L2: RANGE OF MOTION Teaching points (4 mins)

Lesson instructions:
Read the exercise instructions
Watch the video
Read key teaching phrases and contraindications

Key teaching phrases

• “Imagine lifting the base of your head one centimetre off the top of your neck to acquire a good starting posture.”
• “Don’t poke your chin out.”
• Rotation: “Imagine there is a pole through the centre of your body and head” (touch the top oftheir head) “and you are rotating your head around it.”

Contraindications

• Current acute episode of neck pain
• Pain during limited movements
• Current episode of vertigo
• Recent trauma – rule out fracture