Carioca exercise

Submitted by admin on April 15, 2008 - 2:23pm.

carioca
carioca exercise

OBJECTIVES

IMMEDIATE PHASE

EARLY PHASE - IN BED

EARLY PHASE - MOBILE

INTERMEDIATE PHASE

LATE PHASE

GLOSSARY OF EXERCISES

assisted flexion
assisted passive extensions
calf stretch
carioca exercise
CPM - continuous passive motion
cross trainer
crunch
crutches
cryotherapy (including icing)
figure-of-eight
foot pumps
full arc extensions
full quads stretch
full squats (supported)
hamstrings exercises
hamstrings stretch
heel slides
heel slides (facilitated)
hip extensions
hip flexions
hip flexion & adduction
hip adduction
hip abduction
hip external rotation
hip external rotation & abduction
hopping
ilio-tibial band stretch
leg curls
lunges
lying wall slides
lying wall slides (facilitated)
mini squats
mini stork
mini trampoline
one legged balance
passive extension
patellar mobilisations
piriformis stretch
plyometrics
PRICE and RICE
quad sets
resisted extensions
rowing machine
short arc extensions
side-stepping
standing wall slides
static bike
static quads
step-ups
straight leg raises
tip toes
treadmill
trunk extension
wobble board

The carioca exercise strengthens the abductors (which open the legs apart) and adductors (which close the legs together) of the hip and aids restoration of balance.

	Moving in a fluid motion to your left - START HERE Zero position - right foot leads
	Your right foot across your left - in front.
	Keep moving left, moving your left foot behind the right foot - back to zero position
	Keep moving left, this time takng the right foot behind the left
	Then, still going left, take the left foot back to the zero position.
Keep going left in this fashion, then come back to the right, doing the opposite steps.