Morning Back Stretches

In this quick video, Dr. Rowe (St. Joseph, MI chiropractor) goes over how to help relieve back tightness and pain with some morning back stretches you can do in bed.

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A post shared by SpineCare | Dr. Michael Rowe (@stjoechiro) on Mar 11, 2018 at 2:42pm PDT

START THE MORNING RIGHT WITHOUT A STIFF, ACHY BACK. ⠀
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It's common to notice a lot more stiffness and pain in the lower back first thing getting out of bed, since being in the same position for hours at a time may cause the spinal joints and muscles to tighten up. ⠀
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That's why it's really important to focus on increasing flexibility first thing in the morning, and these 3 stretches are going help. The nice thing is, they all can be done in bed. ⠀
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We're going to hit the major muscles that cause lower back pain:⠀
KNEE TO THE CHEST: glutes (buttocks) & hamstrings⠀
ROTATION STRETCH: torso and lower back muscles⠀
PRESS UP: low back, core, and hip flexor muscles⠀
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Leave some feedback on how they worked in the comments section. I'll get to any questions as soon as I can. Also, tag a friend that this might help, and share the good word! ⠀
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