Lower Back Pain Remedy -
Tennis Ball Tune-Up

This is a very effective lower back pain remedy, or can be a great maintenance routine for hip pain relief, or achilles tendon pain relief, or heel pain relief. It's a wonderful addition to the main lower back pain page, the main hip pain relief page, the main achilles tendon pain page, or the main heel pain treatment page.

It's great for everything from your low back down to your toes.

Just follow along with the videos below.

Go directly to either video on this page by clicking these links:
Intro,  Video 1.

Pain Relief Success Stories

From Sarah:  "Wow! That tennis ball thing worked a miracle on my hip!!! I've been throught two mattresses in the last 8 months. Is got the tennis ball yesterday and I feel like a new person today. Just wanted to drop you a line and say THANKS!!!!"  Sarah, United States

From Zach:  "Hi Gary. I...was happy to find your site through a google search. Your tennis ball technique helped me out big time with my back. I would have had to skip a week of work without the help. Thanks a ton!" Zach, Country Unknown

You can do it too!

This short introductory video is a great place to start.

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Intro,  Video 1,.

*Please Watch This Short Video First. Thanks.

Please visit the techniques page now, if you haven't already.

On the homepage I describe…in detail…the 3 Simple Steps and the 4 Basic Facts about your body that make it possible for you to provide your own joint pain relief.

Detailed Instructions For
Lower Back Pain Remedy -
Tennis Ball Tune-Up

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Intro,  Video 1,.

Lower Back Pain Remedy - Tennis Ball Tune-Up

This Tennis Ball Tune-Up is titled as a lower back pain remedy, since it's often a good "quick fix" for low back pain relief when done properly, but it's also helps other issues as well. As mentioned above, it's ideally done in addition to the 3 Simple Steps for low back, or hip pain, or achilles pain, or heel pain, since freeing all the muscles that may be causing your lower back pain, or any other joint pain, is the best way to go in the long run. But it's also just nice to have this Tennis Ball Tune-Up in your back pocket, so to speak, in case you need it in a pinch.

Here's what we're going to do:

Release Upper Side of Hip (Tensor Fascia Lata Muscle) -

Press your fingertips into the area between the top of your thigh bone (your femur) and the top of your hip bone. Press on the spot so you're familiar with where you'll want to feel the pressure from the tennis ball when you lie on it.

Place a tennis ball on a carpeted floor or cushioned chair and lie on your side so the ball is pressing in the area you just pressed with your fingertips. Adjust the pressure by moving your body weight over the ball and apply as much pressure as you can relax into.

Now we'll do the tennis-ball-press technique. As you find the tennis ball pressing into a tender spot do the press-hold-move technique by moving your leg so that the muscle tissue under ball is forced to move under the pressure of the ball. As the tissue releases, move to another tender spot in the area and repeat this process.

Do both sides of your body.

REMEMBER: You are not "massaging" the tissue with the tennis ball. You are applying pressure in ONE SPOT and making the muscle tissue move under that pressure by making the tissue function.

Make note both of how tender the tissue was and how much releasing this one area reduces your lower back pain, hip pain, achilles tendon pain, or heel pain.

Upper Gluteas Release (Upper Gluteas Release) -

What we'll be doing here is very similar to what you just did above, except we'll be doing the are between the tip of your tailbone (sacrum) and the outer part of your hip bone.

So just like you did above, you'll be doing the press-hold-move technique with the tennis-ball-press technique where the tennis ball applies as much pressure as you can relax into, while you move your leg so the tissue under the ball moves.

Find all the tender spots in this upper gluteus area and work them free. Do both sides of your body.

Make note both of how tender the tissue was and how much releasing this one area reduces your lower back pain, hip pain, achilles tendon pain, or heel pain.

Mid and Lower Hip Release -

Again, similar to what you just did above we'll be doing the tennis-ball-press technique to do our basic press-hold-move technique on all the tissue between your tailbone (sacrum) and the top of your leg bone (femur). Just find any tender tissue, apply as much pressure as you can relax into with your bodyweight, and move you leg so the tissue under the ball moves.

And you especially want to remember the tissue between your sitz bones (the bones in the bottom of your butt you feel when you sit on a hard surface) and the head of thigh bone (femur).

Basically just like above, Find all the tender spots in this lower hip area and work them free. Do both sides of your body.

Make note both of how tender the tissue was and how much releasing this one area reduces your lower back pain, hip pain, achilles tendon pain, or heel pain.

Self-Assessment of Tennis Ball Tune-Up
For Lower Back Pain Relief or Other Pain Relief Areas

So now you have to ask yourself the most important question - "Did this lower back pain remedy we call "The Tennis Ball Tune-Up" actually work?" Is your lower back pain (or other pain) completely gone? Partially gone?
Which techniques gave you the most lower back pain relief?
Was there one specific lower back pain treatment that instantly relieved your pain? Remember what worked best for you, so you can do that first next time you need it.

Are you still experiencing some lower back pain?
Which muscles are still tender (that means they are too tight!) and could use some more work?
Go back and repeat those techniques that seem to need a few more rounds. You may be pleasantly surprised at the results you get now that you've released other muscles that may prevented them letting go on the first attempt.

Investigate a bit and you'll eventually find which techniques work best for you to provide the best lower back pain remedy. Then you'll be able to fix yourself whenever you desire because you'll have your own personalized lower back pain remedy……literally at your fingertips!

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