Completing yoga-style stretches pre and post-workouts can be pivotal for avoiding lower back pain that inevitably arises when sitting for too long in the office. Stretching workouts such as this can help maintain the natural curvature of your spine, improving your posture. The yoga-inspired poses in this stretching routine enhance your muscles' flexibility and range of movement, alleviating soreness and even preventing injury.
Plus, yoga has therapeutic benefits, as slow movements and deeper breathing can help you relax after an intense workout – yet another reason you should do more stretching exercises in the new year! It helps decompress after a long day at work, both physically and mentally. Ready to relax? Of course, you are. Let's go!
This isn't the first workout we shared from German yoga fitness influencer Mady Morrison, and probably not the last, either. Here, we're shown several yoga-style stretches to help alleviate lower back pain relief and tightness in your hips. Do each pose for 30 seconds with a 10-second break in between. The whole workout shouldn't last longer than 15 minutes. The list of exercises featured in the video:
- Spine mobilisation
- Seated side stretch (Right)
- Seated side stretch (Left)
- 90/90 hip rotation
- Butterfly forward fold
- Walk the dog
- Deep lunge (Right)
- Deep lunge hip opener (Right)
- Half pigeon pose (Right)
- Seated twist (Left
- Down dog
- Deep lunge (Left)
- Deep lunge hip opener (Left)
- Half pigeon pose (Left)
- Seated twist (Right)
- Straddle forward fold
- Knee to chest (Right)
- Lying twist (Right)
- Knee to chest (Left)
- Lying twist (Left)
- Happy baby
- Deep relaxation
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