Purpose: Mobility – Mid Back
Exercise Description
- Lie face down on the mat with pelvis and spine in neutral
- Elbows should be bent inline with shoulders and in a U shape on the floor
- Ensure palms are facing down and shoulders are down and stabilised
- Legs should be shoulder distance apart and core engaged by 30%
- Inhale to prepare, exhale to lengthen through the Thoracic spine and allow upper chest to come off the floor as far as mobility will allo
- Exhale to lower back to the start position
Watch Out Points
- Keep your hands and forearms on the floor but do not press into floor as you lengthen
- Keep your abdominal contraction, not push stomach into floor as you lift
- Focus on lengthening as you lift
- Keep face looking at floor with chin tucked in
- Avoid clenching buttocks
