Upper Cervical Stabilization in Weightbearing

Professional Rationale
A neuromuscular re-education exercise for the cervical stabilizers in upper quarter weightbearing.

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 upper part of the neck while stabilizing the lower part. It helps to teach the muscles to move the segments of the neck separately while still stabilizing the head and neck.



Instructions

• Lie on the floor as shown with your head in a neutral position.
• Keeping the head and shoulders in neutral tilt your head to one side, moving only at the base of the skull.
• Return to start position.
• Do not move at the base of NECK, only at the base of thhe HEAD.
• Do not hold at the point at which strain is felt. Move slowly and do not stretch.

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