Health Essentials - Lower Back Stretches
Hey there. Dr. Fedich coming at you with your lower back stretches here. So a real simple routine for your lower back. A lot of people want to do a lot of different fancy stretches, but it is best to just do a couple really good stretches and do them twice a day. So first thing in the morning, first thing at night, just three simple stretches. So before we get out of bed in the morning, this is best. We're just going to lay on our backs. Going to bring our knees up to our chest. Just hold it for ten seconds. Got a little bit of a sore knee. Just grab behind the knee there. Bring it up. Hold ten seconds. Do each leg three times. So we're going to bring that up. Hold ten seconds. Three times each side. Next, we're going to do both legs together. Hold it for ten seconds. Three times as well. So left leg three times, right leg three times, both legs together three times. And the next stretch I call the figure four stretch. So we're going to keep one leg down on the ground, cross this over, and we're going to push the knee to the ground there. You're going to feel that in your hips and kind of in your rear end there. Hold it for ten seconds, three times each side. You can see a little bit better on this side. So one foot down, cross it over, push that leg down. Three times ten seconds. So we're doing the right leg three times, left leg three times, both legs together three times, and then the figure four stretches. Best to do it first thing in the morning, last thing at night, and that'll help you get some good relief for your lower back.
