Full Cobra

Low BackLow Back FlexibilityLumbar FlexibilityLumbar SpineNerveNerve Mobility
Written By David Song

Full Cobra - McKenzie Exercise

This is the Full Cobra, a mid-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. If the full cobra position is intolerable, a regressed option is the Elbow Cobra.

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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