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4.5
Seriously, no home should be without this DVD, it's worth 10 times the cost if you've ever had an injury or any type of ache or pain that just wouldn't go away. I bought this on a whim one day when it showed up in my selections. My husband had been limping around for a month every morning after pulling something on the treadmill. I had just finished physical therapy on my upper back and was already suffering from stiffness again. I have a long-standing tight hip problem, and Raynaud's issues in my hands and feet.The DVD has 7 hours of material. I've tried only a fraction of it, but am so impressed with what I've used! First - I started with the shoulder exercises to loosen up my tight shoulders. They work. I try to do them several times a week as I don't always have the greatest posture sitting at a desk all day. Pain is gone. My husband uses the foot and ankle exercises each morning, and is no longer waking up with tight muscles (achilles tendon issue? not sure, he's too stubborn to go to the doctor.) I've had on and off soreness in my hip for 10 years. Anti-inflammatory medication helps, but I no longer like to rely on medication. This is one of the aggravating type of things that never seems to be bothering me when I'm at the doctor's office, so I don't remember to ask. I did the hip and knee exercises. No relief, which was surprising, but I also never got relief from stretching my hip flexors or psoas. So, I moved on to the lower back exercises. Whoa! Relief! Who knew. Whenever I get a twinge in my hip now, I run through the lower back exercises, and I feel better.The final reason I find this DVD so valuable is because of my Raynaud's Syndrome. The hand and foot exercises really get the blood flowing to my extremities. After having two bad infections in my toes in the past two years, because of a lack of circulation, I find I need to do something more to improve the amount of circulation to my extremities. Daily aerobic exercise doesn't seem to be cutting it, but these specific exercises do work. My hands will be cool and almost numb when I start, and will be warm and flexible when I'm done.I haven't had to use the rest of the exercises on the DVD, but I'm sure I'll need them at some point, and they'll be just as useful. There is a general flexibility section that I'll be trying soon. I'll update my review as soon as I've gone through it.
