Exercise guide

Spinal Stretch

CategoryStretching ForceStatic MechanicIsolation LevelBeginner

How to do the Spinal Stretch: step-by-step instructions, muscles worked (Middle Back), and equipment. Log it in Vantora.

How to perform the Spinal Stretch exercise

How to do the Spinal Stretch

  1. Sit in a chair so your back is straight and your feet planted on the floor.
  2. Interlace your fingers behind your head, elbows out and your chin down.
  3. Twist your upper body to one side about 3 times as far as you can. Then lean forward and twist your torso to reach your elbow to the floor on the inside of your knee.
  4. Return to upright position and then repeat for your other side.

Muscles worked

middle back lats lower back neck traps

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