17 Mar Median Nerve Slider
HOW: To glide your median nerve- extend your elbow, wrist, and hand while keep your shoulder elevated to about 90 degrees and you’re bending your neck towards the arm you are extending. Then slowly flex or bring in your hand, wrist, and elbow as...
17 Mar Median Nerve Tensioner
HOW: To tension your median nerve- extend your elbow, wrist, and hand while keep your shoulder elevated to about 90 degrees and you’re bending your neck away from the arm you are extending. Then slowly flex or bring in your hand, wrist, and elbow...
03 Mar Wrist Extensor Soft Tissue Mobilization – Flexbar
HOW: Get set-up seated with the forearm you want to target supported on a surface. Using a flexbar or other object with your opposite arm, roll out the forearm extensor muscles. Use as much pressure as you feel comfortable with, do not cause excessive...
03 Mar Wrist Extensor Stretch – Contract Relax
HOW: Get set-up seated and start with your elbow flexed on the side that you want to stretch. Using your other hand, flex your wrist until you feel a stretch. Once you feel a stretch, try to extend your wrist by pushing into your...
17 Feb Thoracic Spine Mobilization – Overhead Reach
HOW: Place the foam roller perpendicular to your spine onto a segment which you want to work on (personally I like to work from bottom to top). Now elevate your arms as far back as you can-in an attempt to touch the floor. This...
26 Jan Seated Thoracic Mobilization – Towel
HOW: Place a rolled up towel roll, shirts, or any other fabric. The goal is to make a ‘fulcrum’ that we can use to mobilize your mid back similar to a foam roller. Place the object in your mid back and drive the upper...
14 Jan Shoulder Internal Rotation Stretch – AAROM, Dowel
HOW: The goal of this exercise is to use your opposite arm as much as possible to facilitate improving the desired motion. Hold onto a stick or something light behind your back that is long enough to hold in both hands . You will...
14 Jan Shoulder External Rotation – AAROM, Dowel
HOW: The goal of this exercise is to use your opposite arm as much as possible to facilitate improving the desired motion. Hold onto a stick or something light that is long enough to hold in both hands. You will have both palms facing...
14 Jan Shoulder Flexion – AAROM, Dowel
HOW: The goal of this exercise is to use your opposite arm as much as possible to facilitate improving the desired motion. Hold onto a stick or something light that is long enough to hold in both hands. You will use an alternative grip...
14 Jan Shoulder Abduction – AAROM, Dowel
HOW: The goal of this exercise is to use your opposite arm as much as possible to facilitate improving the desired motion. Hold onto a stick or something light that is long enough to hold in both hands. You will use an alternative grip...
