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Standing Forward Bend

 

How to Perform this E-cise™

  1. Stand with your feet pointing straight and hip width apart.
  2. Place your palms on your low back/upper buttocks area.
  3. Tilt your hips forward to place an exaggerated arch in your low back.
  4. Pull your elbows and shoulder blades together and hold.
  5. Now bend forward from the hips (NOT from your low back).
    • Keep the low back arched as you bend over.
  6. Tighten your thighs and shift the weight into the balls of your feet.
  7. Hold as directed on your menu.

What this E-cise™ does

This exercise promotes bilateral pelvic extension through engagement of the spinal extensors while vertically loaded through the legs.
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