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   Private Member  |  June 20, 2018 @ 11:53 am
   colorado

   I love the idea of this! I suffer from plantar fasciitis and it’s getting worse not better. After many years of running my feet are suffering. I do daily stretches and wear food shoes, but sadly no results. I’m also wondering if this type of therapy prevents future pain?

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   Private Member  |  June 20, 2018 @ 12:31 pm
   canada

   Z, you are on fire!! Thank you, I work out with you daily and z gym is a huge part of guiding my life, and love of movement. My consistent pain areas are: recently and this ones a big one! Plantar fasciitis, long time hips stiffness, piriformis/ butt, tensor fascae latte. Here’s to less soreness!

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   Private Member  |  June 20, 2018 @ 3:00 pm

   Hi Zuzka.
   1. Almost all ab exercises except planks, side planks and bird dog activate the hip flexors, partularily, iliopsoas as a prime mover. Iliopsoas is known as is a dominant muscle which is not good for getting a stronger core.
   What other ABS exercises we can do on a daily basis that deactivate the hip flexors and especially iliopsoas? How to perform them correctly?
   2. I often get an acromioclavicular joint separation. After osteopathic correction of this dysfunction time passes and the problem keeps coming back. What kind of exercises can help with this problem?
   Thank you and looking forward to the new series.

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   Private Member  |  June 20, 2018 @ 9:47 pm

   Dear Z,
   I am very excited about this series, so glad you are expanding the areas you cover regularly, whatever I have tried in the meantime, I always came back to the ZGym and it has become a big part of guiding both my work outs and my lifestyle. Since I study pharmacy and am already getting to my final year of university, I took a lot of physiology and biochemistry courses, even courses about sports and I can really notice how all of your posts are science based, so I just wanted to compliment all the hard work you have been doing! 🙂
   To get to the point, I would be very thankful if the mob therapy series would cover the Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury, since I have this injury for a few years now, and I feel knee pain and tension pretty often, especially after making a break with my workouts (holidays, exams ect.). And as somebody has already mentioned, my ankles also make the popping noises every time I make a circle with it, although it is not causing any pain.
   Thanks a lot!
   Best regards,
   T

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   Private Member  |  June 28, 2018 @ 12:15 pm

   I wonder if a lot of the problems that people are linking to mobility issues are actually due to body type and proportions? With short legs, pistols and reverse burpees are comparatively easy. Short arms make planks easier. Long femurs create lots of weak areas imo too! I know that Zuzka has commented on her short arms making some of the yoga arm balances hard! I need much more hip flexibility do to the pigeon pose for example, because I have long femurs, so I need much more hip flexibility to get my leg at a tight enough angle to rest it on my upper arm. Anyway, it would be great if you could include something on this too? I realise it probable a slightly different issue?

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     Private Member  |  June 29, 2018 @ 9:34 pm
     lake tahoe, nv, usa

     Hi Nadia, The more I looked into these issues the more I found out that the long femurs and other proportional “issues” are not really issues or shouldn’t be used as excuses – not saying you’re making excuses. Just saying that for example in terms of squatting, the long femurs are not the issue. It’s always a lack of mobility combined with lack of understanding of proper posture that can be ever so slightly modified to accommodate your proportions. There are 3 joints that can make the squats difficult – hips, knees and ankles, not to mention the sliding surfaces surrounding these joints. Not many coaches talk about that but we’ll be covering that in Mob Therapy. My short arms do give me some disadvantage when I want to do Firefly or other difficult yoga poses but it doesn’t mean that those exercises are impossible for me – I just need to improve my mobility, flexibility and strength in a very particular way. Someone with longer arms won’t have to work that hard for those particular exercises. That said, we each have to work with what we have and each of us will have to put more effort into certain areas of training so being fixated on your disadvantage instead of focusing on improving your mobility and strength where it needs to be improved, seems counter productive.

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       Private Member  |  June 29, 2018 @ 5:50 am

       Thanks for your reply, yes this makes a lot of sense. My shoulder mobility has improved so much simply by following Zgym routines. I still struggle with weighted archer squats, and admit I’ve blamed long femurs for this, but i’m going to persevere and work on mobility. 😊

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   Private Member  |  July 1, 2018 @ 11:03 am
   bulgaria

   I am not very sure if this problem of mine is exactly for this topic, but i’ll try 🙂
   After giving birth I got that issue known as Queefing. It’s very uncomfortable for me when i do some yoga poses in front of other people. For example every inverted pose cause that sound. So, my question is: is there any way to prevent it with some particular exercise?
   Thank you and congratulations for doing all this!

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   Private Member  |  July 3, 2018 @ 10:29 pm

   Hi Zuzka, I would really appreciated some exercices I can do to fix winged scapula. I don’t feel any pain caused by this (yet), for me it’s more like esthetical problem. Thank you for all your hard work 🙂

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   Private Member  |  July 9, 2018 @ 7:15 pm
   scottsdale, az, usa

   Hi Zuzka! Would it be possible to do a therapy routine for Diastasis Recti? I have a slight ab separation, around 2cm in the middle of my abdomen that I am trying to get rid of after my second baby. I just realized that I have this condition and I am searching for possible exercises that can correct this and also be learning on what exercises that I need to avoid. I would love if you could incorporate this into therapy routines for people who suffer from this condition, thanks:)

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   Private Member  |  September 10, 2018 @ 8:20 am

   Hello, I’m new here. I would like to know how many time I need to do this MOP routine per week. I have neck and back pain. thanks

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     Private Member  |  September 10, 2018 @ 8:04 pm
     lake tahoe, nv, usa

     Hey, there’s not a Mob Therapy routine for neck and back pain yet but you can try postural therapy routine which might help or at least make you feel better. Here’s one for neck: https://zuzkalight.com/zgym/postural-therapy-neck-pain/
     There’s also a routine for your back and lower back in this series. If you have pain, I recommend doing these as often as possible. If you really suffer, you can do them multiple times a day if you have the time.

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    Private Member  |  February 25, 2019 @ 1:40 am
    yazoo city, ms, usa

    Can someone give us a quick synopsis on the differences between postural therapy, mobility drills, and mob therapy? Do they work together, build on one another, or are they different programs? I know we only have time to fit in something quick each day or week and don’t want to waste time. Thanks! Hank and Elizabeth