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Press the forehead to the floor

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Name: Press forehead to the floor

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Instructions

1. Lie on your stomach on the floor. Place your forehead on a pile of patches just a few centimetres high or another suitable elevation.
2. Place your arms passively at the side of your body.
3. Press the forehead slowly with increasing force to the limit of the desired intensity or tolerance on the elevation.

details

1. This exercise is a simple and easy way to strengthen the muscles that bend the head and cervical spine(flexion of the cervical spine). Due to a lack of training on the one hand and insufficient strengthening in everyday life on the other, these muscles are not very effective in many people. In addition, the forward head posture, which is not uncommon for people working at computer screens, contributes to their slackening.
2. On the one hand, the elevation should ensure that the nose is not pressed uncomfortably against the floor and, on the other hand, that the cervical spine does not have to be flexed in order to press the forehead against the floor. However, it should also not be so high that the cervical spine becomes reclined.
3. Due to the straight posture of the cervical spine, this exercise should also be applicable in many cases of pathologically altered cervical spine. Of course, in the case of serious pathologies, the advice of the appropriate specialists must be sought.