1Row
- 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.
2Biceps 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).
3Shoulder External Rotation
- Bend the elbow of the target limb to a 90 degree angle.
- Open the chest by slightly drawing the shoulder blades together.
- Position the back of the hand against a firm surface and push as if trying to push the hand away from the body.
- Keep the elbow tucked into the side body.
- Sustain for period of time designated by Physiotherapist.
4Cervical Retraction
- Stand or sit with an upright posture.
- Draw the chin slightly down and back.
- The movement you are aiming for is a horizontal translation, like a lollypop on a stick.
- A prompt which may be helpful is “imagine giving yourself a double chin”.
- You will feel a gentle activation of the muscles in the anterior aspect of the neck.