To have a healthy, strong, vibrant, well-moving, your lower back needs to be open, aware, and strong. The main area that needs to have this is your L5/S1 joint.
Even in a healthy back, it needs a lot of preventative work not to become unbalanced. Now factor in that most people’s bodies are unbalanced, and they will receive even more force. This is why it is the main joint that people injure when they hurt their lower back.
Luckily, one exercise will give you the most bang for your buck to strengthen, open, and make this joint more aware.
Parameters:
- Do this passively. After setting up just hang out for 5, 10, 15 (or how ever long you can) minutes. Just make sure that your knees are not locked.
- After setting up do for 1 X for 1 min
- If using this exercise always finish with it.
- Factors of progressions: Puling your toes toward your shins and turning your feet in, turning your legs in and pulling your knees toward the wall, flattening your whole spine on the ground from butt to neck down eyes down and getting tall.
