Lower back, hips and shoulders
Supported Forward Fold: Wall
Hands on the wall create the most spine-friendly standing forward fold, keeping your back completely neutral while stretching your hamstrings and hips.
Hip Mobility30 to 60 seconds
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: Blocks
- Supported Forward Fold: Chair
- Supported Forward Fold: Classic
- Supported Forward Fold: Short Stance
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.