Purpose:  Mobility & Strength – Lower Back

 

 

Exercise Description

  1. Lying on your front with forehead resting on hands
  2. Shoulders stabilised
  3. Spine in neutral
  4. Core stability muscles engaged
  5. Inhale to prepare
  6. Exhale and lengthen through body lifting one leg off floor
  7. Inhale and lower leg
  8. Repeat other side
  9. Repeat x 12

Watch Out Points

  1. Keep tension out of upper body
  2. Make sure there is no increase in tension in lumbar spine
  3. Keep pelvis stable
  4. Do not lift opposite hip off floor or roll body

 

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