Improving Lumbar Spine Mobility

• Lumbar Flexion:

  • single or double knee to chests in supine
  • childs pose - also beneficial for pts with anterior pelvic tilt as theyll have tight hip flexors
  • cat/cow - on all fours, flex spine as much as possible
• Lumbar Extension:

  • mini cobra to full cobra (prone lying whilst extending trunk)
  • can progress based on SIN factors
  • or if pts are high SIN for flexion you can put them in this position to stretch the flexors
• Lumbar rotation:

  • crook lying knee rocks
  • seated rotation (sit on edge of plinth, twist spine with stable pelvis)
  • open book
• Side flexion:

  • standing side flexion