Lower back, hips and knees
Supine Twist: Straight Top Leg
Straightening the top leg adds a deeper stretch along your posterior chain, providing more advanced rotational mobility for bodies ready for greater range.
Spinal Mobility60 to 180 seconds
Ways to adjust it
- Classic
- Small range
- Classic version
If this one is too much today
Try the gentler version instead. It asks less of you and does much the same work.
Other ways to do this movement
Every version below is the same movement set up differently, so one of them usually suits.
- Supine Twist: Classic
- Supine Twist: Pillow Between Knees
- Supine Twist: Small Range
- Supine Twist: Straight Bottom Leg
- Supine Twist: With Bolster
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.
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