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Ep 68.2: MS/Release the Low Back

September 15, 2022 Courtney McManus
Moving through Midlife | Habit Stack & Movement Snacks for Midlife Moms, Parenting in Midlife | Fitness over 40
Ep 68.2: MS/Release the Low Back
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It is always my goal to help you and your family move more. So every Thursday, I am dropping a movement snack into your ears to help you and your family move more. Today is another movement snack for you. And to remember, this month, we are stacking our September. So this movement can be done in a couple of different places. If we're thinking about our daily life, if you are making dinner this evening and want to practice this, this is a great exercise that you can practice at your stove. Or you can do this in the morning, when you wake up in the evening before you go to bed. Or anytime you're down on hands and knees like with your workout at the end of a workout, you can kind of do this stretch. So what we're going to do is we're going to work on stretching all the way from our hip up through our shoulder. And we if we think about standing at the stove, you are going to place a one hand. So think of your hands being on the outside of the stove, preferably not on right now, hopefully the things are in the oven rather than on the stovetop or you might burn your hand. So what we are going to do is you're going to place one hand overtop of the other hand. So out in front of is actually what I mean. So the palm of your hand is touching your fingertips. Hopefully that makes sense. And we are going to lean back away from it at an angle. So we're not going straight back, but we're leaning back at an angle. So our hip is going in the opposite direction as our hands so think about like that x or a dash, an angle, we're pushing back. And you should feel that all the way from the hip, all the way up through maybe the underarm. And even maybe depending on the tension and tightness in your body down through the fingertips. This is a great stretch, and usually one that people feel a lot of relief in their low back, after practicing it, you can make sure to do the other side, same thing. The other way that I recommend doing this is when you're in cat cow position. So think of hands on the floor, knees on the floor. And again, you're going to do the same thing, you're going to place one hand in front of the other hand, and then push your hips back trying to draw your hips all the way back to the heels in that opposite angle. And you'll feel that nice stretch and release in the low back. So if you're dealing with a lot of low back tightness, if you're dealing with tension from sitting down for long periods of time, this is a great stretch to help release that low back SI joint pain as well. This is going to help with that you're really pushing your hips back and away as you do this movement. So this is a quick one today. It's one that you can practice. Like I said throughout the day, anytime you're near a countertop, you can do this while you're brushing your teeth or after you've brushed your teeth, dishes, laundry, anytime that you have an area that you can hold on to to create that movement pattern. And that is it. Hopefully, this is one that you feel some relief from. Always if you have questions for me, reach out to me if there's something that you have this nagging pain in any area, reach out to me my email is Courtney at form fit naples.com You can reach out ask me a question, what would you do for this, and I can provide you with some ideas on here. And that's it. I hope you all have a wonderful day. Make sure to keep moving and enjoy thank you so much for joining us today. If you could do me a favor if you like what you hear. Could you leave us a review or take a screenshot and share your favorite takeaway on social media. And make sure to tag us over at raising underscore healthy humans. Now go out and enjoy more movements throughout your day.