5 BACK STRETCHES

1. DOWNWARD DOG TO COBRA STRETCH
Taken straight out of your Sunday morning yoga session, the Downward Dog into Cobra Stretch is an top notch stretch for the returned. Placing the spine - and back - in a managed level of flexion, which enables to extend and stretch your decrease lower back and hamstrings (tight hamstrings also make contributions to lower back pain).
HOW TO DO THE COBRA TO DOWNWARD DOG STRETCH:
1. Lying flat on a mat, region your hands just in front of your hips
2. Straighten your arms, preserving your hips in contact with the floor
3. Look up and arch your again
Moving to the Downward Dog:
1. Keep your hands in the equal position
2. Lift your hips off the floor, as high as viable while preserving your legs straight
3. Move on to your toes, pushing your fingers into the ground
4. Move your head in-between your arms, looking lower back at your feet
2. SUPINE SPINE TWISTS
Simple but effective. The Supine Spine Twist exercising is a great back stretch, lengthening the lower back muscle groups and increasing mobility inside the area.
Oh, and this back flexibility exercising feels SO good, you may love it.
HOW TO DO SUPINE SPINE TWIST:
1. Lie down on a mat, dealing with to ceiling
2. Place your arms immediately to the aspect to help stabilise your body
3. Bring your knees up, growing a proper angle together with your legs

1. Slowly decrease each legs to one aspect, maintaining your returned flat on the ground and head dealing with upwards

Relax the legs to the side, earlier than slowly lifting returned to the middle and repeating on theother facet
3. JEFFERSON CURL
Not a long way off the classic -legged hamstring stretch, This one adds a little weight to assistprolong and stretch out each your lower back and hamstrings, key regions that make a contribution to lower back ache and discomfort. If you do not have a kettlebell or dumbbell, you may do the Jefferson Curl backstretch with resistance bands or further weighted family items.
Don't forget, begin with a lighter weight earlier than progressing on to heavier kit!
HOW TO DO THE JEFFERSON CURL:
1.Bend your knees and hold a straight lower back when selecting up your weight.

2. Place your ft shoulder-width apart, holding the burden with each hands.

3. Relax your arms, and curl your back over as in case you were looking to contact your toes.
4. Keep your arms and legs straight during the entire stretch.
5. Relax at the lowest of the movement, and exhale, embracing the stretch.
6. Hold for some seconds before slowly returning to the top, and repeating.
4. KNEELING THORACIC TWISTS

Thoracic back mobility exercises are outstanding for relieving the mid-back from tightness and aches. The Kneeling Thoracic Twist does simply that, improving again mobility and loweringtension inside the middle of your returned.
The Kneeling Thoracic Twists also are a high-quality again stretch to do at work if you locate your self sat at the table for long periods.
HOW TO DO KNEELING THORACIC TWISTS:
1.Start through kneeling down on one knee
2.Place both arms flat on the ground in line with your the front foot
3.Rotate your torso, lifting your arm up and over your front leg
4.Twist till your shoulder, elbow and hand are inline pointing in the direction of the ceiling.
5.Keep your neck and head impartial throughout the movement, following the torso naturally
6.Slowly go back to the begin
Perform this returned mobility workout on both sides.
5. CAT-COW POSE
Another stretch taken from the conventional yoga textbook, and for an amazing reason. The Cat-Cow Pose facilitates stimulate and set off the backbone and surrounding muscular tissues, stretching the returned, neck and shoulders. 

Flowing among the two poses allows promote back flexibility, releasing tension within theaforementioned areas. A extremely good back mobility physical activities for earlier than and after your training!
HOW TO DO THE CAT-COW POSE:
1. Start kneeling down with your knees beneath your hips, and hands under your shoulders
2. Form the 'tabletop' position, with a flat, straight back and neutral neck position
3. Lower into the cow pose, exhaling and pushing your stomach down, arching your returned while retaining your shoulders and hips inside the same position
4. Move lower back via the 'tabletop' position, inhaling and pushing the spine up, arching into the Cat Pose.
5. Maintain a regular flow in the course of the Cat-Cow pose