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For the half kneeling dorsiflexion stretch with the kettlebell, you're going to grab the bell and put your foot out to the side at a right angle to your down knee. You're going to stay up nice and tall, shoulders back, and you're going to lean forward, keeping that heel down on the ground. And y...
For diaphragmatic breathing, go ahead and put one hand on your chest and one hand on your stomach and take a deep breath in. We want all the movement to be coming from the stomach, so your hand on your chest should be staying nice and still, while the one on your stomach is moving up toward ...
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Functional Movement Screen (FMS) Test Kit
I still prefer the PVC version, but call me old fashioned.
Y-Balance Test Kit
Be sure to get the PVC one NOT the Professional Wood one. It is one of the few tim...
For diaphragmatic breathing in half kneeling, go ahead and place one foot up so that your knee is at a right angle and your hip is right above your knee on your down leg. Go ahead and place a hand on your chest and a hand on your stomach. Take a deep breath in so that your hand on your chest is n...
For diaphragmatic breathing in tall kneeling, place one hand on your chest and one hand on your stomach.Take a deep breath in and you should feel all the movement coming from your stomach, so the hand on your chest should not move at all, while the one on your stomach moves out forward.
For upper body extension rolling, start with both arms overhead and then bend the lead elbow. Looking at that elbow by turning your head and you're going to pretend that you cannot move from the waist down. You're going to initiate the rolling with your elbow and your head looking, keeping the le...
For diaphragmatic breathing on your hands and knees, you're going to take a deep breath in and your stomach should go down toward the floor. You want to think about like you're filling a bowl. Your chest should say nice and still.
Now we're going to take a look at both evaluating the person's multifidus and then also starting to show them how to contract it. We ultimately want to get a volitional contraction of the multifidus. So we're going to palpate the iliac crest. And then we're going to go inward and find the spinous...
So now we're going to take a look at her internal rotation passively. We saw what it was when she was doing it actively. She was really limited in internal rotation. So we're going to show you the passive test of this. We're just going to bring her hip up to 90. I like to get in here kind of cup ...
Today we're going to be doing isometric knee strength testing using a crane scale as a cheaper alternative to a lot of those expensive handheld dynamometers and things like that. So we'll get you the links for all the products that we're using here, but we just have a strap that goes from the tab...
