18 Jun Seated Ankle Dorsiflexion – AAROM
HOW: Begin in a seated position with one foot resting on a slider/towel. From this position, slowly slide your heel back as if tucking your foot under the chair. Keep your heel flat against the ground as you slide back to encourage ankle dorsiflexion as...
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 Long Sitting Ankle Pump – AROM
HOW: Start in a seated position with your legs and feet together out in front of you. Place your arms to the side to help provide support as needed. Keep your legs straight as you point your toes up and down as much as tolerated...
27 Jan Seated Heel Raise – Bilateral, Weighted
HOW: Grab onto a dumbbell in each hand. Get into a seated position at a height where your knees are straight out from your hips and feet flat on the floor about shoulder width creating a 90 degree angle. Place the dumbbell on top of...
27 Jan Seated Chin Tuck – Rotation
HOW: Perform a chin tuck by pushing your chin backwards while thinking of elongating your neck. From here, rotate your chin to one side and then the other while maintaining the chin tuck. FEEL: You should feel your upper neck muscles working. COMPENSATION: Maintain the chin tuck...
05 Nov Seated Chin Tuck – Overpressure
HOW: Start in an upright seated position. Begin with a chin tuck by pushing your head backwards over your shoulders using the deep neck muscles. From here, place one hand on your chin and the other on the back of your head. Push into your...
04 Nov Neck Protraction – AROM
HOW: Start in an upright seated position. Use the deep neck muscles to push your head forwards and then backwards without moving your shoulders or upper body. FEEL: You should feel the deep neck muscles working to move your head forwards and backwards. COMPENSATION: Make sure you...
27 Oct Seated Knee Flexion – AAROM
HOW: Begin in an upright seated position in a chair or stool. Your feet positioning may vary depending on your knee range of motion. Pull your foot back and bend your knee. Hold this and perform going backwards and forwards for the prescribed amount of...
27 Oct Seated Hip Abduction – Band
HOW: Begin in an upright seated position in a chair or stool. Place a looped resistance band around your thighs just above the knees. From here, push out against the band feeling the muscles in the side of your hips. FEEL: You should feel your outer...
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:...
