1Heel Raise
- Stand facing a wall or supportive surface and place your fingers on the surface for support if needed.
- Ensure your feet are hip distance apart and toes facing forward.
- Push up onto the balls of your feet by lifting the heels from the ground.
- Slowly lower yourself to the ground.
2Chair Squat [Shallow]
- Come into standing in front of a chair with the height prescribed by your Physiotherapist.
- You may need to use a pillow here to increase the height.
- The feet should be hip width apart.
- Bend the knees and send the bottom back to the chair.
- Use the arms outstretched as a counterbalance.
- Tap the bottom to the chair and rise.
Arms crossed over chest
3Tandem 2
- Position yourself next to a bench, chair or wall for balance support as needed.
- Take one foot next to the big toe of the standing leg so the heel is contact.
- Attempt to hold balance here for a designated time frame and steady with support if needed.
Complete next to kitchen bench only
4Row
- Secure the resistance band to a door handle or pole.
- Keep the resistance point in line with the belly button.
- With a proud chest and thumbs pointing towards the roof, pull the band. back maintaining the bend in the elbow.
- As you pull back, focus on squeezing the shoulder blades together.
- Control the return.
Sitting
5Shoulder External Rotation [Reactive]
- Secure a theraband at elbow height and grasp it with the hand furthest away so the band is drawn across your body.
- Bend your elbow to 90 degrees with your forearm pointing directly away from you (this is the pistol position).
- While maintaining the pistol position and step away from the theraband and return. Don’t let your hand drift across your body!
- Continue this as prescribed by your physiotherapist.
6Shoulder External Rotation
- Position yourself with the elbow tucked into the side body.
- Open through the chest.
- Thumb directed towards the roof.
- Position the affected arm furthest away from the resistance band.
- Maintaining the above position, move the forearm away from the belly button.
- Control the return to the belly.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapists guidelines.
7Biceps Curl [Isometric]
- Take the hand weight prescribed by your Physiotherapist in your target hand palm up.
- Using your unaffected hand, take the target arm and bend to 90 degrees.
- Take the assisting hand away and maintain the 90 degree position against the resistance.
- Sustain for the period of time determined by your Physiotherapist.
- Use the unaffected arm to remove the weight and repeat.
- Note this can also be completed with the target hand pressing into the underside of a table/desk with the elbow bent to 90 degrees (video not available).