about fascia collagen fiber spreading.

 You get into a STABLE position FIRST,  and your "aware" pulling spreads the collagen fibers in the fascia part of the muscles, around the whole body, & between body parts. 

You are "not" trying to force what people call "a muscle" to "let go."

 If it is difficult, then take a warm or hot bath or shower, eat a lot of raw or cooked fruits and/or vegetables, or even seaweed, & try, carefully, again.


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