Neck, upper back, shoulders and wrists

Upper Body Warm-Up: Floor

A gentle joint-by-joint warm-up for your neck, upper back, shoulders, and wrists, preparing your upper body for movement while improving circulation and reducing stiffness.

Ways to adjust it

• Raised sitting
• Chair

If this one is too much today

Try the gentler version instead. It asks less of you and does much the same work.

• Upper Body Warm-Up: Chair

Other ways to do this movement

Every version below is the same movement set up differently, so one of them usually suits.

• Upper Body Warm-Up: Chair
• Upper Body Warm-Up: Raised Sitting
• Upper Body Warm-Up: Standing

Before you try it

Move within a range that stays comfortable. Stop if this brings on sharp pain, dizziness, or symptoms that travel down an arm or a leg, and speak to a clinician before repeating it.

From the clinically authored Vinys movement library.