Elbow Cobra / Baby Cobra
ELBOW COBRA | BABY COBRA
This is the Elbow Cobra, an early stage / subacute stage rehabilitative exercise that puts you into passive lumbar extension. The goal of this exercise is to centralize your lumbar discs to reduce sciatica and leg pain. This position is often a position of relief and is generally used on a as-needed basis to help to reduce disc herniation pain.
Structures Involved:
Lumbar Spine
Lumbar Disc
Related Conditions:
L4-L5, L5-S1 Lumbar Disc Herniation
Sciatica
Disc Bulge or Bulging Disc
Slipped Disc
Prolapsed Disc
Herniated Nucleus Palposus (HNP)
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