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HOME EXERCISE PROGRAMS (HEPs)

Exercises and stretches that can help you get moving!

Dr. Lew will pick and choose exercises and stretches to provide the best match for you during your recovery. She will be assessing to see when you are ready for the next level or tier or if you need to back down a bit on your exercise programs.

Dr. Lew will give you printed handouts (that you can keep or take a photo of) of the home exercise programs she will design for you. These will go with your one on one instruction of how to do the stretches and exercises to best help you recover optimum mobility.

Here are a few of the basic home exercise programs that Dr. Lew gives out that are designed to help you get started on your journey to recovery.

  • Modified Thread the Needle / Wing to the Sky Stretch

  • Glute Bridges with micro-steps

  • Quadruped with micro-steps

  • Side Bridges

  • Plank Rolling on incline

  • Hip and Knee- kicks https://youtube.com/shorts/6njLmFZ-W2Q

For the Hip and Knee

This is a picture of a patient intake form that asks for patient details including Patient information, medical history, and details about the current chief complaint.
This is a picture of a pain diagram and history of chief complaint form. There is a picture of a body for people to mark as well as questions about what makes the complaint feel better or worse and so on.

For the neck and upper back

This is a picture of the NDI or neck disability form where the patient is asked to talk about how activities of daily living are affected by their neck pain.

SAMPLE HOME EXERCISES

Dr. Lew is showing the “Smell the Armpit Stretch” to loosen the back and side of the neck. She puts her hand on her head and turns her nose to the armpit. Then she turns her head to look up and away. Great for sore necks!
Dr. Lew is showing a standing stretch sequence of Pray (pushing hands together), Yes (arms up in a letter Y), Thanks (letter T, palms up), and empty pockets (palms forward by the hips). A great stretch for the chest and sore shoulders!

Note: When you click on the patient form buttons, you will be taken to another webpage to a PDF.

Please download it and fill it out (print and write or fill out and print). That way it will save some time when you come to your visit with Dr. Lew.