Lower back, hips and knees
Supported Forward Fold: Blocks
Blocks raise your hand height so your spine can stay long, reducing hamstring demand and making this posterior chain stretch more accessible and safer for your back.
Hip Mobility30 to 60 seconds
Ways to adjust it
- Short stance
- Soft knee cue
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.
- Supported Forward Fold: Chair
- Supported Forward Fold: Classic
- Supported Forward Fold: Short Stance
- Supported Forward Fold: Wall
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.