Spine · Mid recovery
Thread the Needle
How to do it
Start on your hands and knees. Reach one arm underneath your body and across to the opposite side, rotating your trunk and lowering that shoulder toward the floor. Reverse the motion and reach the same arm up toward the ceiling.
- Body region
- Spine
- Position
- Quadruped
- Equipment
- No equipment
- Recovery phase
- Mid recovery
- Purpose
- Strengthening
Used in home programs for
- Thoracic Spine Pain (Mechanical)
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