Health & Stretching
The little things in life
Ever wondered what it is that one person does and another doesn't that makes the difference in their apparent wellbeing. No one thing makes all people happy, no one action ensures everyone will be healthy. It is a collection of little things, matched to our individual needs and circumstances, that can make the difference in each of our lives.
There are many stretches that can help not only prevent injury but also aid rehabilitation and retention of mobility.
A
000127 Active Ankle Eversion
000107 Active Ankle Mobility
000191 Advanced Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch
000168 All Fours Hip Extension
000181 All Fours Piriformis Stretch
000098 Alternate Leg Hip Extension
000059 Ankle Clasp Back Stretch
000129 Ankle Eversion with Band
000141 Ankle Proprioception
000081 Arm Circles
000135 Assisted Knee Flexion
B
00002 Lying Back Curl
000014 Lying Backward Lying Quadriceps Stretch
000015 Seated on floor Ballet Stretch
000099 Bent Leg Hip Flexion With Band
000037 Lying Bent leg spinal twist
000130 Box Jumps
000100 Bridge
000006 Seated Butterfly
000025 Seated on floor Buttocks Stretch
C
000115 Calf raise on a step
000021 Stood Calf stretch
000103 Stood or Seated Chicken Wings
000158 Clam
000053 Stood or Sat Cowface up and Overs
000008 Lying Curl Up
D
000017 Kneeling Dog
000031 Stood Doorway Shoulder Stretch
000109 Dorsi flexion with band
000078 Stood or Seated Double Chin Tightener
E
000075 Stood or Seated Ear to Shoulder neck stretch
000060 Stood or Seated Ear to Shoulder Scalene
000116 Eccentric heel drop
000136 Eccentric squats
000002 Standing sitting Elbow Clasp Side Bend
000052 Lying Elbow Spreader
F
000160 Figure 4 Lift
000148 Foot strengthener
000128 Forefoot Press
000023 Stood or Seated Forward Neck Flexion
000016 Seated on Floor Forward Splits
000049 Stood or Seated Forward Wall Push
G
000161 Glute Stretch on Back
000162 Good Mornings
H
000138 Hamstring Catches
000139 Hamstring Curls
000101 Lying Head to Knee stretch
000140 Heel Drop
000076 Stood Heel Raise
000142 Heel Slides
000111 Heel toe balance / Tandem Stance
000118 Heel toe walking
000134 Heel Walk
000163 Hip Abduction Lying
000164 Hip Abduction with Band
000165 Hip Adduction Against Gravity
000166 Hip Adduction with Band
000169 Hip Extension with Band
000170 Hip Hitch / Hip Raise
000123 Hopping exercises
I
000036 Stood Ironing Board Back
000155 Isometric Abdominal tightener
000137 Isometric Ankle Eversion
000114 Isometric ankle Inversion
000171 Isometric Groin Contractor
000092 Isometric hamstring rehabilitator
000172 Isometric Hip Abduction
000173 Isometric Hip adduction
000174 Isometric Hip Extension
000175 Isometric Hip Flexion
000144 Isometric Quadricep contraction
J
K
000145 Knee Extension with Band
000010 Lying Knee to chest stretch
000176 Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch
L
000177 Lateral Hip Rotation with Band
000044 Stood Lateral Lunge
000001 Stood or Seated Lateral Neck Stretch
000028 Stood Leg Flex Extension
000178 Long Adductor Stretch Sitting
000147 Lunge on Step
000083 Lunge with Ball
000007 Lying Lying Butterfly
000190 Lying Lying Quadriceps Stretch
M
000125 Medicine ball catch
N
000054 Stood or Seated Neck extension
000149 Neck-shoulder-back Stretching Exercises Part 1
000150 Neck-shoulder-back Stretching Exercises Part 2
000084 Nordic Curl / Norwegian hamstring curl
O
000102 Seated Oblique Butterfly
000027 Stood Open Squat
P
000159 Passive Eccentric Hip Adduction
000046 Stood Pelvic Tilt
000132 Pencil Lift
000180 Piriformis Stretch from Standing
000110 Plantar flexion with band
000085 Plié / Wide squat
000112 Posterior tibialis Twin
000086 Prolonged Seated Knee Extension
000087 Prolonged Seated Knee Flexion
000167 Prone Hip Extension
000183 Prone Hip Flexor Stretch
000152 Prone Lying Scapula Exercise
Q
000143 Prone Isometric Quadricep strengthener
R
000041 Stood or Seated Raised Cross Arm Extension
000126 Resistance band Proprioception jump
000120 Resistance band sole inversion
000117 Resisted eccentric Ankle inversion
000088 Resisted hamstring curl
S
000013 Stood Sampson Lunge
000082 Stood Sampson Lunge
000097 Seated Adductor Stretch
000108 Seated calf raise
000187 Seated Tensor Fascia Latae Stretch
000068 Stood or Seated Shoulder Circles
000039 Stood or Seated Shoulder Raise
000009 Lying Side Roll Flip Flops
000153 Sidelying Shoulder Exercise
000089 Sit to Stand
000156 Sit to Stands
000090 Squat with Band
000192 Standing Back Pain tips and exercises
000106 Stood Standing Floor Touch
000184 Standing Hip Flexor Stretch
000034 Stood Standing Quadriceps stretch
000004 Stood Standing Squat
000124 Step back
000119 Stork balance
000091 Stork hamstring curl
000011 Stood or Seated Straight Arm Raise
000093 Straight leg ball pick up
000185 Straight Leg Raise
000064 Stood Sunshine Stretch
000071 Kneeling Superman
000182 Supine Piriformis Stretch
T
000186 Tensor Fascia Latae Ballet Stretch
000094 Terminal Knee Extension
000012 Sitting Thigh Hugs
000188 Thomas Hip Flexor Stretch
000133 Tip Toe Walk
000131 Toe Lift
000113 Toe raise
000122 Toe Spread
000005 Stood Toe Touch
000003 Stood or Seated Tower
000030 Stood or Sat Triceps stretch
000104 Stood or Seated Triceps Stretch
U
Y
Z
Positive Thinking
Think big – aim high. If you aim for the moon and miss, you may just hit a star. Break your large goal down into small manageable steps. By the yard it’s hard, by the inch it’s a cinch.
View some of our stretching routines here