Lower Cervical Flexion with Thoracic Stabilization

Professional Rationale
A neuromuscular re-education exercise for the cervical stabilizers. Can also be helpful when the CT junction is hypomobile as it helps to engage the lower cervical segments.

Client Rationale
The deep stabilizers of the neck often become weak and inhibited with postural muscle imbalances and injury. This exercise teaches your body how to move the lower part of the neck while stabilizing the trunk. It helps to teach the muscles to move the segments of the neck separately while still stabilizing the head and neck.



Instructions

• Sit on a chair with good posture and back of head and shoulder blades on the wall.
• Arch your upper back slightly.
• Maintaining the arch, tip head forward moving only at the base of your neck.
• Return slowly.
• Do not allow any movement at the upper back during this exercise.

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