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q ped to child pose stretch - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

q ped to child pose stretch

quadruped to child's pose stretch improves spinal flexion and hip mobility through controlled sitting back.

Starting position
quadruped
Joints
hip, shoulder, lumbar spine, thoracic spine
Muscles
gluteus maximus, hip flexors, erector spinae, latissimus dorsi
Equipment
yoga mat
Goal
mobility, stretching, flexibility
Type
active

How it is done

Get down on hands and knee position i.e on 4 points ( both hands and both knees), hands under the shoulder and knees under the hip. With maintaing the balance, without moving the hands sit back on knees. Back to starting position and repeat.

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.