Unite Health APPI Pilates Australia - roll down
Watch and learn all about Unite Health's APPI Pilates infamous roll down - a great exercise when teaching Pilates online.
The aim of this exercise is to mobilise the spine into flexion and to train movement control from the full flexion to upright standing position, and retrain upright posture.
Standing upright back of the neck long and arms resting by your side.
- Inhale to prepare
- Exhale and roll the spine forwards.
- Sending the rib cage back
- Roll down vertebrae by vertebrae
- Creating a deep c shape of the spine
- Keep the head, neck and arms loose throughout
- Go down as far as you feel comfy.
- Inhale and hold the stretch, keep the knees soft.
- Encourage the body weight to remain balanced evenly through the feet.
- Exhale, restack the spine vertebrae by vertebrae starting with the pelvis.
- Repeat 3-6 times.
This is a great exercise to use as an assessment tool and objective marker while you are teaching online.
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To find out more about APPI Pilates online courses in Australia you can view our courses here.
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