Lower back, hips, knees and shoulders
Supported Forward Fold: Chair
The most accessible version: a seated forward lean over your thighs stretches your posterior chain with virtually no disc pressure, excellent for sensitive lower backs.
Hip Mobility30 to 60 seconds
Ways to adjust it
- Arms along thighs
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: Blocks
- 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.