Low Back Pain – Exercises

September 15, 2010 No Comments

Mat

  • Lower back massage on small sensi (soft spiked) ball
  • Pelvic clock Coccyx curl (feet flat on mat and against a wall)
  • Coccyx curl using a foam roller
  • Marching and dead bug
  • Abdominal tightening in quadriped position – cue to engage abdominals without changing spine
  • Flexion lying over a 75 cm ball
  • Psoas stretch using a foam roller
  • Abdominal and oblique curls using c-shape and bringing elbow to knee
  • Rollup Hamstring stretch with towel or theraband
  • Bridging

Cadillac

  • Rollback
  • Push Through Shoulder stand (no spring, safety strap on bar)
  • Shoulder stand using foam roller for lower back support
  • Parakeet
  • Monkey
  • Upper arms finished with a curl
  • Bridging, clock, marching using the sling suspended on long (leg) springs

75cm ball

  • Bridging – lower legs on ball
  • Butterfly (extension) – pubic bone on ball (when there is no pain)
  • Curls
  • Rollup

Step Barrel

  • Curls
  • Rollup with extension
  • V- sit
  • Butterfly (extension) with pubic bone on crest of barrel

Reformer

  • Curls
  • Hundreds
  • Coordination
  • Short Spine
  • Stomach Massage
  • Knee Stretch I (round back) and II (neutral spine)
  • Elephant
  • Upstretch
  • Long Stretch
  • Tendon Stretch
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