I recently gave my Coaches an assignment to come up with a seated exercise. I handed Gail a pool noodle cut in half, and—voilà—a new easy, very effective seated exercise is born.
This exercise is a great way to start your day or end your day to loosen up and improve your postures. It:
- Facilitates hand/eye coordination and dexterity.
- Improves pronation/supination of the arms and hands.
- Lengthens tight muscles and connective tissues in your chest and lats (under arms and back).
- Strengthens middle back, posterior shoulder and facilitate shoulder blade mobility.
- Engages core as you sit straight and tall.
How to Use Your Noodle to Improve Parkinson’s Stooped Posture
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- Sit tall in your chair.
- Hold noodles in the middle and line them up side by side in front of you.
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- Palms facing down, line up the ends.
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- Keeping your elbows up, flip the noodles, and line up the ends with palms facing up.
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- Keeping the ends lined up, lift both noodles straight in the air looking up with them.
- Slowly lower them and start over.
- Repeat 10 times, you can do this many times throughout the day to stay limber.