February 11

7 Exercises to Do Everyday for Spine Mobility

7 exercises to do everyday for spine mobility is for folks who want to take control and prolong their ability to move freely, joyfully and safely in their body.  Taking responsibility for your spine mobility with these 7 exercises is easy and you do not have to go to the gym. Get ready to feel good and enjoy life to the fullest. Read more, be more! Article 6: Spine Mobility

We started from the bottom, and are working our way up this time taking care of our spine! Ready to do this?

What, Why, How & When

What Spine Mobility means:

Spine mobility means that the force that travels through the entire spine is equally distributed throughout the many joints of the spine instead of just a few.

Expert Insights

  • Spine Mobility  decreases wear and tear on the individual segments of the spine.
  • Spine mobility also creates the compression and decompression of the discs between our vertebrae that bring nutrients to the discs and spinal cord. 

Why Spine Mobility is important:

Spine mobility is important for movement safety.

Expert Insights

  • Spine mobility allows for movement in all planes of motion
  • That is only possible when your spinal joints and the discs between the vertebrae that make up the joints are healthy.

Making an effort to develop and maintain a mobile spine is literally a fountain of youth because all movement revolves around the spine!

How Spine Mobility relate to parts of the body above.

Spine mobility creates power in the arms and the shoulders and it happens in the 3 directions. The more mobility that you have in your spine the more force that can be generated to move from the center to the extremities.

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For Instance,

  • When you have increased spine mobility in flexion and extension ( bending forward and backward) your reach is longer above, in front of, and behind you. Example: You can reach that platter on the very top shelf in your cupboard.
  • When you have increased spine mobility and lateral flexion (bending sideways) your neck is safer because the mobility in your thoracic spine will distribute the force through all of the vertebra instead of just a few.
  • When you have increased spine mobility in rotation you have a larger wingspan that will yield more power.
    Example: This will increase the ball striking force in both your golf and tennis swings.

When you know you have improved Spine Mobility.

Think about spine mobility as the key to improving the experience of any and all movement.

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You know you have spine mobility when:

  • You don’t think twice about looking over your shoulder while backing out of your driveway,
  • You have no problem reaching for a pot on the top shelf.
  • When 4 hours of yard work doesn’t make you flinch
  • When your knee pain subsides. ( if you had any) 

The 7 Exercises to Do Everyday for Spine Mobility

Pelvic rock around the clock 

  • Begin by lying on your back. Your feet are planted hip width apart and your arms are pressing into the ground.
  • Inhale, rock your pelvis towards your tailbone.
  • Exhale rock your pelvis towards your belly button.
  • Inhale, toward your tailbone
  • Exhale toward your belly button.
  • Find your way back to the center.
  • Rock your pelvis to the right hip
  • Then rock your pelvis to the left hip.
  • Again, rock your pelvis to the right, then to the left.
  • Make your way back to center.
  • Now connect the dots.
  • Rock your pelvis towards your belly button.
  • Rock your pelvis towards the right hip.
  • Rock your pelvis towards your tailbone
  • Rock your pelvis towards the left hip
  • Rock your pelvis towards the belly button.
  • Find your way to the center and repeat in the other direction. 

Watch Pelvic Rock Around The Clock

Bridging Figure 8 and typewriter bridge

  • Start by lying on your back. Your feet are hip width apart. Knees bent, arms on the ground.
  • Inhale, rock your pelvis towards your tailbone.
  • Exhale, rock your pelvis towards your belly button.
  • Roll through your spine vertebra by vertebra, lifting your hips into the air 
  • At the top, draw a figure eights with your pelvis by dropping one hip down and then the other.
  • Continue working your way down your spine vertebra by vertebra as you continue to draw figure eights.
  • At the bottom, rock your pelvis towards your tailbone,
  • Exhale, roll up to your bridge again, lifting your pelvis, vertebra by vertebra.
  • At the top, shift your weight to one side, and then to the other side.
  • Keeping your pelvis level working your way down your spine, going from side to side at each segment.
  • At the bottom, rock your pelvis towards your tailbone.

watch Bridging Figure 8 and typewriter bridge

Assisted rollup

  • Begin by allowing one knee and then the other to float up above your hips.
  • Grab onto the back of your thighs and hug your knees towards you. Inhale here.
  • Exhale, Press your thighs away from you as you straighten your arms.
  •  Once your arms are straight, keep exhaling. As you nod your head,
  • Keep pressing your thighs away as you roll up to sitting. Inhale at the top.
  • Exhale. Pull your pelvis away from your thighs. Roll back until your arms are long,
  • Continue rolling back as your feet float away from the ground.
  • Once your head touches, hug your knees toward your chest.
  • Repeat several times and then finish by placing one hand and arm to the ground and then the other.

watch Assisted rollup

Spine stretch twist and saw

  • Start sitting with spine stretch.
  • Your hands are on your knees, sit on your sits bones,  nod your head, soften your chest.
  • Slide your hands forward down your legs. As you curve your spine forward,
  • Stack your spine back up again. 
  • Repeat that 3 times.
  • Take your arms forward in front of you, nod your head and reach her fingertips forward as you bend your spine forward.
  • Stack your spine back up. 
  •  Repeat that 3 times.
  • Let's add a twist. 
  • Twist your ribs to one side, looking over your fingers behind you.
  • Come back to the center and reverse to the other side. 
  • Repeat that 3 times.
  • Open your arms straight out to your sides.
  • Twist towards one leg and nod your head, reaching your hand towards your foot.
  • Come back to center untwisting your spine.
  • Twist towards the other leg, nod your head and reach your hand toward your foot.
  • Repeat that 3 times.

