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      <image:title>Blog - How To Improve Functional Strength and Balance - Lie on your back with your hands behind your head, (Modified - arms crossed in front of your chest) lift your head, shoulders and arms off the floor, to a height that your shoulder blades no longer touch the floor. Hold for time.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Assessment – Ask someone to place their fingers on the inside border of your shoulder blades. Can they easily slide their finger underneath or move your scapula?</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - How To Improve Functional Strength and Balance - Lie on the floor with your elbows bent and directly under your shoulder, forearms are touching the ground or arms are straight and directly under the shoulders. Press up onto your toes keeping your whole body straight as a board and hold. Stop the test when you can no longer keep your body straight or with any movement such as swaying, sagging or bending at the back or hips. Hold for time.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - How To Improve Functional Strength and Balance - With your eyes open and hands on hips, stand on one leg by raising your other leg to the height of your waist. Start timing when your foot leaves the ground. Stop timing when your hands come off your hips, your legs touch or your raised foot touches the ground. Repeat with other leg.</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Stand on your right leg and raise onto your toes lifting your heel off the ground 25 times with no rest breaks, Repeat with left leg.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Assessment – Lie on your back with your hands behind your head, lift your head, shoulders and arms off the floor, to a height that your shoulder blades no longer touch the floor and hold. If difficult, perform this “sit up” with your arms crossed in front of your chest. This will make it easier as the weight of the arms behind the head adds resistance.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Assessment – Ask someone to place their fingers on the inside border of your shoulder blades. Can they easily slide their finger underneath or move your scapula?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Assessment - Stand on your right leg and raise onto your toes lifting your heel off the ground 25 times with no rest breaks, Repeat with left leg.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Mobility and Flexibility Assessments - Assessment - Lift your arms at the front of your body to your ears.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - Mobility and Flexibility Assessments - Assessment - Raise your right arm overhead (like you are trying to scratch an itch on your upper back). Rotate your left arm behind your back and try to touch your right hand. Switch arms and repeat. Can you touch your fingers together in both directions?</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - Mobility and Flexibility Assessments - Assessment - Stand with your back to a mirror, feet stay planted pointing away from the mirror. Rotate your upper body to the right and towards the mirror. Switch directions and repeat by rotating to the left.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - Mobility and Flexibility Assessments - Assessment - Lie on your back and raise one leg up towards the ceiling while keeping the opposite leg touching the floor. Repeat with other leg.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - Mobility and Flexibility Assessments - Assessment - Face a wall and place the toes of one foot five inches from this wall (may help to mark 5" with a piece of tape). While keeping the heel in contact with the floor, touch your kneecap to the wall. Repeat with other leg.</image:title>
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