Chair Exercises For Lower Back

Place your right hand behind you on the seat of the chair and place your left palm on the outside of your right thigh.

Chair exercises for lower back.

Your knees stay bent as you pick one leg up off the ground lower it back down and alternate with the other leg. Sit up tall in your chair. To perform the seated lower back rotational stretch. As you inhale press down into your seat sit up straight your spine lengthening and lift your arms up overhead.

The best chair yoga moves to combat back pain 1. Inhale to lengthen your spine then exhale to twist left. Start seated at edge of chair placing hands behind you with fingers facing away from hips. Awaken the core with this gentle twist that brings mobility back to the spine.

Sit at edge of chair with feet flat on the floor. Wrap a resistance band around the back of your wheelchair or simply wrap it around your back just below your shoulder blades. Again start with your feet firmly planted on the floor and knees at a 90 degree angle. Make sure to not go lower than having both knees bend past 90 degree angles.

Seated forward flexion stretch 3 x 30 seconds. Stand feet hip width apart with your right side next to the chair back. Bend both knees to lower your body down toward the floor. Sitting tall and with your abs engaged grasp each end of the resistant band in your hands and hold your arms at a 90 degree angle at shoulder level with the palms facing down.

Pull your shoulders down and back. Throughout the exercise remain seated in your chair with a straight back and abs braced by pulling the navel to the spine. Twist at the core to the right keeping the hips square and the spine. Hold for 30 seconds lengthening your spine on your inhales and twisting deeper on your exhales.

Edge just a little forward on. Place your left hand on the chair behind you and your right. Inhale to lengthen your spine. Sit at the edge of your chair and cross your left thigh over your right.

Step your right leg straight back. Release your hip flexors release the tlf this muscle gets very tight. Place hands on knees and inhale lifting chest and. Simple lower back exercises for seniors seated more life health join me mike physiotherapist as i continue the theme of specific body parts and exerc.

As you exhale turn gently to your right placing your left.