Crocodile Roll

  • Encourages precise body control, which develops postural strength and control. Good posture is important for many gross and fine motor tasks.
  • Strengthens abdominals and glutes

 

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TECHNIQUE VIDEO

Uses

  • Use this exercise before or after prolonged periods sitting at a desk or using a tablet device, to support optimal posture.

Instructions

  1. Lie on your back, with your legs and arms stretched out long and straight 
  2. Squeeze your tummy muscles and roll onto your left side
  3. Balance for one deep breath, then roll onto your right side
  4. Continue rolling from one side to the other, pausing for a breath on each side
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Watch Points

  • Body strong and straight throughout the movement
  • Squeezing feet together to switch on buttock muscles
  • Abdominals squeezed

Lying:

  • Lie on your back with your legs flat on the floor. Put your arms on the floor out to the sides (easier) or stretched out on the floor above your head. Squeeze your tummy muscles and roll your hips and legs over onto the left side and then onto the right. Keep your upper body flat on the floor.

Seated:

  • Reach your hands up into the air. Twist your upper body (i.e. from your waist up) around to the left and then to the right.