16 Dec Cobra Pose

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HOW: Get set up on your stomach with your hands just outside your shoulders. Begin the exercise by pushing your hands into the ground then lifting your upper body and chest off the ground by extending your arms. Pull your body through and lift...

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13 Dec Thumb Flexion – Resisted, Band

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HOW: For this exercise secure a resistance band at the tip of your thumb. Stabilize the opposite end with your other hand, then take your thumb across your hand as if you’re making a number 4. Pull your thumb down towards your wrist then...

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13 Dec Thumb Extension – Resisted, Band

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HOW: Place a band at the end of your thumb and pointer finger with your hand down onto a stable surface. Take the end of your thumb away from the pointer finger. Move as far as you can then control this motion back to...

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13 Dec Thumb Abduction – Resisted, Band

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HOW: Place a band around your thumb and pointer finger. place your pinky down onto a stable surface. Bring your thumb away from your pointer finger towards an “L” position, slowly return and repeat this movement.   FEEL: You will feel the muscles of the...

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13 Dec Finger Flexion – Resisted, Band

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HOW: Have your palm face up towards the ceiling with your wrist neutral. Start with a band barely on the end of your pointer finger, while stabilizing the band with the opposite hand. Barely hover the finger in which you are targeting the return...

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13 Dec Finklestein’s Test

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This is a diagnostic test for De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis. Grip your thumb with your other fingers, and move your hand into ulnar deviation (pinky towards the outside of your elbow). A positive test is pain over the thumb side of the wrist....

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13 Dec Phalen’s Maneuver

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This is a diagnostic test for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Compress the backs of your hands together with your fingers touching. Hold this position for 1-2 minutes. A positive test is pain in the wrist or numbness/tingling of the fingers....

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13 Dec Big Toe Abduction

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HOW: While keeping the little toes relaxed, bring the big toe in towards the midline of your body and back. Avoid allowing the foot from collapsing in or pronating, isolate this motion to the big toe!   FEEL: You should feel the big toe muscles working...

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11 Dec Overhead Squat – TRX

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HOW: Get set up with suspension trainer handles positioned overhead. Perform an overhead squat while keeping your arms positioned overhead with your elbows straight and arms in line with your ears. Return to starting position and repeat. If you're having trouble keeping your body...

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11 Dec Shoulder Internal Rotation Lift Off – Behind Back

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HOW: Get set up standing with your hand resting behind your back in a comfortable position. Begin the exercise by squeezing your shoulder blade directly back. While maintaining this, lift your hand off your back for the time prescribed. Return your hand to starting...

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