Oh my goodness that is better. I have had off and on issues with sciatica since I twanged the nerve 5 years ago. I have tried other somatic remedies but this was is by far the best for me. I found as we did the toe flat repeatedly in the beginning, the opposite foot from my sciatica was slower. Then as we did the side sweep with the feet to the slow foot side I realized it was flossing the sciatic nerve through the pelvis on the problematic side. Delight, when I naturally started exploring the feet and head simultaneously same direction...Lovely. All the variations produce their own subtle cues. When we rested and lay on our backs, I could immediately feel a difference. Prior to doing this lesson I had lain on my back, noticing how soft my non-sciatica-side of my body was and how the sciatica side seemed to be tighter and higher vertically- the tension in the muscles all along the right side seemed to be lifting me towards the ceiling. After just the first series leading into our first “lie on your back”, the sciatica side of the body was softer, less elevated. Amazing! After complete the whole series the perpetual cramp of my gluteus muscles have softened. I have more natural movement in my spine, hips, knees and feet. Thank you so very much! Your effervescence and shear joy shine through, lifting us up and drawing out a sense of play and delight in the exploration. I am truly a fan!

@tikpaidam

2 жыл бұрын

Julie king : because of your comment, it's forced me to trying out. I will inform you my successful. Thank you JK and "Improving ability" the publisher.

@cinmac3

3 ай бұрын

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I spent the last 48 hours searching KZread and doing the exercises from these videos, nothing worked. But this, this right here, IS GOLD. Thank you sir. My sciatica is a bit better.

Oh my goodness, this lesson was awesome. I can’t believe how much ease and better ( no Pain) I feel as I have sciatica and I have mild osteoporosis in my hip. This was the best medicine I’ve received. I’ve spent a lot of money and I wasn’t feeling any better. Thank you so much Alfons. I love how natural and funny you are. I feel as though I’ve invited a dear and helpful friend into my home. That’s you Alfons!😉 I’ve decided to do at least one of your fabulous classes every day. I am72 year old woman from Australia. I do still teach yoga and Chi Gung. I’ve always been fascinated and interested in Feldenkreis.he was a genius for sure. I do try to incorporate Feldenkreis principles in my class. Needless to say the people I teach are older and need so much guidance. Please keep on doing what you do. Know how deeply you are appreciated. Many blessings to you from Mellaine from Australia.🙏😘

Hi Alfons, I injured myself last week with resulting sciatic pain radiating down my leg into my knee. I began practicing this lesson on sciatica. I experienced immediate pain relief and ease particularly with the flossing movements. I am happy to be waking up the neurons in my legs and brain. ITank you for being such a wonderful, lighthearted teacher. Your wisdom is unsurpassed. .

I feel such a lightness around L4 and L5. I have a collapsed disc there. Pain has eased a lot. Thank you Alfons. 👍

My whole back feels as if it was massaged. I guess it actually was. Thank you for the lesson, Alfons.

Apart from being a great lesson ….it was also pretty entertaining - "...…. pull yourself together....". So glad you did NOT do the edits;.your honesty and sincerity shines through. And oh yes ...thank goodness you speak English and very well too (apologies if that sounds patronising). I am relatively new to all this but am in my second week now and have managed to do a lesson a day every day. Danke Alfons!

My inner legs had been stiff for a few days and doing this quick routine allowed a softness through my legs and knees. Thank you!!

Oh my goodness❤️💞 what a wonderful relief!!!! Both of my Achilles tendons are ruptured and I can barely stand for 30 minutes at a time without intense pain,,,and my beloved hiking is a thing of the past. Your session has given me more relief than anything I have ever done for them. The pain and stiffness in my arches and heels is gone and it feels so relaxed to stand and walk around. This series of movements will become my daily routine, although I did have to modify it a bit for my bad knees and took it a bit slower than your presentation. Thank you so much, if this continues, you have changed my life and improved my mobility significantly. I can't wait to see how this will feel in a week💕

I love Alfon's videos, but this one especially was miraculous. I've been trying all variety of Feldenkrais movements to try to pinpoint the source of my lower back and hip pain, but it only provided a little temporary relief. I did this exercise and felt immediate relief!!! 95% pain free with one try!!! I'm so grateful! Thanks Alfons!

