27 Oct Seated Diaphragmatic Breathing
HOW: Start in an upright seated position. Place one hand on your chest, and the other on your stomach. Work on pushing air in and out of your stomach feeling it rise under your hand. Perform this for the prescribed amount of time or reps. FEEL:...
27 Oct Neck Side Bend – AROM
HOW: Start in an upright seated position. Without moving your upper body, tilt the top of your head to one side. Think about bringing your ear down to your shoulder. FEEL: You should feel your neck muscles working. COMPENSATION: Don’t rotate your head while side bending. Don’t...
27 Oct Neck Rotation – AROM
HOW: Start in an upright seated position. Without moving your upper body, look to the either side while only using your neck muscles to move your head and not your shoulders or trunk. Perform to whatever side is prescribed. FEEL: You should feel your neck muscles...
27 Oct Neck Flexion – AROM
HOW: Start in a seated position. Begin to look down slowly and isolate the neck muscles to tilt your head down for the prescribed amount of reps. FEEL: You should feel your neck muscles working. COMPENSATION: Only allow motion in your neck, don’t let your trunk to...
27 Oct Neck Extension – AROM
HOW: Start in a seated position. Begin to look up slowly and isolate the neck muscles to tilt your head up and back for the prescribed amount of reps. FEEL: You should feel your neck muscles working. COMPENSATION: Only allow motion in your neck, don’t let your...
27 Oct Chin Tuck to Neck Extension
HOW: Sit up nice and straight in a chair. Start with a chin tuck by pushing your head backwards over your shoulders using the deep neck muscles. From here, begin to look up towards the ceiling and slowly get out of the chin tuck tilting...
27 Oct Basking Seal
HOW: Begin by lying on a table or bed on your side. With your legs together, bend your knees up towards your chest to have your knees straight out from your hips. From here, let your lower legs drop down towards the floor while keeping...
20 Sep Quadruped Pec Stretch – Swiss Ball
HOW: Kneel down on the ground next to a swissball. Get into the quadruped position with your knees on the ground under the hips, and your hands on the ground under your shoulders. Place one arm up in a diagonal direction on top of...
07 May Standing Hip Flexor Stretch – Dynamic, Rotation
HOW: In a standing position, step back with one leg pushing your toes into the ground slightly bending your knee. Then, twist your torso slightly to the side you stepped back and raise that same side’s arm up at the same time. Do this...
07 May Standing Hip Flexor Stretch – Chair
HOW: Begin in a standing position with a knee bent on the chair with your foot leaning on top of the chair, safely! Keep your hips tucked and core engaged as you begin to bend the knee you are standing while you shift your...
