1Upper Trapezius Stretch
- Start by sitting in a chair with your shoulders relaxed.
- Tilt your head to one side (imagine that you’re bringing your ear towards your shoulder).
- Use the arm of the side you’re tilting towards and place it on top of your head to gently pull your ear further towards your shoulder.
- Sustain as per Physiotherapist guidelines.
- This is a sustained stretch; avoid bouncing movements or stretching into pain.
2Cervical 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.
3Ulnar Nerve Slider
- Come into a standing or seated position.
- Take the pointer finger to the thumb of the target limb making a circle.
- Take the hand palm side up with the arm bent and holding away from the body.
- Rotate the palm so the fingertips move towards the ear until slight tension is felt in the forearm or wrist.
- Extend the elbow and the wrist back to the start position whilst lowering the ear to the opposite shoulder.
- Repeat as per Physiotherapist’s guidelines.