Kelly Ehlert PT, DPT, OCS is our featured PT today. Kelly is an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist with multiple additional certifications including:
Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist
Certified Dry Needling Therapist
Certified RockTape Practioner
Women’s Health Physical Therapist
Certified Prenatal and Postpartum Coach
In this video, Dr. Ehlert leads us through some posture cues and stretches for mom’s post-partum the focus is prevention and relief of neck pain.
- Posture check – Your ears should be over your shoulders and your shoulders over your sit bones when seated. This straightens your neck to sit above the spine vs protruding out forward.
- In this position, try some chin-tucks. With shoulders over sitting bones, allow your chin to push out and then pull it back in towards your spine, hold for 10 seconds, then relax to let it out. Repeat this 5-10 times.
- Upper trap/levator stretches – sitting up straight again, bend your neck to one side while facing forward, add overpressure using your hand on the same side you are bending towards. Keep the opposite shoulder down and hold the stretch 30 seconds, try 3 times. Try the same but this time turn your head to face your shoulder.
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