Hey everybody, it's Dr. Jo!
Today we're going to talk about neural glides or neural flossing.
That is to get your nerves moving if you've had damage to them, if you've had surgery
and maybe have some scar tissue around them.
So let's get to it.
You probably were wondering why I was making funny faces just a minute ago.
You have three different nerves main nerves in your arm, which is your ulnar nerve, your
median nerve, and your radial nerve.
So with your ulnar nerve, to stretch that one out, you're gonna put your pointer finger
and your thumb together making an "okay" sign.
You want to flip it up and come back down.
Some people are only going to be able to get to about right here before they feel that
stretch in the nerve on the outer part of their arm.
So if you can only get to here, that's fine.
You can do that, and do that about 10 times.
Then eventually you are going to go a little bit further, coming up and down.
And hopefully you will be able to get all the way up so you can make bird man face.
Alright, the next one is your median nerve.
That one is in the middle.
You can put your arm straight out to the side, and you want your palm to be up.
You're going to keep your fingers as straight as you can, and then move at your wrist bringing
your fingers down.
Now some people going just straight down will be enough stretch.
If that's not enough stretch for you, then you can take your head and to the opposite
shoulder, and go down and up.
Same thing, just do about 10 of these at a time because if you do too many, you can also
irritate the nerve.
Now if you get 10 of these and you still don't feel a stretch, you can take it back a little,
turn your head, and then stretch.
Little pause at the end, and come on back up.
The last one is going to be your radial nerve on top because it's rad.
You're going to put your arm out again, but now you are going to put your hand and palm
down, and repeat the same way, going down and up.
If that's not enough for you, then you can turn your head to the side, and go down and
up.
If that's still not enough, go back just a little bit, and go down and up.
The last thing I am going to show you is actually doing some neural glides in your leg.
A lot of people will do this for their sciatic nerve.
So I'm going to hop up here and show you.
So if you've been diagnosed with nerve damage in your leg, you're going to want to sit up
in a chair or on your couch, just where you are comfortable.
Now stick out your leg, and pull your toes toward you.
Now some people might feel a pull as soon as the pull their toes towards them.
If you feel a pull with that, then you're just going to point your toes and and flex
your toes back and forth.
That's moving that nerve up and down.
It's gliding it back and forth.
If that's not enough, then you're going to slump your back down, pull your chin towards
your chest and then do the same thing.
Pulling your toes towards you and pointing away from you.
It's simple as that.
Make sure you just do about 10 to start off with because you don't want to irritate those
nerves.
Those were the exercises for neural flossing or neural glides.
And remember to just start off with about 10 or so, and then work your way up from there.
If you have any questions, leave them in the comments section.
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fun, and I hope you feel better soon!