09 May Rolling Pattern – Upper Extremity Extension
HOW: Lay on your stomach with your legs straight and your arms up over your head on the ground. While keeping your lower body relaxed, bring one arm up and extend it back, rotating your upper back and mid back causing your body to...
28 Apr Bent Over Cat Cow
HOW: Start with your hips against the wall. Make sure your feet are about shoulder width apart. Bend over and place your elbows on your knees. Starting with your back flat, arch it downwards, then curve it upwards in a controlled, slow motion. Imagine...
09 Feb Cat Cow – Thoracic Spine Bias
HOW: Get set-up on your hands and knees, hinge back at your hips until your butt and heels are touching or close to it- this will round your low back slightly. While keeping the rest of your body still, round your mid back followed...
05 Dec Seated Cat Cow
HOW: Begin the exercise by getting yourself set up in a seated position, sitting upright and tall, looking straight ahead with your hands on your thighs. Begin movement by rounding your upper back and neck and letting your hands slide down your thighs towards...
21 Nov Kneeling Thoracic Spine Extension Mobilization
HOW: Get set up first by placing a barbell around thigh height on a rack. You can also perform this exercise on a box, bench, or any other object around that height. Then get down on both knees and place the end of your...
21 Nov Quadruped Rock Back – Big Toe Extension Bias
HOW: Get into the quadruped position on all fours with your toes up. You want to position your toes so that they are pointing towards your head. Slowly shift your hips back and put more weight onto your feet. You can even shift sideways...
11 Nov Prone Press Up – Chin Tuck, Rotation
HOW: Get set-up laying on your stomach. Position your elbows under your shoulders with your forearms on the ground, palms down, and forearms facing 12 o'clock. Begin the exercise by pressing into the ground with your forearms, especially your thumbs, and lifting your chest...
28 Oct Tall Kneeling Hip Extension
HOW: Start in a tall kneeling position with both knees down on the ground. The first step is to posteriorly tuck your pelvis by imagining you're tucking a tail between your legs. Next, keeping this tuck, squeeze your glutes and core very hard and...
28 Oct Half Kneeling Hip Extension
HOW: Start in a half-kneeling position with one knee down. The first step is to posteriorly tuck your pelvis by imagining you're tucking a tail between your legs. Next, keeping this tuck, squeeze your glutes and core very hard and drive your hip forward,...
16 Jul Curl Up – Segmental
HOW: Start by lying on your back. You will be performing an exercise very similar to an abdominal crunch. However in this exercise, imaging you are curl up one vertebrae at a time. Starting first at the top of your head, slowly lift your...
