Exercises Butrimov for the cervical spine: a video with explanations

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Butrimov - doctor reflexologist, cigunate, psychotherapist. For many years he studied and selected the most effective methods and exercises for the treatment of cervical osteochondrosis. Being an instructor in therapeutic gymnastics, V. Butrimov developed methods for restoring the spinal column, strengthening the muscular corset of the spine.

The qigong method, which the doctor devoted to many years, was the result of his work and an effective way of treating diseases associated with the cervical spine.

The implementation of the technique will have a high result if you exercise at least twice a day: morning and evening. If there is an opportunity to do it more often - the result will only improve and accelerate. This technique has become a real salvation for people whose work is connected with sitting at a table, a computer.

The main rule, which stipulates the doctor, to achieve maximum effect in the treatment of the cervical spine - complete relaxation. Only completely relaxing the muscles of the neck, you can achieve high results. Thanks to this technique, the joints of the cervical region develop, the muscles of the neck are trained.

For joints and ligaments Butrimov recommends:

The basic concept of the

method The doctor approached the problem of the cervical department not only as a curative gymnastics instructor, but also as a psychologist.

The main component of the qigong complex according to Butrimov is to treat not the disease itself, but the patient. Using the knowledge of psychotherapy, qigong techniques, reflexology, the basic principles of gymnastics for Dr. Butrimov's neck were developed:

• when working with the head and neck, do not use the thoracic and shoulders;
• gymnastics should not be a mechanical performance of learned exercises: every movement made by the neck or head should be felt by a person, one must learn how to hear your body;
• exercises are chosen in such a way that the neck muscles have to work in three areas;
• does not overload yourself if there is a feeling of discomfort: every exercise should be performed with desire and pleasure;
• all exercises must be performed very smoothly: each of them is produced with the maximum amplitude, and the end of the previous one is the beginning of a new movement;
• after classes, it is possible to crunch in the neck and light dizziness - these effects do not carry any threat and danger.

Who needs and to whom is the complex contraindicated?

Charging is the health of the person whom he himself controls. Just as exercises on work on the press, muscles of the upper and lower extremities are performed, it is necessary to engage in health of the spine( in all departments).

The neck gymnastics for Butrimova will help in the fight against such problems:

• pinched nerves in the upper spine;
• musculoskeletal spasms;
• symptoms of osteochondrosis in the neck;
• pains in the neck, which are observed after a prolonged load on the spine( work in a sitting position, physical activity, etc.);
• inflammation in the muscles;
• bruises of the spine.

No matter how perfect the set of exercises, there is a category of people who are not allowed to do this kind of gymnastics.

So, it is impossible to work using the Butrimov technique if there are:

• chronic vascular and cardiac diseases( angina, heart attack, stroke, hypertension, ischemia);
• acute local inflammatory processes, such as radiculitis;
• rubella, chicken pox, influenza and other acute inflammatory diseases;
• spine trauma, fractures, especially if the spinal cord is injured;
• is an osteochondrosis of a severe stage, in which the vertebral artery is compressed;
• hemorrhage in the spine.

Test suite

Before starting a therapeutic or prophylactic set of exercises, it is important to calculate the capabilities and flexibility of your neck. This will help test complex, the implementation of which gives "green light" further studies on this technique.

1. It is necessary to take the starting position, according to Dr. Butrimov's rules, and try to reach the chest with his chin, having made a slow inclination of the head.
2. Hold the trunk vertically, try not to deviate. The view should be directed either slightly to the side, or strictly upward. Then slowly, the head leans back.
3. Tilt the head to the left shoulder, while the upper edge of the right ear should be vertically on one line and the bottom edge of the left ear located at the shoulder. Repeat the movement to the right side.
4. Stand in front of the wall and draw a point at the level of the nose. Then turn to the mark with the right side. Slowly turn your head to the point. Well, if it is at the level of the nose.

After passing this test complex, you need to evaluate the results.

• if none of the exercises could be performed, then the osteochondrosis is already in the late stages and reached the vertebral column;
• if two of the four exercises fail - the flexibility is weak;
• if you succeeded in everything, but through the strength of , the state of things is on the "quartet", and the condition of the neck is good;
• if all the exercises managed to be repeated without the efforts and problems of , the flexibility of the neck is excellent, and you can safely proceed to perform other sets of exercises.

The Butrimov test set is compulsory!

Therapeutic complex of exercises

The starting position for performing a set of exercises: stand exactly, legs are divorced to the width of the shoulders, hands on the belt. This position will be invariable throughout the gymnastic complex. Maximize your relaxation, focusing on the sensations in the cervical spine.

The therapeutic gymnastics of Dr. Butrimov for the cervical department includes the following exercises:

1. From the starting position, pull the chin of the forehead, then return it back. Each movement should be smooth and slow. The task of the exercise is not to load the muscles, but to stretch them.
2. Smoothly turn your head to the right and left, while pulling your chin along the shoulder line in the direction of the turn. Feel your cervical section and the way the vertebrae stretch.
3. Make head turns to the right and left very slowly, while looking back( as if trying to see what is behind you).
4. Pull the chin down, then slowly up. The back of the head deviates and the top of the head extends.
5. Alternately tilt the head right and left, stretching the muscles and in no case making sudden movements.
6. On the wall put a mark at the level of the nose. Turn to her left side. Turn your head to the left so that the mark remains at the level of the nose when you turn your head. Then turn right side and repeat the same on the right side.
7. Slightly tilt the body, while making slow smooth turns of the head to the right and left. The view should be directed to the ceiling.
8. When doing the next exercise, pull your head up as much as possible, stretching your muscles. Tilt the left side, while maximally pull the crown up. Then do the same movement on the right side.
9. Tilt your head forward and make a turn to the right shoulder. In this place, maximally stretch the crown up. Next, make a head turn to the left shoulder. Pull your head in your shoulders. Repeat the exercise on both sides and pull in at full speed.
10. To complete the gymnastics complex, an exercise is needed that will fix the effect. Put your hands on your shoulders. The head is pulled as much as possible upwards, thus pressing hands on shoulders, as if lowering them downwards.

On the video, Dr. Butrimov personally shows how to perform exercises for the cervical spine:

Preventive course

Therapeutic course should preferably be repeated at least two to three times a day. The first results will be visible in two weeks.

Tenderness in the neck and between the shoulder blades will be significantly reduced, and if after that continue to perform further, the effect will be much more palpable.

This method can be used not only for treatment, but also for prevention. For this purpose, the same exercises are used as for therapeutic gymnastics, but only once a day, for example, during a morning or evening exercise.

Prevention of cervical osteochondrosis in the form of exercises on Butrimov should be accompanied by proper nutrition, a sufficient number of vitamins, which every day must enter the body, strengthening its health.

The disease is easier to prevent than after treatment, so getting familiar with Butrimov's exercises is an excellent prevention of osteochondrosis and quite effective treatment based on a combination of qigong techniques and psychological approaches.