Thank you for joining the ADA Ergonomic Stretches Moment.
This movement is called Touchdowns.
We will be doing five repetitions with five deep breaths, raising both
arms straight up and above the head.
Let's begin.
Go ahead and stand comfortably, hips facing forward with soft knees,
with your arms down by your side.
And when you're ready, you're going to raise both arms up on
an inhale towards your ears.
Both arms are straight
and bring your arms back down on an exhale.
Inhale both arms, elbows, straight but soft, and notice if you want to change
the orientation of your palms on your inhale to see what feels most comfortable.
You might have them facing each other, facing forward, or facing backwards
as you raise to the end point.
and reach just a little bit
and on an exhale lower and soften the arms back down towards your side
inhale arms back up towards your ears with straight arms and soft elbows maybe
notice if you can move the movement from your shoulders and move your arms
to feel a little bit longer creating space in this shoulder joint And on the
exhale, lower the arms slowly and with intention back down towards your side.
Inhale, arms up once again towards your ears.
See if you would like to change the orientation of palms.
Reach, make sure that your knees are soft while you're inhaling.
Bring the arms back down towards your side on the exhale.
Inhale for the last stretch here, all the way up, reach as far as you can.
And once you can't reach any more, imagine that you're going on your tippy toes.
And if you'd like, go on your tippy toes and reach just a little bit further.
Activate.
And reach, and on the exhale, slowly lower your arms all the
way back down towards your side.
That is the end of this exercise.