5.
Lower Trapezius
• Place the three-chamber pressure cell under abdomen and
inflate to baseline of 70 mmHg. (brown band)
• Draw abdominal wall up and in as described in exercise 1.
(Prone test for Transverse Abdominis and Internal Obliques.)
• Lift one arm and draw the scapula down and in, towards
the spine. The pressure must remain constant.
• Hold for 5 seconds.
• Perform 10 repetitions.
Lying on abdomen
(arm exercise)
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