| | |  | DANCE EXERCISE | Home » » The Elaine Petrone Method | | | | | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Elaine Petrone | | Director:
| Ted Landon | | Format:
| Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Acacia | | Run Time:
| 54 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| February 28, 2006 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 15 reviews |
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29 of 30 found the following review helpful:
 GreatApr 07, 2006
By J. James
This product is GREAT!! I had lower back/hip pain which could have come from a variety of things(Sports, Training, Auto Accident etc.) to which I still don't know the cause, however once I used this product. I haven't even felt the pain anymore!!! It's real! It works!! All you have to do is like Elaine Says "lie there and let the Ball and gravity re-align & heal your body" I recommend Highly!!!
25 of 26 found the following review helpful:
Great for back pain!Feb 10, 2006
By GG
I'm the typical computer user, hunched over my computer 8 hours a day as my shoulders crawl up to my ears and my back gets stiffer and stiffer. Recurring tension and pain in my back was pretty much status quo for me until I was introduced to Elaine Petrone's method last year. I took a class with her and felt better almost immediately. Since then I've used her breathing and positioning techniques at home. I'm happy to report that the DVD is the next best thing to taking a class with Elaine. On the DVD she really takes the time to introduce you to each position and offer alternatives (using one ball or two depending on your specific issue). I hadn't realized how much I forgot from her class and how many more things I can do to alleviate the general tension and achiness in my back. After doing the DVD I felt the same way I did after taking her class - better!
27 of 29 found the following review helpful:
Lose the tension!Feb 10, 2006
By Eureka Girl
"Eureka Girl"
Surprisingly, what I learned that has helped me the most from this DVD doesn't even require the balls, though they feel great when I do use them at home.
The part about just sitting (I sit on my coffee table when the students in the DVD sit on their benches) and dropping your head down and feeling the gravity and giving myself time to really feel the muscles is something I do all the time now. That doesn't sound like any big revelation, does it? But somehow it's different when she's instructing you on how to "listen" to your body.
I travel a lot and this one technique has relieved a tremendous amount of discomfort for me, from my shoulders all the way down to my lower spine. I can use it standing in line at a ticket counter or in my cramped seat. It's fantastic!!
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
it worksJun 19, 2006
By C. Martin
This dvd/ball set is great. For once, something I have tried for back tension works exactly as it claims. The idea is simple...learning to feel your tension helps you release it. Yes, this particular dvd only deals with the lower back and hips, but it CLEARLY STATES THAT FACT on the back cover. Excellent product.
23 of 26 found the following review helpful:
everything is not for everybody nor every bodyMar 13, 2007
By Kheru Djhuti
"Kheru Djhuti"
I too have read some of the other reviews and am quite surprised at the vitriol! Can't people just say that they don't like something or that they did not have success and why? Plain and detailed descriptions of both success and failure can be quite helpful and that is what I come to Amazon reviews for.
I was fortunate enough to have taken classes with Ms Petrone at a New York health club in early 2001. Every single thing she ever said in that class or the tape that I subsequently bought from her, was true and happened to me in my own body, right there in the class and at home. I do understand that there are people who can't do anything unless there is someone there pointing or touching and describing every little thing. Those people could never be satisfied with any tape, DVD or book unless it came with the instructor herself! That's why there is a whole industry built around personal training and it does not mean there is anything wrong with the Petrone Method.
I also have a very early version of the kit. Mine came with a booklet, a VHS and a cassette. If I am not mistaken, the VHS is to show the positions because she does not want you to look at the screen while you should be concentrating on the movement, with your head down.
I also understand that I have had the benefit of personal instruction, so the cassette was a reminder of what I already knew.
I am currently learning Yoga from a Book that came with a DVD and a CD: Peaceful Weight Loss Through Yoga by Brandt Bhanu Passalaccqua. The DVD is meant to show you how the movements are supposed to look and the CD has the same verbal cueing with music so that you are not looking at the screen when you should be looking at the ceiling or the mat. That method does work, but this author's DVD is really a visual representation of the illustrations in the book (which come with instructions that could be confusing if you have never seen the movement performed), and what is on the CD. He does a whole class on the DVD. Perhaps Ms. Petrone's next set could emulate this man's formula.
Ultimately though, it is important to bear in mind that no matter how great something truely is, such as Ms. Petrone's little balls, everything is not for everybody, nor every body. Temperment and learning style are as important as the quality of the product. As a personal trainer, I make lots of money explaing to others how to do things I learned mostly from books. However, I learn best from verbal instructions too.
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