Dani Marks Presents the Standing Reach-Up Back Rotation Stretch
Stand upright with your feet shoulder width apart
Place your hands straight above your head
Slowly rotate your shoulders to one side
Note: Lean back slightly in order to stretch the oblique muscles. Avoid this stretch if you suffer from lower back pain.
Primary Muscles:
Semispinalis thoracis.
Spinalisthoracis.
Longissimus thoracis.
Iliocostalisthoracis.
Iliocostalis lumborum.
Multifidus.
Rotatores.
Intertransversarii.
Interspinales
Secondary Muscles:
Quadratus lumborum.
External and internal obliques.
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Back muscle strain.
Back ligament sprain.
Abdominal muscle strain (obliques).