I am thrilled that this lesson has resolved my right quadriceps nerve pain. I was just referred for CT and X-ray of lower back for degenerative arthritis of L4-L5 and a prescription for pain which I haven’t been taking and now don’t need!!! Thank goodness and for your attention

I have begun to slowly work through your lessons to help heal muscle strains from a slip down the stairs six weeks ago. Your classes are amazing!! I noticed less pain with increased flexibility immediately and am looking forward to how I will feel with more practice. Thank you for creating this collection and for bringing your wonderfully human self as teacher. You are a joy!

Amazing lesson, Alfons. Thank you so much. I had so much pain in the lower back and down the right leg and foot from sciatica, so as you suggested in an earlier lesson, I just visualized this lesson. I love the part about imagining that the spine is like a broom stick and it worked like magic. I was asleep like a baby in a few seconds.

It’s beautiful and unbelievable at same time. Getting connected to my body again in few minutes and experiencing how all parts are linked to promote movement. Merci beaucoup Alfons !

I have suffered from lower back pain for SO long, and I did this tonight and found such great relief! Without pain meds! Why doesn’t everyone know about this? I only learned of it recently from an article in the NYTimes! Worth every penny I have paid for that subscription decades. The thing is, Alfons also cracks me up and makes me so happy with his cheerfulness and unintended jokes! LOL

This is a great sequence, thank you. This got rid of very painful sciatica in one day. I do this for about 10 mins every morning. Excellent!

One of the best routines for sciatica, Achilles pain and stiff ankles I have used. Just wonderful. Used it with my own pain & clients with great success.

I just went through this exercise with you and the sciatica I have been troubled with for months feels much better. I will be glad to see how I can walk and perform through the rest of my day. Thank you for these subtle yet powerful movements that I can feel working in my spine immediately. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with me. God bless you. I am subscribed!

So happy you took the time to show us so many alternative movements. It helped with my SI joint, and especially Achilles heel tightness that was persistent. Just my hip flexors started to cramp with the side bending, so I held back on the depth of the turn, which helped. Appreciate your personable and informative expression. The flossing explanation of how a nerve cannot be pinched and moving simultaneously is such a good observation for me. Thank you for your generosity.

Thank you for all the lessons, 65 years old bones and muscles are getting better every day, less pain and stiffness all over.

Recently discovered you! WOW! YES, this is starting to help with sciatica and waking up a lot of neurons in my legs and nerves and brain and body is receiving new, good messages and changes. I feel them! Great mentor, teacher!

You are amazing! What a personality but most of all this is incredibly effective therapy. Love it! Thank you.

I've been using this exercise quite often, to ease sciatica when nothing else will. Works best when I slow down to the pace of the video (but still okay when I take it quicker ...). Am a late-comer to Feldenkrais (nothing like desperation) and find your videos calming and optimism-inducing, with a nifty blend of humour and confidence, thanks, Alfons, from NZ.

@sergeydzema5569

5 жыл бұрын

Kudos for the Video! Excuse me for chiming in, I would appreciate your thoughts. Have you heard about - Franaar Breathtaking Motion Formula (just google it)? It is a smashing exclusive product for Curing Sciatica in Just 8 Mins without the hard work. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my BF after many years got excellent results with it.

This was amazing! I did this before I took a nap and it always ALWAYS painful for me to get up and it wasn’t! Still some pain but not as much! I’m going to keep doing this ! Thank you 🙏

I have achilles pain and stiff calves and feet for a year and just one session I could feel a relief and an intelligence of my body that really respond well. That wonderful. I'll practice slowly with all the variations. Thank you.

