16 May Seated Ankle Dorsiflexion – AROM
HOW: Start in a seated position with your heel on an elevated surface and your foot hanging off. Allow your toes to go down towards the floor and then bring your toes up towards the ceiling. Make sure to use a high enough surface...
16 May Pelvic Tilt – Swissball
HOW: Start by sitting upright on a swissball. Engage your core and begin the pelvic tilt by arching your back and rotating your hips backward. Then, round your back bringing your hips forward. Move back and forth between the two motions. The more your...
16 May Plantarflexion with Inversion Twistability Stretch
HOW: Start in a seated position with one knee bent and laying on its side. With your foot/ankle in the middle, use one hand to push down on the inside of your lower leg. The other hand should grab the middle of your foot,...
16 May Seated Thoracic Rotation – Dowel
HOW: Start in a seated position, place the dowel on your shoulders with your arms up at your side holding it on your shoulders. From this position, rotate only your upper and mid back back and forth to each side. Do this in a...
13 May Erector Spinae Stretch
HOW: While seated and sitting up, take one arm and reach for the outside of the opposite ankle. Push into the leg to get more of a stretch Hold that rotational stretch, relax, and repeat on both sides. Inhale at the top and exhale...
09 May Wrist Extension – Resisted, Band
HOW: Anchor a band underneath your foot while seated. Lean over and place your forearm on top of your knee with your palm facing down and pointing to your other knee. Grab the anchored band and while keeping your forearm stabilized on your thigh, ...
09 May Seated Overpressure Terminal Knee Extension – Kettlebell
HOW: While seated on an elevated surface, place your heel on a step. Attach a super band to a kettlebell(instructions in the video) and place your leg through the band. Make sure to place one loop below the kneecap and the other above. With...
08 May Seated Big Toe Stretch
HOW: In a seated position, place your feet on the ground under your knees with your toes facing forward. On the side you're performing the stretch, move your foot back and while keeping your toe on the ground, lift your heel up to move...
28 Apr Isometric Single Leg Press – Swissball
HOW: Place the swissball against a wall. Make sure to have a sturdy chair or step. While in a seated, upright position, push into the ball with your foot flat on the ball. There should be a bend in your knee as you push...
28 Apr Isometric Single Leg Knee Extension – Swissball, At Wall
HOW: Place the swissball against a wall. While in a seated, upright position, kick into the ball and hold for a prescribed amount of time. As you kick, you shouldn’t be moving at all but you will feel your muscles activating. FEEL: You should...
