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Wall Posture Drill

Wall Posture Drill: start and finish positions
Start and finish positions. Photographs by BoneArc.

How to do it

Stand with your back against a wall, heels a few inches out, and the back of your head touching the wall. Press the back of your head and shoulders into the wall to draw your chin in, hold, then relax.

Body region
Neck
Position
Standing
Equipment
Wall
Recovery phase
Mid recovery
Purpose
Strengthening

Used in home programs for

  • Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF)
  • Cervicogenic Headache
  • Mechanical Neck Pain / Cervical Strain
  • Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion
  • Thoracic Spine Pain (Mechanical)

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