With both hands pull the bent leg to your chest.
Figure 4 floor stretch.
Seated figure four stretch to open up the hips and glutes.
Pause when you feel a stretch in your hips and glutes.
The figure 4 can be done by laying with your back flat on the floor or a mat.
Seated figure 4 stretch.
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It is perfect for when i see someone come into the clinic with a dull ache in their lower back say from a long car drive or maybe from sitting for too.
You will feel a stretch in your hips and glutes.
Figure 4 stretch figure 4 stretch perfect for runners this pose stretches the hips glutes and lower back.
This pose can be done anywhere and is a good stretch to help open your hips particularly if you have a job that involves sitting at a desk for extended periods of time to do a seated figure four find a stable chair where you can place both feet on the floor.
You can see that the stretch sort of resembles the number 4.
The figure four stretch is one of my all time favourite piriformis muscle stretches to do especially for lower back pain and sciatica relief.
The seated figure four is a modification of the figure four yoga pose typically done while standing.
Reverse child s pose this short and easy sequence is designed to stretch the.
From a completely flat position bend one knee.
This is a great lower back exercise to help relieve muscle tension from sitting too long at a desk.
The other ankle should be placed on the thigh of the bent leg.
Release the stretch and repeat on your left side.
Be sure to keep a flat back and pull your heart toward your shin.