YOGA MADE EASY

Rope shoulder flexion

  • MODEL: YUKTHA JAYAGOPAL

Reaching for overhead objects or other such movements demands a good flexion of the shoulders. One of the most used and important movements of the shoulders, flexion has a bearing on the health of these joints. Here is a simple technique using ropes to impart this movement. This posture also helps the upper chest and the neck.

Caution: Ensure that the rope is of mountaineering quality and that the window bars are strong enough to take weight.

METHOD:

* Take a pair of mountaineering ropes. Ensure they are knotted properly and are of equal length.

* Knot the ropes on to the window bars at a height of about 6 feet, ropes about 1 feet apart.

* Stand upright with back to the wall and in line with the ropes.

* Flex the arms, pull the ropes forward and rest the wrists on the ropes.

* Straighten the arms.

* Take a few steps and push the chest forward.

* Keep legs straight, pull both knee caps and tighten the buttocks.

* Stay for about 30 seconds.

* Slowly step back, flex the arms and release the ropes.

* Relax and repeat.

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