Exercises for patients

Ankle and foot

• Advanced lower calf stretch
• Eccentric calf exercises
• Lower calf stretch
• Upper calf stretch

Back class exercises

• Bend and reach
• Balance and control
• Combined cardiovascular
• Combined press ups
• Combined stretches
• Sit to stand from chair – combined

Balance and proprioception

• Balance and proprioception with a partner

Elbow

• Elbow ROM (Range of movement)
• Golfer’s elbow stretch

Hip

• Gluteal stretch – in lying
• Gluteal stretch – in sitting
• Hip stretch in half kneeling
• Hip hitching
• Hip abduction in side lying
• Hip extension in standing
• Hip abduction in standing
• The clam

Knee

• Active knee flexion
• Hamstrings stretch (1)
• Hamstring stretch (2)
• Inner range quads
• Isometric hamstrings
• Knee flexion with resistance band
• Quads control – in standing
• Quads stretch
• Secondary function hamstrings
• Static quads
• Straight leg raise

Lumbar spine

• Flexion in lying
• Knee rolling
• Lumbar spine extension
• Pelvic tilt
• Pelvic tilt in four point kneeling
• Pelvic tilt in sitting
• Sciatic nerve slider
• Shoulder bridge
• Side glides
• Single knee hug

Neck

• Cervical spine active range of movement
• Cervical spine extension range of movement
• Cervical spine flexion range of movement
• Cervical spine active range of movement left side flexion
• Cervical spine active range of movement right side flexion
• Cervical spine range of movement left rotation
• Cervical spine range of movement right rotation
• Cervical spine active range of movement
• Deep neck flexion in sitting
• Deep neck flexion in supine
• Ulnar nerve gliding
• Median nerve gliding
• Radial nerve gliding

Posture and ergonomics

• Posture

Shoulder

• Anterior shoulder stretch
• Assisted external rotation
• Flexion on a table
• Internal rotation with resistance band
• Internal rotation shoulder
• Lateral wall slides
• Pendular exercise
• Rotator cuff – in side lying (1)
• Rotator cuff – in side lying (2)
• Rotator cuff in standing with resistance band
• Rotator cuff repair
• Shoulder control in supine
• Shoulder loading against a wall
• Shoulder loading in four point kneeling
• Should loading in sitting
• Shoulder loading on a gym ball
• Shoulder posture exercise
• Shoulder stabilisation surgery

Thoracic spine

• Arm openings
• Arm raise in four point kneeling
• Cat stretch
• Seated rotations
• Thoracic outlet syndrome neck stretch
• Threading the needle

Wrist and hand

• Wrist extensor stretch
• Wrist ROM (range of movement)