MULTIFIDUS TWIST

This is a low back end range control and proprioception exercise. Start by going into a quadruped position and elevate one knee off of the floor using a yoga block. Begin with your pelvis level by hovering the non-planted knee off of the ground. Gently tap the padded floor with your floating knee and return back to a neutral pelvis rotation.

Structures involved:

• Multifidus

• Quadratus lumborum

• Sacroiliac joint

• Lumbar facet joints

• Obliques

  • external oblique

  • internal oblique

• Transverse Abdominis

Related conditions:

• SIJ syndrome

• Mechanical low back pain

• QL strain

• Multifidus strain

• Lumbar facet syndrome

• Low back disc bulge

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