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Proper stretching is one of the most widely recommended methods to help you
look and feel younger, live longer, avoid and even overcome serious health issues,
and increase your mental concentration and emotional well-being.
And if you have back pain, neck pain, or pain in your knees, shoulders, arms,
hands or other parts of your body, you are doing yourself an extreme disservice
by not stretching, as you'll read.
The best part of all is, when you do the RIGHT stretching exercises as presented
in this "Stretching Toward a Healthier Life" DVD (which now has FREE
SHIPPING for a limited time), you will actually feel great while doing them,
as well!
The proper and complete stretching exercises presented by stretching expert
Jacques Gauthier in this top-recommended DVD can help:
Key Health Benefits of Stretching & Increased Flexibility
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REDUCE TENSION IN MUSCLES & HELPS MUSCLES RELAX. Many studies
have shown that increased flexibility can significantly reduce aches throughout
the body - an issue that is significantly on the rise with today's sedentary
lifestyles!
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IMPROVE FLOW OF OXYGEN AND INTAKE OF ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS. Stretching
allows the muscles to relax. Muscles that are instead always tense tend
to cut off their own circulation, which can result in lack of oxygen and
nutrients.
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HELP REDUCE AND MANAGE STRESS. With flexibility comes a significant
reduction in the "tension" in your body - you will feel significantly
less stressed, which is essential as stress is a leading contributor to
chronic diseases.
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IMPROVE YOUR POSTURE. Stretching your lower back, shoulders and
chest properly helps to align your back and improve your posture - with
the prevalence of jobs confining people to desks or standing and leaning
much of the day, this is also crucial.
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PROVIDE BETTER BLOOD CIRCULATION. The act of stretching increases
blood supply to muscles and joints, improving blood circulation throughout
the entire body
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SLOW THE DEGENERATION OF YOUR JOINTS: Stretching helps to increase
your range of motion and may slow the degeneration of joints.
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HELP TO ELIMINATE OR AVOID LOW BACK PAIN: Flexibility in the
hips, hamstrings, and pelvic muscles helps to remove stress from your
spine that causes the lower back pain.
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HELP TO ELIMINATE PAINS FROM STRESS ON MUSCLES. Stretching makes
muscles flexible and loose, reducing the shortening and tightening effect
from working your muscles hard … and the associated aches and pains
from it!
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IMPROVE CLARITY AND FOCUS. For many of the reasons noted above,
such as improved blood and oxygen circulation and reduced body tension,
you will experience greater mental clarity and focus with stretching.
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MAY REDUCE YOUR RISK OF INJURY. Flexible muscles are not as likely
to become injured from extended movements. As noted in the article "The
Ten Incredible Benefits of Stretching," studies conflict on whether
stretching before exercise is truly beneficial, but most fitness and sports
organizations recommend pre- and post-exercise stretching
As with exercise, proper form in stretching has everything to do with achieving
the maximum health benefits (and avoiding personal injury.) Most effective is
to see - step-by-step - the proper form of each and every stretch in action
by an expert versus seeing a single snapshot of the stretch in a book (or just
reading about each stretch.)
Stretching Toward a Healthier Life on DVD gets our top recommendation for five
key reasons:
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It presents 15 stretches that stretch all the key muscles groups throughout
your entire body (something we did not see with several other guides we
reviewed)
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It only takes about 15-20 minutes per day total to do the complete stretching
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Stretching expert and host Jacques Gauthier and his wife Dorothee Lavoie
demonstrate each stretch in their entirety, including insights on what NOT
to do
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In addition to stretching nearly 100% of the muscles in your body, Gauthier
chose 15 stretches that you'll find actually feel good and are easy to do
(many stretches in other programs are not)
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The production quality of the video and sound is excellent. (Many other
DVD productions on stretching are not.)
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(BONUS REASON: FREE SHIPPING for a limited
time no matter how many copies you order!)
The Incredible Story of Your Host and Stretching Guide, Jacques Gauthier
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What The President's Council on Physical Fitness &
Sports* Says About Stretching
Stretching is known to relax (inhibit muscle activation) the muscle (Avela
et al., 1999; Vujnovich & Dawson, 1994) and has been advocated for
the treatment of various muscle problems (Clarke, 1975; Corbin & Noble,
1980).
Static stretching is clearly indicated and commonly used for the acute
relief of muscle cramps.
Similarly, stretching is commonly practiced to relieve symptoms of delayed-onset
muscle soreness (DOMS).
(The PCPFS serves as advisory council to the U.S. President
and Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services on
matters involving physical activity, fitness and sports to enhance
and improve the health of Americans of all ages.)
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As you will hear in more detail in the introduction on the DVD, host and stretching
expert Jacques Gauthier's own personal story is highly motivating in relation
to the stretches presented on the DVD. Why?
Back in 1981, Gauthier's left hand became paralyzed, and then the illness spread
to his arms and his feet. Within months, he could barely walk and was becoming
quadriplegic.
None of the physicians Gauthier consulted could determine the precise cause
of his condition, and ongoing prescriptions for cortisone (steroids) were the
only thing that helped relieve the pain and stop the attacks.
Nine years went by and Gauthier's symptoms only got worse, as side-effects
from the cortisone included arthritis, osteoporosis and more. Another medication
was prescribed, but since all conventional treatments had been failing and Gauthier
- suffering with three serious illnesses - decided he had nothing to lose, he
decided to take control of his own health.
He had heard about the beneficial health effects of stretching and so decided
to try it. Gauthier did it for several hours a day (far more than most people
need to) and, though at the forefront in his condition it was initially difficult,
within weeks he noted a dramatic reduction in pain and greatly increased mobility.
This with a man who was nearly paralyzed from pain.
Long story short, within six months of persevering with stretching exercises
for two hours per day, Gauthier had overcome the diseases and recovered - according
to him - "100% of my health!" In 1997, Gauthier actually stopped doing
his stretching exercises - until health issues started showing again, prompting
him back to his stretching exercises (that again eliminated them.) He says this
"relapse" episode made an absolute firm believer in stretching's incredible
health benefits - and committed to teaching the world about the ideal stretches
to achieve health benefits, as well.
While you may not be in the desperate condition Gauthier was in when he first
started stretching, and while you may not experience such extreme health benefits
from stretching, following the proper techniques presented in his exceptional
DVD guide, Stretching Toward a Healthier Life, you will likely be amazed at
how much stretching can improve the way you feel physically, mentally and emotionally
(not to mention improving your physical appearance!)
Recent Physician and Customer Testimonials
"I found Jacques' stretching program extremely beneficial for my
own chronic back pain and can recommend it highly."
-- Walter C. Prehn, MD
"Without a doubt, these simple stretching exercises will add life
to your years -- and years to your life!"
-- Dr. Jean Chevrefils, DC
"I've had your videotape for a year now and have been doing the
stretching intensively. My back and knee pain are now just a bad memory."
-- Pierrette Abel
"Thank you for giving me the means to achieve greater autonomy in
terms of my health. Because of you, I can now stay in good health without
spending a fortune and without depending on anybody else."
-- Françoise Charron
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