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	<title>Yoga Tune Up &#187; Back Pain</title>
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		<title>Are Your Shoulders In Your Back Pockets?</title>
		<link>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2012/02/01/are-your-shoulders-in-your-back-pockets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trina Altman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flexibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tension]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[upper back pain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During many yoga classes I have attended, the teacher would continually tell us to “open your heart” and “bring your shoulders back and down.” In Pilates reformer classes, the cue was to “place your shoulders in your back pockets,” or just the stern command:  “SHOULDERS DOWN!” Wanting to be a good student, I did this… [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Tail vs. Sad Tail: Which Way Do You Tilt?</title>
		<link>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2012/01/25/happy-tail-vs-sad-tail-which-way-do-you-tilt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2012/01/25/happy-tail-vs-sad-tail-which-way-do-you-tilt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trina Altman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Back Pain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What the heck is a neutral pelvis and why do I need to have one? This is a question I often get from my students and private clients. In Pilates reformer classes, teachers are constantly reminding students to bring their pelvis to “neutral”. Understanding and embodying a neutral pelvis is imperative not just for your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Therapy Balls To Massage Away Chronic Neck Pain</title>
		<link>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2011/12/14/therapy-balls-to-massage-away-chronic-neck-pain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2011/12/14/therapy-balls-to-massage-away-chronic-neck-pain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Lavictoire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neck Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pain Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self massage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trigger point therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upper back pain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We all store stress in various places around our bodies. Most of us store it in places like the neck and shoulders, the low back, and also in the belly. All very complicated parts of the body, and in times of acute pain, they are often challenging areas to assess and target the root of the pain.
In my case, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Therapy Balls Help Keep Your Body Healthy For Life!</title>
		<link>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2011/11/23/therapy-balls-keep-your-body-healthy-through-your-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2011/11/23/therapy-balls-keep-your-body-healthy-through-your-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Cochren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self massage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trigger point therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing Lower Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Back Pain Exercise]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/?p=1715</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I lead a double life.  That may be slightly dramatic, but I work as a building contractor before slipping on the spandex on to teach or practice yoga in the evenings. During the day, I am either behind my desk or the wheel of a truck. In the evenings I am eager to get to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Desk Job Giving You Lower Back Pain? Find Yoga Tune Up® Relief</title>
		<link>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2011/11/18/desk-job-giving-you-lower-back-pain-find-yoga-tune-up%c2%ae-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2011/11/18/desk-job-giving-you-lower-back-pain-find-yoga-tune-up%c2%ae-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Cochren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self massage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trigger point therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing Lower Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Back Pain Exercise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new student approached me with soreness in the low back and sacrum.  She had previously dealt with a sciatic pain and recognized that this was not the same. She was very dedicated to her health and fitness and routinely exercised after work.  However, sitting for much of the day at a desk had taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Pain In The QL, If You Know What I Mean</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Cochren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing Lower Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low back pain exercise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I had a nickel for every time I heard “sore lower back” when asking students about injuries or limitations I would own a small island in the Caribbean! In our modern lives, most of us are in near constant hip flexion. We wake up and sit on the bed, sit down on the toilet, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lower Back Pain Relief with Yoga Tune Up®</title>
		<link>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2011/11/04/renees-relief-with-yoga-tune-up%c2%ae/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2011/11/04/renees-relief-with-yoga-tune-up%c2%ae/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renee Dello</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Core]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hips & Glutes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glute pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing Lower Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Back Pain Exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[megaplank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obliques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piriformis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During my weeklong Yoga Tune Up® Teacher Training with Jill in Hamilton, Ontario this summer, I experienced an awakening of my obliques.  I think of it as my “aha, hello obliques!” moment.
I consider myself an active person.  I go to the gym regularly, I practice yoga and do quite a bit of pilates.  Pilates and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Lower Back Strengthener You Can Do in Bed!</title>
		<link>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2011/07/26/a-yoga-tune-up%c2%ae-pose-to-wake-up-with/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2011/07/26/a-yoga-tune-up%c2%ae-pose-to-wake-up-with/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Court</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pain Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pose Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poses for Beginners]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hip stretch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low Back Pain Exercise Video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you wake up listless or grumpy, or just don&#8217;t quite want to get up yet, here&#8217;s a simple Yoga Tune Up® pose that  you could do before you even get out of bed! (If there&#8217;s someone else in bed with you, you may want to give them a little nudge to make room.) Stretching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mastered the 2 Minute Practice? Try 4 Minutes!</title>
		<link>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2011/07/15/mastered-the-2-minute-practice-try-4-minutes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2011/07/15/mastered-the-2-minute-practice-try-4-minutes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelley Piser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flexibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leg Stretches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lower Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chest Opener]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamstring Stretch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing Lower Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hip Pain Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leg Stretch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piriformis syndrome exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shoulder Stretch]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/?p=1461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, one of my students discovered how tight her left shoulder was while I was teaching her the leg stretch series and practicing Yoga Tune Up® Leg Stretch #3.  Although this pose focuses on the lumbar twist, it is also a deep shoulder and chest opener. I could see that she was intrigued by the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Raymond&#8217;s Back Pain Relief: Pose 2</title>
		<link>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2011/05/27/back-pain-relief-pose-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogatuneup.com/blog/2011/05/27/back-pain-relief-pose-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Miller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Back Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[back pain relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quickfix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revolved abdominal pose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoga]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those suffering from chronic back pain, an integrated therapeutic approach must include exercises to build a strong and supportive core. Deep abdominal twists like Jithara Parivartonasana (also know as the Revolved Abdominal Pose) strengthen the core muscles, especially the obliques, and wring out stagnancy in the gut. Here’s a video version of that same pose, also available [...]]]></description>
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