Fantastic! Recently did L5S1 disc bulge.. The last immobilizing symptom was my nerve through Calf and Achilles building up to intense pain when walking... It was taking a very long time to calm down even a little bit... After doing your exercises it has immediately reduced Achilles and calf pain, instead of walking for 2mins and needing to lay down I have been on my feet for 10+ minutes and it's only just starting to get sightly tight now. This part of the sciatica pain was stopping me from being able to include walking in my recovery! Thank you so much! You have made me so happy mate

the best part is you explain the purpose and accomplishment of these moves, thank you

Thanks Alfons. You are very kind.

Again, I thank you immensely for the amazing, and often humorous, teaching. THIS form of body work has done wonders for me, when all else did not. Bless You!

This is making wonders for my achilles tendon pain. Thank you so much!

Love it. Great presentation. I love the way you teach and this feels so great. Thank you so much for these lessons.

I absolutely adore your workouts/movements. Please keep it up you are improving my life !!!

Thanks for this lesson. I started with stiffness and pain in left calf and foot and ended without pain and more movement overall. Love Feldenkrais! And appreciate you!

@ImprovingAbility

8 жыл бұрын

+Laurie 12 .. thank you for trying the lesson and your lovely feedback ! :-)

Thank you Alfons! I had some trouble with this lesson because the position was painful for my knees and I was getting a cramp in my problematic tendon. But I managed to resolve it by putting a blanket under my knees! It fixed both the knee pain and the cramp, I imagine because it gave me the ability to adjust the angle of the leg. Thanks again for your great videos!

Thank you so much, Alfons, for the wonderful lessons and for your kind heart. I smile each time I turn on KZread to practice your lessons. They are all so effective.Sujata in Florida

I'm 72 and want to learn how to stay healthy and active as I age. Your videos are not only informative but they are fun. Thank you for being so natural. Anne Makeig

Thank you Alfons! Your exercises work perfectly for me! Feel much relief from tension and stiffness right the way. I am recovering from my Achilles problem which affects the hamstring and glut as well. I've send a small payment. Many thanks!

A brilliant lesson, Alfons. A feel so much relief from my sciatica discomfort while doing this lesson, especially the flossing. Almost immediate pain relief. Thank you so much Alfons. I will continue practicing these amazing movements. I love learning from you. You are joyful and authentic. And helping so many people Thanks for posting these videos.

This exploration has really "softened" my feet. There is a lot going on when you alternately flex and extend left and right feet--and the alternate sides of the sacrum act quite differently, so that it adds a new dimension to hip movement while walking--like the pelvis shifts forwards and backwards on left and right strides. I get what you mean about standing explorations. Being on all fours, your patella is a sesamoid bone that "floats," so that your legs swing frictionlessly. Going to keep exploring this very powerful exercise--thanks for all your good energy. We have a friend in Austria. Best, Kevin

@ImprovingAbility

8 жыл бұрын

+Kevin Curtin yes ! :-)

i have been following this as well as other videos - I might even get better with no pain...amazing i have tried many things wow

By looking at your moves i can tell you have a passion what ever you are doing, always finding and exploring, great!!!!!!!!

You are so fun and knowledgeable! I have had trouble walking on my left foot and this loosened it up after the first lesson. Thank you and please say hello to lucky cat! 😀

This lesson helped me SO much with the terrible apin in my left hip and leg. Sciatica from the L5.

Fantastic lesson. Thanks For posting. I have had back pain for 2 years and this gave me 80% less pain after the first class!!! First sleep I have had without medication and not been in pain to roll over! 👍👍

Oh man, I got a stroke two months ago and a severe stenosis in my internal carotid artery, muchas gracias, I did the healthy feet series and the trauma, and massage the back by yourself, and now this, and I just believe in reversing the stenosis by doing your movements, now I feel huge difference in my injured feet! Keep it up, all love

@ImprovingAbility

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you're improving! Btw, did you already look into the work of Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn and Dr. Dean Ornish? You can find interviews and speeches of them here on KZread. Wish you all the best! Alfons

I’ve been doing this to keep my knees flexible. Thank you, great lesson as usual.

