20 Apr Isometric Single Leg Elevated Bridge – Knee Straight
HOW: Place your heel on an elevated surface. Arms relaxed to the side. Lift and hold the opposite leg in the air. Apply pressure with one heel onto the elevated surface and drive your heel down into the elevated surface. This will bring your...
20 Apr Bent Over Scapular Protraction and Retraction
HOW: Bend over slightly at the hips, placing one hand on an elevated surface. Let your other arm hang down, relaxed. While keeping your arm straight, bring your shoulder blade back. Slowly, let gravity release your arm back down. The goal of the exercise...
20 Apr Supine Shoulder External Rotation – Dumbbell
HOW: Laying on your back, bring your elbow up and straight out from your shoulder on the ground. Hold the dumbbell straight up creating a 90 degree bend at the elbow. Slowly rotate the shoulder back keeping that 90 degree bend in the elbow. ...
20 Apr Supine Hip External Rotation Stretch
HOW: While laying on your back, bring both knees up placing both feet flat on the ground. Place the ankle of the leg you want to stretch on your opposite knee. Gently push your knee down to feel the stretch. FEEL: You should feel...
20 Apr Supine Hip Flexion + External Rotation Stretch
HOW: While laying on your back, bring one knee to your chest. Grab the inside of that knee and pull your knee up and out as far as it can, letting your knee slowly fall to the side. Keep your hips level on the...
20 Apr Seated Hip External Rotation Stretch
HOW: Bring one leg up and relax the ankle on the opposite knee. Let gravity pull your knee down to stretch your hip. For more of a stretch, use your hand to push your knee down. FEEL: You should feel a stretch in your...
20 Apr Standing Pigeon Stretch
HOW: Cross one leg and place the outside of your lower leg on the elevated surface. If you feel a stretch in that position, hold for the prescribed time. If you need more of a stretch, bend the opposite knee to lower yourself and...
20 Apr Quadruped Lateral Hip Mobilization – Band
HOW: In the quadruped position, loop the anchored band high up on your thigh as close to your hip as you can comfortably place it. Once tension is created in the band pulling your hip outwards, rock back bringing your butt closer to your...
20 Apr Half Kneeling Lateral Hip Mobilization – Band
HOW: Start in a half kneeling position with an anchored band looped around your upper thigh. The band should be trying to pull your thigh outwards as you move forward. Tuck your tailbone and keep your back up straight as you shift your weight...
20 Apr Hip Distraction – Band
HOW: Anchor a band and wrap around your ankle according to the instructions in the video. Place a foam roller underneath your lower calf. Roll back on the foam roller and create tension in the band. Move your hip slightly to the side as...
