Neck, upper back, shoulders and wrists

Upper Body Warm-Up: Raised Sitting

An upper body warm-up on a raised seat, supporting your pelvis in a neutral position while gently mobilising all the joints of your upper body for the practice ahead.

Ways to adjust it

• Chair
• Floor

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: Floor
• 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.