LOWER BACK STRETCHES!
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Prepping for my “Recovery and Stretch” session with the heymamaco community tomorrow for their #stronglikeamama summit, representing pvolve strong 💪🏻 and thought I’d post some amazing lower back stretches! BTW- 2020 has been the year where us mom’s are taking out our super-heroine cloaks in full force. 💪🏻🙏🧘🏻
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1️⃣ Stand tall and interlace you’re hands, pressing your palms forward. Round your upper spine with bent knees. Rotate your upper body so you peak underneath your armpit, side to side, stretching the space between your lowest rib and the top of your hip. These are your Quadratus Lumborum (QL) muscles and they tend to hold a LOT of tension!
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2️⃣ Take a wide-kneed child’s pose and walk your hands over toward one knee. Pull on the opposite wrist (ie if your walk toward the R knee you should grab the L wrist) to stretch the whole side of your body and breathe deep into your lungs, especially on the lengthened side!
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3️⃣ Seated spinal twists or any twists for that matter reset the spine and are amazing lower back relief. Always incorporate spinal twists to reset the back!!
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Take 5 minutes between long sessions seated to stretch and I hope you feel your back pain dissipating!!
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