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standing lateral trunk flexion - beginner Trunk exercise
  • Trunk
  • beginner

standing lateral trunk flexion

standing trunk side bend with hands on waist, elbow reaching toward same side thigh alternating sides

Starting position
standing
Joints
lumbar spine, thoracic spine
Muscles
obliques, erector spinae, quadratus lumborum
Goal
postural correction, mobility, stretching
Type
isotonic concentric, active

How it is done

Stand with hands resting on the waist. Bend to one side as elbow trying to touch the thigh of same side, straighten up and repeat alternate side.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.