12 Mar Seated Spine Stretch
HOW: Start in a seated position with your legs spread about shoulder width apart (or the width of a mat) and sit up tall and upright. Reach your arms straight out in front of you at shoulder height. From here, pull your belly button in...
12 Mar Lumbar Spine Mobilization – Peanut
HOW: Place a peanut (or two tennis balls taped together) on the ground at the bottom of your lumbar spine with the gap of the peanut directly over the middle of the spine. Gently lay onto it and use both hands to adjust your body...
20 Sep Tibialis Anterior Foam Rolling
HOW: Place a foam roller on the ground and position it below your knees at the top part of the lower leg. Place your hands or forearms on the ground and roll up and down on the muscle in the front part of your...
20 Sep Piriformis Soft Tissue Mobilization – Lacrosse Ball
HOW: Place a lacrosse ball on the ground. Keep the ball off any bones and sit on the ball. Cross the leg you are rolling over the other knee. Apply pressure to your glute with your bodyweight and roll around to help release any...
20 Sep Hip Flexor Foam Roll
HOW: Place a foam roller on the ground and then lay on top, face down, with the roller being at the top of your hip. Use your hands and opposite foot as a guide to roll your body up and down focusing the roller...
31 Mar Thoracic Spine Extension Mobilization – Foam Roller
HOW: Start in a sitting position with your knees bent, feet flat on the ground and a foam roller lying on the ground behind you at about shoulder level. You can either interlock your hands behind your neck or cross your arms across your...
31 Mar Seated Plantar Fascia Stretch
HOW: In a seated position, cross the involved leg and foot over the other leg’s knee with your ankle hanging unsupported. Gently pull your big toe up stretching the bottom of your foot for the prescribed amount of reps. FEEL: You should feel a...
31 Mar Seated 1st MTP Extension Mobilization
HOW: In a seated position, cross the involved leg and foot over the other leg’s knee with your ankle hanging unsupported. Grab your foot around the ball of your foot stabilizing the whole foot with that hand. With the other hand, gently pull your...
10 Dec Tibial Rotation – Slider
HOW: Begin in a seated position in a chair. Place a slider underneath one foot. Your ankle should be under your knee. Keep your knee still as you rotate your foot out and back in only rotating your lower leg. FEEL: You won’t feel...
24 Nov Standing Inferior Hip Mobilization – Band
HOW: Loop a strong band around a kettlebell. From here place one foot on top of an elevated surface and loop the band around your hip with the weight hanging down in the air pulling down on your hip. You can stay stationary and...
