Lower Back, Hip & Leg Tightness

5 Simple Stretches to help with Lower Back, Hip & Leg Tightness Get Long Lying on your back Pull your left leg over Hold your left leg in position with your right hand Keep your left hand anchored behind you Hold a nice, slow stretch to get that movement back through If you want to […]

Upper Back & Shoulders

Want To Loosen Your Upper Back & Shoulders? Dowel Exercises # 1 We all get stiff and tense through the shoulders especially when we start getting the rounded shoulder appearance and the forward neck carriage. So what can we do? Mobilise the shoulders and open up the space between the shoulders again. Here are 3 […]

Sitting Posture

Improve YOUR Sitting Posture Today Top 6 tips for improving your Sitting Posture: Step 1: Sit TALL. Aim to keep the spine as upright as possible and ideally don’t be reliant on the back rest. The more you can use your muscles to hold you upright the more you can protect your spine. Step 2: […]

Standing Posture

Improve Your Standing Posture Today Top 5 tips for improving your Standing Posture: Step 1: Stand TALL. Nail this and nothing else matters.  Aim for 60 second blasts of an erect perfect posture every 30’.     Step 2: Keep a light BOUNCE in your knee. Allowing your legs to work as a shock absorber.  […]

Quad, Hip Flexor & Hamstring Stretch

Quad, Hip Flexor & Hamstring Stretch While you’re on the ground, there are two other stretches that you can do for the front and back of your legs (Quads & Hamstrings). Quad & Hip Flexor Stretch: Support your head with your bottom arm Pull that top leg back and hold your foot with your top […]

Cross Body Stretch

Cross Body Stretch The muscle from your hips through to your rib cage does a great job of acting like a “seat belt.” It will spasm to prevent further injury. To get some length back in there, the easiest way to do this is: While you’re lying down on your back Pull your leg over […]

Lat Stretch

Lat Stretch Similar to the Poor Mans Traction, it’s the same stretch just going up the side. All we are going to do is lean up the wall and stretch through your side. The muscles through here have the tendency to act as one big “seat belt.” They will pull down and lock. When they […]

Poor Mans Traction

“Poor Mans” Traction Ideally gravity has a pretty big affect on us everyday, so unless you have an inversion table at home this works pretty well and is really easy. How to do the Poor Mans Traction stretch: Crawl your hands up the wall as high as you can Lean into the wall Hold position […]

Leg Swings

Leg Swings Looking to improve restriction in your hips and lower back? Static stretching doesn’t cut it, you need to move it. Try swinging your legs forward and back in a straight line. Slow and steady trying to get it as mobile as possible. Best way to do this stretch: Brace your hand on a […]

Backstroke

Backstroke Do you need to increase your upper back and neck mobility? We do too! A great exercise to practise is Backstroke. If you want to get into a pool GREAT, but you don’t have to. This exercise is great for people that: stuck behind a desk if your shoulders are stuck forward if you’re […]