What a wonderful session! i may confess that my head from the very beginning wanted to turn and look the foot that was moving out! Beautiful to sense all this body connections! Thank you dear One!!😍💙

Sir, I have been following you and watching and practicing all your videos. I am now filled with hope. I have been having at least ten different joint problems for more than twenty years. I would like to share here that invariably doing any one of your videos helps all my parts (helps me) and frees me completely from pain.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Brilliant. Sciatic pain gone in one session after previous pelvic clock video with someone else. Thank you.

This movements are very interesting for me. I did this lesson 3 years ago and today I did it for the second time. Meanwhile I remained with couple of movements in my mind and I was doing it from time to time. And I have some problems with sciatica and especially left part, foot, knee and entire leg feels more stiff then the right leg. But this movements are helping me, and I feel in the lower back like a cold shivering after I do this. Very nice! :)

Nice exercises. It surely has an effect on the spine and the sciatic nerve , my numb left foot started tingling after trying once. Thnx for sharing.

Thanks Alfons! I feel a posterior flex in hips when bringing the toes to standing, btw, butmostly been very impressed with the relief of my SI pain which has ben chronic and crippling for some 20 Months now following a motorcycle accident. It's not an immediate relief so much as a next day relief which lasts a couple of days before I need to repeat the lesson. It has really helped, and i have also enjoyed a couple of other lessons. Keep up the good work! The idea of "flossing" the nerve really resonates!

Just want to say , the side bending is just enought too decrease the back ! Magic lesson ! Thanks Alfons

The way of your telling is very beautiful

Always interesting how tiring these lessons are, we don’t move around that much, yet my heart rate is elevated and my whole body feels thoroughly exercised. Super duper 🎉❤

Lots and lots better. I have a chronic pain in my sacrum and it affects my right hip/lower back. The pain comes and goes but after this routine the tension is gone. And my leg seems to support my weight a lot better. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!!!!!!

Also my left foot started cramping sometimes during these movements and my left leg felt tensed after this lesson (I am having flat feet, krallenzehen, spread-foot) I felt better afterwards. Feldenkreis is the best one can do for themselves. Thank you for your help, you are doing a great job. 👍👍👍

I have been suffering from sciatica since April and also tight calves. I found this helpful.

You are making a difference in my life! Thank you so much!!

My Achilles’ tendon has been quite painful with lots of swelling in the evening. I am so glad I found this, did it and it’s the best I’ve felt in a month! Thank you so much!!!!

@thelegendofsheboo7048

3 жыл бұрын

Did you had tendonisis is it better now

@thelegendofsheboo7048

3 жыл бұрын

How long does it take for improvement to happen

Your videos are the best. Thank you soooooo much.

Gracias!!! muy bueno el vídeo. Estoy probando los ejercicios. Lamentablemente no hablo ingles pero puedo comprender bastante.

Amazing! I absolutely recommend this video (and this channel) to anyone who has had a long spinal fusion, as I have had. Unimaginable flexibility is returning to me, fullness of breath where it was diminishing again, and too many benefits to recount here! This particular lesson “side bending without the friction of the floor” has freed my left side to breath deeply again…..deep slow breathing changes everything!

Hi, Alfons! I love your analogy of Feldenkrais lessons to "whole foods" with many beneficial factors working systemically. Also love the line, "With Feldenkrais, you always get more than you expect." :-) That's for sure!

@ImprovingAbility

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Mary Beth, thank you for your appreciation and comment, really appreciated on my side as well :-)

I have stenosis and the pain was relieved after doing this. I feel so much more balanced on both legs now amazing!

I m going to really appreciate this lesson Alphonse as I have degenerative arthritis in L4-L5. Looking forward to hearing more lessons thank you

Been having symptoms for months without realizing it was my sciatica causing the pain in my foot - thank you for mentioning that! The opposite foot from my sciatca was slower - I believe this must be what you expect as the movement on my slower side helped my sciatca side! I enjoyed your video very much along with the suggestions on how to do everything! Sometimes just demonstrating a movement isn't helpful if the positioning is wrong so the dialogue was helpful and engaging!

