The Everyday Exercise That Can Strengthen Your Core Quickly, and Ease Your Back Pain Have you ever wondered how to do a plank the right way? Doing exercises improperly can lead to injury. See below for the right way to plank.
HOW TO DO A PLANK 1. Start by getting into a press up position. 2. Bend your elbows and rest your weight on your forearms and not on your hands. 3. Your body should form a straight line from shoulders to ankles. 4. Engage your core by sucking your belly button into your spine. 5. Hold this position for the prescribed time.
Dan Clark, PT
Featured Employee: Tia Brown, Patient Representative, South Portland
Where are you from? I am a South Portland native, born and raised! What schooling/training do youhave? I attendedDalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and earned my Bachelor’s in Sociology and Social Anthropology. How long have you been with Back in Motion ® ? I have been with Back in Motion ® for just about a year now! What is your best work story (funny, happy, inspiring)? It is hard to pick just one specific work story when so many things stand out. I would have to say that I really love the relationships that are formed with the patients here. Itmeans
a tremendous amount when a former patient stops in just to say hello and catch up.
What is one interesting fact about you that most people don’t know? I am actually half Indian. My mom is from Kolkata, India where my grandparents and family still live today! Where do you see yourself in 10 years? In ten years I see myself with a Master’s Degree in Social Work and being the proud owner of all of the cats and dogs possible!
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