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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. |

THE
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 care. We 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 follow. And 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 Bodywork. By 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 away. It 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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Testimonials
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
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This is how yoga SHOULD be taught.
Bodywork client who was
a yoga teacher (His emphasis)
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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.
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This is how yoga SHOULD be taught.
Bodywork client who was
a yoga teacher (His emphasis)
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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.
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
Call lou for help - It's free.
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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