watch Spine stretch twist and saw

Mermaid

  • Start by finding your Z sit. Taking one leg behind you.
  • Take your arms out to the side.
  • Reach your hand away from your feet as you bend your spine to the side,
  • Come back up and reach your hands toward your feet as you bend your spine to the other side.
  • After a few repetitions, add a twist of the spine.
  • Bend to the side then turn your shoulders to the floor.
  • Turn your shoulders back to the side bend.
  •  Come backup, and do the same thing to the other side.
  •  After a few repetitions, switch your legs and repeat the whole series on the other side.

watch Mermaid

Quadruped spine mobility

  • Start on your hands and knees and point the eyes of your elbows forward.
  • Curl your toes underneath.
  • Exhale as you draw your tailbone towards the ground, while you lift your spine into the air and let your head reach towards the ground.
  • Inhale, reach your tailbone away from you and as your tailbone reaches towards the ceiling allow your head to reacch towards the ceiling.
  • Repeat that alternating, exhale reaching head and tail towards the ground.
  •  Inhale, reaching head and tail towards the ceiling. 
  • Repeat repeat several times.
  • Find your neutral spine
  • Bring your right ear toward your right hip to make a C shape with your body.
  • Then bring your left ear towards your left hip to make a C shape with your body.
  • Repeat that several times.
  • Now connect the dots.
  • Exhale, lift your spine, Draw your head and tail towards the ground.
  • Take your right ear toward your right hip,
  • Your head and tail towards the ceiling..
  • Your left ear towards your left hip,
  • Head and tail towards the ground.
  • Reverse that. Left ear towards the left hip.
  • Head and tail towards the ceiling.
  • Right ear towards the right hip.
  • Head and tail towards the ground.
  • End in a neutral spine.

watch Quadruped spine mobility

Standing Rollup

  • Start standing tall. Align your knees, your hips, your ribs and your head over the arch of your feet.
  • At the same time reach your heels into the ground, and nod your head.
  • Soften through your chest as you roll your shoulders forward.
  • Let your arms dangle and roll through your upper back keeping your pelvis vertical until the last possible moment. Bend your knees if you need to.
  • Inhale
  • Exhale, Lift your pelvis away from your thighs.
  •  Start pouring your tailbone into the ground.
  • Stack your ribs over your hips. Sshoulders over your ribs, head over your shoulders..
  • Repeat several times.

watch Standing Rollup

Making the Connections

  • Your body is a remarkable collection of interdependent parts, each with a specific role by design. 
  • You'll have the most fulfilling experience in your body when you see to the health and well-being of the individual and inseparable parts.

Take a few minutes to explore the connections from head to toe, parts above and parts below! 

Ready to Take Your Body Back?

There is no reason to not feel great in your body all day everyday even when you sleep!

  • You're never too old
  • It's never too late

You can take your body back, one part at a time.

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Cheryl's Experience (Age 44)

before 7 exercises to do everyday for Spine Mobility

I noticed it was becoming increasingly more difficult to reach over the back seat to hand things to my children. The pain I was experiencing in my shoulder was unreal. I had never had a problem doing this before so I went on a search for answers. Google led me to the concept of spinal mobility, and this list of 7 exercises to do everyday for spinal mobility. I figured it was worth giving the exercises a chance; anything would be better than the shoulder pain each time I reached over the back seat.

After 7 exercises to do everyday for Spine Mobility

I did all 7 exercises every day for 2 weeks. By the end of that time, there was a noticeable difference in my shoulder pain! I could reach over the back seat without wincing in pain. I had no idea how important spinal mobility is, but I’m really glad I found out. I can confidently say that I will continue doing these 7 exercises everyday to help keep my spine healthy and my shoulder pain-free!

Maya's Experience (Age 44)

before 7 exercises to do everyday for Spine Mobility

I had noticed a gradual decline in my spine mobility over the years. I had always been active, but as a woman in my 40s, I decided i had better do something about it. So I started the seven exercises to do everyday for spine mobility series. 

After 7 exercises to do everyday for Spine Mobility

Within weeks, I felt the benefits. My back became more flexible, allowing me to move with greater ease and grace. The constant nagging pain that had become a part of my life began to fade away. My posture improved, giving me a confident and upright stance.

For me the real magic happened when I resumed my favorite activities. Yoga poses that were once out of reach became achievable. Dancing became a joyous experience as my body effortlessly twisted and turned. I felt lighter, more connected to my body. These exercises not only improved my physical well-being but also brought a newfound sense of freedom and liberation. You’ve helped me give myself this greatest gift, thank you. 


Tags

Spine, Spine Mobility, Spine Rotation


About the author

Katrina Hawley

Veteran studio owner, senior Polestar Educator and adjunct staff at the in the Dance Division of the Hartt School at The University of Hartford. When not teaching clients, other teachers or dance students you will find Katrina playing with her cats Uncle Louis and Sadie Grace, hiking, cooking or listening to political podcasts while playing games on her phone.

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