Therapeutic Exercises in Functional Kinetics

General Introduction.- 1 The Frogs: Functional Training of the Abdominal Muscles.- 1.1 The Classic Frog.- 1.2 Adaptation: The Primitive Frog.- 1.3 Adaptation: The Diagonal Frog.- 1.4 Adaptation of the Frogs by Altering the Position in Space of the Long Axis of the Body.- 2 The All-Fours Exercises: Functional Training of the Back Muscles.- 2.1 The Classic All-Fours Exercise.- 2.2 Adaptation: Mobilizing All-Fours Exercise in Flexion/Extension.- 2.3 Adaptation: Mobilizing All-Fours Exercise in Lateroflexion.- 2.4 Adaptation: All-Fours Exercise for Stabilization of the Hip and Shoulder Joints.- 2.5 Adaptation: All-Fours Exercise for Mobilization of the Hip and Shoulder Joints.- 2.6 Adaptations: All-Fours Exercises with Different Positionings in Space of the Long Axis of the Body.- 3 Functional Training of Rotation About the Long Axis of the Body and the Long Axes of the Thighs.- 3.1 Turn Again, Whittington.- 3.2 Adaptation: The Dreaming Traffic Policeman.- 3.3 Adaptation:The Yogi.- 4Functional Respiration Training.- 4.1 The Lion.- 4.1.1 Adaptation: The Sleeper.- 4.1.2 Adaptation: Sitting Like a King.- 4.2 Slow Motion Breathing.- 4.2.1 Adaptation: Rhythmic Breathing.- 4.2.2 Adaptation: Double Panting.- 4.3 Air Gulper.- 5 Functional Treatment of Posture-Related Syndromes of the Spinal Column.- 5.1 Lift-Free/Reduced-Lift Mobilization of the Spinal Column.- 5.1.1 Lift-Free Mobilization of the Spinal Column at Movement Level Lumbar Spine/Hip Joints.- 5.1.2 Lift-Free Mobilization of the Spinal Column at Movement Level Thoracic Spine/Cervical Spine.- 5.1.3 Reduced-Lift Mobilization of the Spinal Column at Movement Level Lumbar Spine/Hip Joints.- 5.2 Building Blocks: Basic Exercise for Posture-Related Problems in the Spinal Column and in the Hip Joints.- 5.2.1 Relief Postures for the Entire Spinal Column.- 5.2.2 The Snake.- 5.3 Adapting Lift-Free/Reduced-Lift Mobilization of the Spinal Column to Special Problems of the Lumbar Spine.- 5.3.1 Relief Postures for the Lumbar Spine.-