Side Stretch

Teaching Points

• Sit on a chair with the end of a towel in the right hand and the other end under the right foot, keeping it taut
  
  
• Place the left arm up over the head and bend to the right
  
  
• Hold for between 10 and 30 seconds
  
  
• Change sides

Variations

• Stand upright with the feet shoulder width
  
  
• Slowly bend to the left or right, reaching down the leg with the fingers

Muscles Stretched

• Quadratus Lumborum
  
  
• Internal Obliques
  
  
• External Obliques

Related Injuries

• Abdominal strain
  
  
• Lower back pain