Whether you’re just starting your fitness journey or a seasoned athlete, it’s not uncommon to experience soreness and tightness in your back muscles when starting a new workout program or pushing yourself a little too hard during exercise. Fortunately, there are some simple stretches you can do to ease that discomfort and help provide pain relief. Buy a worksheet with these stretches https://www.askdoctorjo.com/5-sore-back-stretches-worksheet
In this video, I demonstrate some simple back stretches that will help relax and loosen up those tight and sore muscles. First up are the single knee to chest, double knee to chest, and supine trunk rotation stretch. The last set of stretches provide a slightly different approach to stretching the back muscles and can be extremely beneficial for pain relief. They are the prayer stretch/child’s pose and upward dog/cobra stretch.
These simple yet effective stretches can not only help relieve back pain, but they can also help improve range of motion and flexibility.
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5 Sore Back Stretches:
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00:00 – Sore Back Stretches
00:28 – Single Knee to Chest Stretch
01:58 – Double Knee to Chest Stretch
02:44 – Supine Trunk Rotation Stretch
04:07 – Prayer Stretch/Child’s Pose
05:14 – Upward Dog/Cobra Stretch
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