Tone your lower abdomen, and lift the front
of your rib cage up away from the floor so that it doesn't hang down like a hammock and compress your back.
Not exact matches
Turn over turkey, so breast is facing
up, and firmly strike the breast bone with the back
of a chef's knife to break the breast bone, collar bone and
rib cage.
Then vigorously rub the sides
of the back on the
rib cage up and down at about the pace and pressure
of washing your hair, keeping the head lower than the feet until baby starts breathing.
The transplant tool, called a Rochard retractor, hooks under the
rib cage to lift it
up like the hood
of a car, providing surgeons unprecedented access to the organ.
Covering yourself
up in swathes
of fabric also makes it hard to check for good form, from seeing how well your
rib cage is lifted during Pranayama, to how much you're really locking your knee in Standing Head to Knee.
I am sure you've seen videos
of yogis on Instagram doing uddiyana bandha (pulling our abdomen into our
rib cage by taking a false inhale), which cleanses our organs, stimulates the brain, and warms
up the core for inversions and longer holds.
As you stand
up, keep your arms in close and bring your elbows
up to the bottom
of your
rib cage, thumbs to shoulders.
So many abdominal exercises involve hip and trunk flexion — sit -
ups, leg raises, crunches — all
of them involve drawing the hips and
rib cage closer together, potentially causing shortening
of the hip flexors.
This yoga asana provides an intense bend to your back which results in opening
up of rib cage that improves lung capacity.
2) Keeping the core tight, bring the right arm
up to the side
of the
rib cage in a rowing position without rotating the body.
Serratus anterior can be palpated by placing the fingers flat against the
rib cage just lateral to the scapula and moving them
up and down in a superior / inferior direction, then moving them around toward the front
of the chest, stopping before one reaches the pectoral muscle.
Lift and lengthen the sides
of the
rib cage and extend your left arm
up.
Lift through the sides
of the
rib cage, the armpits, and the sternum as you look
up toward the ceiling.
Always keep your hands
up in front
of the sides
of your face while your elbows are directly in front
of your
rib cage.
The expansion
of the
rib cage (without the inhalation) sucks the abdominal muscles and viscera
up into the thorax and hollows the belly (some teachers say to actively but slowly lift abdominals, or navel, toward the spine).
Now do a single rep
of the Close Grip Press, lowering the bar to your lower
rib cage area then pressing back
up.
Set
up with a resistance band in front
of you, wrists as straight as possible, shoulder blades and
rib cage down.
The variation
of Upavistha Konasana (Wide - Angle Seated Forward Bend) used in this sequence maximizes the lateral arc
of your body, and this creates more stretch than any other movement on certain muscles that run vertically
up the sides
of the vertebrae or the back
of the
rib cage.
As you exhale focus on the directional flow
of your breath starting in the low belly, traveling
up and outward past the diaphragm, through the
rib cage and out
of the nose.
It sort
of works, and I have done this a few times, but I find that the little bit
of loose skin I have in my
rib cage just pushes
up under the bra where the high waist leaves off!!!
When Chang starts swinging his devilish sword — an implement that gets the lingering close -
up treatment
of a phallus in a porn film — limbs go flying,
rib cages are split from top to bottom, and torrents
of blood pour forth as victims moan.
This occurs in dogs which have a large portion
of the stomach
up under the
rib cage.
When looking at your dog from above, you should see a noticeable «waist» between the lower
ribs and the hips; from the side, you should be able to see the abdomen go
up from the bottom
of the
rib cage to the thighs.
I find my preferred way to gauge a dog's condition by eye is to look at the tuck
up, and then just above the tuck there's another ridge
of muscle traveling from the hip to the
rib cage.
The underline
of the
rib cage curves gradually into a moderate tuck -
up.
When viewed from the side, there should be a «tuck» in the tummy, meaning the abdomen should go
up from the bottom
of the
rib cage to inside the thighs.
A stomach that tucks in, rising
up from the bottom
of your dog's
rib cage to the inside
of his thighs — the tummy should not be hanging down