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Osteopathic Instruction Commands

Warm, mobile-first audio reference — patient-friendly cues with phonetics

Basic Position

  • Sit up
  • Stand up
    (stand up)
  • Lie down
    (lye down)
  • Lie on your back
    (lye on yur bak)
  • Lie on your side
    (lye on yur side)
  • Lie on your stomach
    (lye on yur stum-ik)
  • Bend your knees
    (bend yur neez)
  • Straighten your legs
    (stray-ten yur legz)

Tap play to hear a clear, calm voice. Use short phrases and pause between instructions.

Spinal Alignment

  • Lengthen your spine / grow tall
    (leng-then yur spyn / groh tawl)
  • Tuck your chin slightly
    (tuk yur chin slyt-lee)
  • Nod yes slowly
    (nahd yes sloh-lee)
  • Shake no gently
    (shayk noh jen-tlee)
  • Let your head float forward and up
    (let yur hed floht for-werd and up)
  • Arch your lower back gently
    (arch yur loh-er bak jen-tlee)
  • Flatten your lower back
    (flat-en yur loh-er bak)
  • Round your spine like a cat
    (rownd yur spyn lyk uh kat)
  • Tilt your pelvis forward
    (tilt yur pel-vis for-werd)
  • Tilt pelvis backward
    (tilt yur pel-vis bak-werd)
  • Roll your pelvis in a small circle
    (rohl yur pel-vis in a smawl sur-kul)
  • Reach the crown of your head to the ceiling
    (reech the krown ov yur hed too the see-ling)
  • Let your tailbone sink down
    (let yur tayl-bohn sink down)
  • Stack your spine one vertebra at a time
    (stak yur spyn wun ver-tuh-bruh at uh tym)
  • Side-bend your spine to the left/right
    (syd-bend yur spyn to the left/ryt)
  • Twist your upper body gently to the left, now to the right
    (twist yue up-er bah-dee to the left/ryt)
  • Turn your head to the left, now to the right
    (turn yur hed left/ryt)
  • Look up
    (look up)
  • Look down
    (look down)
  • Tilt your head to the left, now to the right
    (tilt yur hed left/ryt)

Shoulder & Breathing

  • Relax and drop your shoulders
    (ree-laks end drop yur shol-derz)
  • Breathe into your belly
    (breed in-too yur bel-ee)
  • Breathe out slowly
    (breed owt sloh-lee)

Legs & Resistance

  • Lift your leg slowly
    (lift yur leg sloh-lee)
  • Push against my hand
    (poosh uh-genst my hand)
  • Pull toward me
    (pool tuh-ward mee)

Self-Palpation

  • Place both hands on your hips
    (Pléiss both handz on yur hips)
  • Rest your fingertips on your lower ribs
    (Rets yur fin-ger-tips on yur loh-er ribz)
  • Press gently over your sacrum
    (pres jen-tlee oh-ver yur say-krum)

Cranial / Facial Release

  • Say “ahh”
    (say ahhh)
  • Hum softly
    (hum sawft-lee)
  • Yawn with sound
    (yawn with sownd)

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