Bridge Weight Shifts – Post-stroke Exercise
Bridge Weight Shifts – Post-stroke Exercise
Description of video content to be included in post: This exercise will help you improve balance, weight shift, and control for proper walking technique. Repeat this exercise until you can no longer maintain a leveled pelvis or until the muscles in your legs become fatigued.
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6.2 -> [Music]
9.21 -> this is a great exercise to strengthen
11.26 -> your core and hips it also works on
13.75 -> coordination in preparation for walking
16 -> or scooting in bed what you'll do is
18.4 -> you'll lay on your back you'll keep your
21.55 -> feet hip-width distance apart keep your
26.2 -> hips your knees and your feet all in
28.72 -> Lotte align from here you'll bridge up
33.239 -> trying to keep your hips level don't
36.64 -> allow your hips to twist one way or the
39.73 -> other and what you'll do from here make
42.01 -> sure your hands are out for balance if
44.83 -> you want to make the exercise more
46.3 -> difficult you can bring your hands in so
49.93 -> I'll demonstrate with my hands out and
51.64 -> what you're going to do is you're going
53.949 -> to shift your weight onto your
56.07 -> unaffected and then back on to your
58.9 -> affected lower leg and as you do this
62.409 -> you want to make sure that your hips
64.12 -> stay level and return down you're going
69.01 -> to repeat this exercise until you cannot
71.86 -> maintain a level pelvis or the muscles
75.49 -> of your legs become fatigued
79.56 -> you
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT0tcOv4Zeo