Lower back, hips and shoulders
Sphinx: Blanket Under Ribs
A blanket under your ribs softens the extension, providing gentle spinal opening with extra comfort: helpful for easing into back extension exercises.
Spinal Mobility30 to 120 seconds
Ways to adjust it
- Reduce depth or use a simpler variation
Other ways to do this movement
Every version below is the same movement set up differently, so one of them usually suits.
Before you try it
Move within a range that stays comfortable. Stop if this brings on sharp pain, dizziness, or symptoms that travel down an arm or a leg, and speak to a clinician before repeating it.
One movement is a start. A session is the thing.
A few questions about your body and how it is today, and Vinys builds a session around it, including which movements to leave out.
Start your first sessionFrom the clinically authored Vinys movement library.