| Starting
Position |
- Get yourself out to the supine position (Exercise Ball Exercises - Assuming the
Supine Position)
- Put your hands behind your head but don't interlock
your fingers.
- Keep your feet hip width apart or closer.
- Head neck and hips should form a straight line from
your head to your knees.
|
| Action |
- Use your abdominals to pull your shoulders up.
- Visualize the distance between your rib cage and your
pelvis as shortening as you do this.
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| Prime
Movers |
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| Physio
Tips |
- Push your tongue to the roof of your mouth to
facilitate deep neck flexors so as to avoid neck strain.
- Also, push your chin down as though to
squeeze an orange between your chin and your chest.
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| Progression |
- Have someone hold your feet as you move forward and
perform this ball exercise with the ball under your pelvis.
- Hold a weight across your chest.
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Repeat
this ball exercise 6 times.
Repeat
this ball exercise 10 times.
Repeat
this ball exercise 15 times.