The BackStrap® Classes!Learn how The BackStrap can Release, Stretch and Strengthen your whole body! Instructor: Tracy Halmos, MPT, ATC, CSCS Classes will be held the last Saturday of the Month. Place: Morgan Hill Cultural Center Time: 10:30-11:30 Cost: $10/Person Bring: a yoga mat, The BackStrap -If you don’t have one a few demo BackStraps will be available to use – First Come, First serve. What to Expect: Tracy will lead the class through proper form, discuss muscle targeted and release technique
Why do I need The BackStrap® to do the Exercises?Some of the Releases can be done without The BackStrap®. When you are lying on your back or sitting on a ball and you are using one ball only you can do a simple release. However, the BackStrap serves to hold the one ball in place, not only to prevent it from dropping, but to also to generate a pulling force for a more thorough release. If you lie over a ball in the BackStrap you can pull the strap causing a traction on the ball and tugging on the muscle to generate a more
Stretch It or Release It - What's Better for You?Both stretching and releasing a muscle can improve your flexibility but have different methods of accomplishing this. The quick difference is that when you stretch a muscle, you are lengthening it and when you release a muscle you are spreading it apart. Examples of lengthening stretches include holding a calf stretch against the wall. Stretching usually does not require any additional equipment. Releasing a muscle requires you to spread out that muscle using some sort of