1Sit to Stand
- Sitting, shuffle your bottom forward towards the front of the chair.
- Please use your hands on the chair if needed – or attempt with no hands if able.
- Lean your trunk forward and place your weight firmly on the floor.
- Press through your feet and press the knees gently wide.
- Press through your feet (and hands if needed) and stand up.
- To reverse the process, ensure you can feel the chair at the back of your knees.
- Place your hands back to feel for the chair.
- Let your sit bones swing back bending your knees and leaning your trunk forward.
- Lower yourself slowly and safely to the chair.
- Repeat as prescribed.
2Tandem 3
- Position yourself next to a bench, chair or wall for balance support as needed.
- Take one foot next in front of 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.
3Heel 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.
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.
5Calf Stretch
- Stand on top of a step on the balls of your feet on the edge.
- Please ensure you have a rail or wall to support yourself.
- Drop one heel down below the edge by slightly bending the knee of the other leg.
- Complete as per Physiotherapist instruction.
As needed
6Hip Internal and External Rotation
- Lie down on the back on a comfortable surface.
- Bend the knees so the feet are flat on the ground and keep the shoulders flat on the ground.
- Take the knees towards the same side allowing the hips to move off the mat as comfortable.
- Draw the knees back to centre and slowly take them to the opposing side.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapist guidelines.
7Knee Flexion
- Come into a comfortable upright sitting position with the legs outstretched.
- Slide the foot of the target limb along the ground towards the bottom.
- Allow the knee to bend to the point of resistance and slowly slide to return to the start position.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapist’s guidelines.
8Bridge
- Start by lying on your back (palms down for more stability).
- Bend your knees and keep your feet flat on the floor, shoulder width apart.
- Push your feet into the floor, contract your glutes and lift your hips up from the ground until your body make a straight line from your shoulders to your knees (this is the bridge position).
- Slowly return your hips to the ground and repeat.
9Single Leg Balance
- Position yourself next to a bench, chair or wall for balance support as needed.
- Come into single leg standing on the target limb.
- Attempt to hold balance here for a designated time frame and steady with support if needed.
10Wrist Extension
- Position yourself with the affected limb positioned on a bench or as shown below or resting on the knee.
- The elbow should be bent to approximately 90 degrees.
- Using a hand weight prescribed by your physiotherapist, slowly extend the wrist and lower it past the level of the table or knee.
- Repeat this extension for the determined number of repetitions.
Using can
11Wrist Flexion
- Position yourself with your affected wrist at the end of a bench
- Have your palm facing the roof.
- From this position, with a weight prescribed by your physiotherapist, bring the palm of your hand up towards your arm
- Repeat as per physiotherapist guidelines
12Wrist Pronation / Supination
- Position yourself with the affected limb positioned on a bench or as shown below or resting on the knee.
- The elbow should be bent to approximately 90 degrees.
- Using a hand weight prescribed by your physiotherapist, hold the end of the hand weight.
- With the thumb is facing the roof, commence the movement by moving into a palm up and then into a palm down position.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapist guidelines.