I almost cried, INSTANT relief, I've been struggling with Achilles pain for a year and a half, and i was sure it was a nerve issue. I checked my back and Achilles with MRI and were fine, but still had that pain UNTILL i watched this video, oh my god, I'm so thankful for you for sharing your knowledge!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@ImprovingAbility

3 жыл бұрын

It’s great that you found out this video and could help yourself! 😊👍 Thank you for your glowing feedback, and I hope you can maintain your good feeling of your calves

@tamam_jerbi

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImprovingAbility I'm so grateful for your kindness. I'm definitely buying your book next week

My feet feel like new different people at the end. They have always been crampy anxious feet that were making up for other problems higher up it felt. Now they are happy and have their own intentions. Thanks.

Thank you for your help. you are really special

I'm really loving your videos - you're so good in them...humorous, real, yet an informative instructor and an excellent communicator... It's really encouraging to keep doing the movements...! Again, Thank you - it's so good...!

EXCELLENT! Thank you, Alfons.

Thank you for your response thank you very much

Love this lesson. Thank you so much. Most enjoyable for body and mind.

Thanks Alphonse - I love your videos!

This method is superb! Thanks for the vid...!

Hi Alfons and thanks! Instinctively I was breathing in as I was pulling my feet up, when you made me think of it I decided to change. Making me aware of my back made me want to making it convex while on tiptoes- head looking down, and conversely concave - head up when the feet were long.

I don't know how to thank you enough. This is genius!

Amazing lesson. What a freedom in legs!

This was fantastic. Ty for the explanation and teaching.

This lesson was so good for me. Thanks

I'm going to try this. It looks very promising. Thank you for sharing

Dante grazie alfons! i follow you since this winter and i've been improving all my self :). Specially love this class and the another of neck and upper back when a lady visit to your home n.n. You rock!

I 'd love been in your classroom but I live far from. You are a very good teacher. Thanks

Alfons you are Absolut Genius.I tryed this and for the First time in my Life i am not Feeling any pain in my right buttuck.Thank you so much for sharing.

Really helpful for sciatica pain! Thank you!

Brilliant! Helps straight a way!

this is a great exercise program. I feel relief when i do this. Any recommendation on how many times per day?

Hi, very intresting lesson, i will try, thanks

This guy is great 😃 I have been doing some of his stuff most excellent the relief I received from this God bless you brother

Wizard. So wonderful. Delighted as always. Thanks very much.

Hello Alfons, this lesson is fabulous... :) And... I breathe when I raise my heels, and I exhale when I lower them, and in the same way, I tend to straighten my back when raising my heels and curl it like a turtle when I lower them ... Thanks for your videos, they are very interesting and very nice and fun.

Hi Alfons. I have had sciatic pain for over a year. I tried this exercise a few weeks ago and it helped a little. Today I did it again and the result is amazing. No more pain in the SI joint and I can walk freely without pain. Thank you so much. I note when you are doing the exercise on all fours you always have your back straight. It's easy to lose that when you are a long time on all fours. Is it important to keep the back straight and the head in line instead of dropping down a little?

Hi Alfons - loved this lesson and all your videos. thank you so much. I can feel my hips and head moving from side to side much easier. I find i breathe in and arch my belly towards the floor when i move my toes to standing. Look forward to next lesson and hope you can do a similar 'flossing' one for the shoulder s some time.

This removed sciatic pain and SI joint in my left side, thanks. Stiff foot (toes) on the right not so much.

GRAZIE!!!! Prima di aprire il video lo sapevo che mi aiutera. Tutti alttri sul yutube mi hanno peggiorato.

This lesson gave me relief from hip nerve pain

I know this video is 8 years old, but my second time watching and doing. Your question #1. breathing in when toes to standing, breathing out when toes flat. Question #2 Spine elongates when toes standing and shorten when toes flat. I appreciate your videos and the pain relief for sciatic nerve pain. It's never lasted this long , nearly 10 days now..

Feels wonderful!

Sking for the week, great for my sore legs. Thanks 🙏