SMARTROLLER® Guide to Optimal Movement
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About the Book
- Second edition updates include quick lessons with links to online videos demonstrating the movements
- The exercises are relevant for physical therapy, Pilates, Feldenkrais® and yoga
- Exercises are designed for people of all ages and abilities
- Exercises are designed to help
- Promote balance and body awareness
- Assist with sensory motor learning
- Improve posture and alignment
- Decrease stress and muscle tension
- Increase flexibility and range of motion
Author(s)
- Stacy Barrows, PT, DPT, GCFP, NCPT
Product Details
- This 'two-in-one' foam roller is 36"L x 6"W x 4"H
- Features a rounder side that increases roller movement and a flatter side that decreases movement
Publication Details
- ISBN-13: 978-1-9427981-0-1
- Publication Date: 2018
- Publisher: OPTP®
- Pages: 96
- Type: Softcover
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 11"L x 8½"W
SMARTROLLER® Guide to Optimal Movement: Second Edition
This companion guide for the SMARTROLLER® foam roller and family of products is for anyone who wants to move with greater comfort, ease and mindfulness. The exercises in the book are designed for people of all ages and abilities to help promote balance and body awareness, assist with sensory motor learning, improve posture and alignment, decrease stress and muscle tension, and increase flexibility and range of motion.
Newly Updated Second Edition
The second edition of this popular book contains updated education and exercises for the SMARTROLLER® family of products. New updates include quick lessons called SMARTROLLER Shortcuts with links to online videos demonstrating the movements. The latest neuroscience and fascial research make the guide relevant for physical therapy, Pilates, Feldenkrais® and yoga.
Exercises in the book are designed for people of all ages and abilities, helping them to:
- Promote balance and body awareness
- Assist with sensory motor learning
- Improve posture and alignment
- Decrease stress and muscle tension
- Increase flexibility and range of motion
Exercises are supported by photo illustrations and step-by-step instructions
The SMARTROLLER® Guide includes step-by-step instructions and color photos demonstrating specific exercises that can be done using the SMARTROLLER foam roller and other SMARTROLLER products to address:
- Body alignment
- Synchronizing/Coordinating shoulders
- Turning your head better
- Breathing dynamically
- Reaching taller
- Balancing while lying
- Balancing while standing
- Lengthening tight hamstrings
- Spinal chain
- Moving as a whole
- Loosening tight hips
- Much more
About the Author:
Stacy Barrows, PT, DPT, GCFP, NCPT
A Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher, and a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Stacy is the owner of Smart Somatic Solutions Physical Therapy, Inc., a Los Angeles-based integrative health and wellness clinic. Stacy developed the SMARTROLLER based on years of experience working with everyone from rehab patients and professional athletes to children and senior citizens.
Learn a technique for freeing the shoulders in this video featuring Stacy Barrows.
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