Therapeutic Exercises in Functional Kinetics

General Introduction.- 1 The Frogs: Functional Training of the Abdominal Muscles.- 1.1 The Classic Frog.- 1.2 Adaptation: The Primitive Frog.- 1.3 Adaptation: The Diagonal Frog.- 1.4 Adaptation of the Frogs by Altering the Position in Space of the Long Axis of the Body.- 2 The All-Fours Exercises: Functional Training of the Back Muscles.- 2.1 The Classic All-Fours Exercise.- 2.2 Adaptation: Mobilizing All-Fours Exercise in Flexion/Extension.- 2.3 Adaptation: Mobilizing All-Fours Exercise in Lateroflexion.- 2.4 Adaptation: All-Fours Exercise for Stabilization of the Hip and Shoulder Joints.- 2.5 Adaptation: All-Fours Exercise for Mobilization of the Hip and Shoulder Joints.- 2.6 Adaptations: All-Fours Exercises with Different Positionings in Space of the Long Axis of the Body.- 3 Functional Training of Rotation About the Long Axis of the Body and the Long Axes of the Thighs.- 3.1 Turn Again, Whittington.- 3.2 Adaptation: The Dreaming Traffic Policeman.- 3.3 Adaptation:The Yogi.- 4 Functional Respiration Training.- 4.1 The Lion.- 4.2 Slow Motion Breathing.- 4.3 Air Gulper.- 5 Functional Treatment of Posture-Related Syndromes of the Spinal Column.- 5.1 Lift-Free/Reduced-Lift Mobilization of the Spinal Column.- 5.2 Building Blocks: Basic Exercise for Posture-Related Problems in the Spinal Column and in the Hip Joints.- 5.3 Adapting Lift-Free/Reduced-Lift Mobilization of the Spinal Column to Special Problems of the Lumbar Spine.- 5.4 Adapting Lift-Free/Reduced-Lift Mobilization of the Spinal Column to Special Problems of the Thoracic Spine.- 5.5 Adapting Lift-Free/Reduced-Lift Mobilization of the Spinal Column to Special Problems of the Cervical Spine.- 5.6 Adaptation of Lift-Free/Reduced-Lift Mobilization of the Spinal Column for Economical Strength and Skill Training.- 6 Tips, Insights, Hypotheses.- 7 Glossary.- 8 Addendum: Selective Muscle Training in Klein-Vogelbach's Functional Kinetics.- 9 References and Further Reading.