Lower Back Stretch

Besides hugging your knees while lying down or standing and reaching for your toes, there are other stretches for the lower back. One of them is this one: Sit on the floor and stretch out your left leg, relaxed, diagonally away from your centerline. Bend your right knee with the heel of your right foot close to your crotch. Twist to the left. It may help if you hold onto your left knee with your right hand. As you exhale, twist further. You will feel a stretch in your right lower back, as well as, secondarily, your right latissimus dorsi and right gluteus maximus.

Now do the same for the other side. Substitute right for left and left for right in the instructions above. Enjoy.

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