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Stretch: Upper Back (Standing Support Reach)

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Standing about three feet from a waist-to-shoulder-height support, bend forward with straight arms and legs, grip the support, and press down to arch the upper back.

Detail

Target area: Upper back. (Diagram 4)

Steps:

  1. Stand upright, feet together, about three feet from a supporting surface approximately waist to shoulder height, and your arms overhead.
  2. Exhale, keeping your arms and legs straight, flex at the waist, flatten your back, and grasp the supporting surface with both hands.
  3. Exhale, extend your shoulders, and press down on the supporting surface to produce an arch in your back.
  4. Hold the stretch and relax.

Key facts

  • Position: standing ~3 feet from a waist- to shoulder-height support, feet together, arms overhead.
  • Action: flex at the waist with straight arms/legs, grip the support, press down to arch the back.
  • Static stretch: hold and relax.

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Pages: 524.

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