Transversus Abdominis Retraining – Advanced

  • Starting in hands and knees with the hips positioned directly over the knees and the shoulders positioned directly over the hands, the patient is instructed to bend their elbows so that the shoulders are the same height as the hips.
  • The patient is instructed to find a neutral lumbar spine by rocking the pelvis from 12:00 to 6:00 and finding the midrange position.
  • The therapist monitors the PSISs to insure that they are level in the frontal plane before starting and during the performance of this exercise.
  • Instruct the patient to draw the belly up and in towards the spine without changing the lumbar neutral position. The therapist monitors the PSISs to insure that they remain stable and provides verbal feedback to the patient if any deviation should occur. The therapist should watch for any loss of the neutral lumbar spine position during the exercise.
  • Ask the patient to lift the left hand off the table and maintain a level pelvis and shoulder girdles.
  • Make sure the patient keeps their right elbow bent, shoulders level and they don’t drop their head when they lift their left hand.
  • Then have the patient switch sides lifting up the right hand.
  • The patient is instructed to hold for 10 seconds on each side as one repetition and repeat 3-5 times, gradually working up to 10 reps.
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