Bring your hands to rest either behind your knees or right below your kneecaps.
Lying on floor to stretch back.
Keeping the shoulders firmly on the floor gently roll both bent knees over to one.
Lie back on the floor with bent knees and feet flat on the ground.
Reach arms straight out in front of you to feel a stretch in your lower back.
Lying flat on your back rest your left leg on the floor while bringing your right leg back toward your body.
Draw in your abs as though you are pulling your belly button towards the floor and keep them like that for the duration of the exercise.
Lie on your back with your arms and legs straight up and perpendicular to the floor now you have some idea why this is called the dead bug exercise.
Think of this as a yoga move and breathe throughout the stretch.
Back stretches when done on a regular basis will maintain the flexibility of your spinal ligaments muscles and fascia.
Keep your leg straight by placing your hands on your ankle and pull your upper leg into your stomach holding for 30 seconds.
This puts tremendous pressure on the spine the muscle and the joints.
Lie on your back with both knees bent and your feet flat.
To perform the lower back rotational stretch.
How to do knee to chest stretch.
Even on a new firm mattress your hips and shoulders sink in and your lower back collapses causing your spine to go out of alignment.
You may think that lying on your back on the floor would be a terrible way to relax because it contradicts all your ideas about relaxation but when you feel that earth supporting you underneath only then.
To do a knee to chest stretch follow these steps.
Maintaining back mobility by doing a few back stretching exercises on a regular basis is important in terms of preventing back pain.
Then do the same for the other side.
This stretch relaxes your hips thighs and glutes while promoting overall relaxation.
Inhale and exhale for about four seconds each cross your right knee over your left knee as if you re sitting in a chair with your right foot off the floor.
Send hips back to sit on heels toes touching forehead to the floor belly resting between legs.
Begin by lying on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
All day you may be sitting in the car at work or at home and your spine is constantly bent forward in flexion like the picture on the right.