Healthy Heart, Healthy Family: A Community Health Worker's Manual for the Filipino Community

Session 3 Handout Stretching Activities

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Do these stretches gently and slowly. Do not bounce.

1. Deep breathing
   Arms up, breathe in. Arms down, breathe out. Two times each.
2. Neck Stretching
   Side to side two times.
3. Shoulder Stretches
   Up and down five times on each side.
4. Side Stretches
   Up and down five times in each direction.
5. Waist Stretches
   Side to side three times in each direction.
6. Twists
   Side to side three times in each direction.
7. Back and Leg Stretches
   Down and up five times.
8. Back Stretch
   Arms through legs six times.
9. Leg Stretch 1
   Hold onto ankle, four times on each side.
10. Leg Stretch 2
    Down and up five times.
11. Leg Stretch 3
    Move heels up and down six times.

Read the Stretching Activities handout in Tagalog.

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Information on this page is taken from the English print version of “Healthy Heart, Healthy Family: A Community Health Worker's Manual.” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH Publication No. 08-3674, Originally Printed 1999, Revised May 2008.

Last Updated March 2012