Best back exercise for weight loss-Spine Stretch
Overhead reach with cross lateral reach at chest. Creates tension in trunk with stretch between shoulders. Foot on step unloads lower spine. Add rotation to create active stretch in the whole spine.
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Check it out!Overhead reach with cross lateral reach at chest. Creates tension in trunk with stretch between shoulders. Foot on step unloads lower spine. Add rotation to create active stretch in the whole spine.
Check out this video where we are showing how to do trunk extensions to get shoulder flexion and abdominal extension! In a seated position, place the ball at the low back for support. Then extend back over the ball and reach the arms to fully extended position. Change angles to create abdominal tensioning.
Neck mobility is so important. How many people do you know who can’t look to the backseat of the car? In the true stretch you can position bilateral arms overhead and do simple neck extension and flexion and transverse plane rotation while the trunk is stretched and the shoulders are in flexion to gain degrees of motion and mobility.