Cat And Camel Stretch Lower Back Pain. Breathing deeply, arch your back like a cat. It mimics the way a cat curls and arches its back, going back and forth in between both ranges of motion.
Start on all fours, and straighten the arms directly below the shoulders. David oliver, and i’m a chiropractor. It helps to stretch the lower back muscles and ligaments along the back of the spine.
Breathing deeply, arch your back like a cat.
Align the knees with the hips, and push the back upward to create an arch like a cat. Start on all fours, and straighten the arms directly below the shoulders. For the cat portion of the drill, i will typically cue a posterior tilt of the pelvis (tuck the tailbone under) and rounding of the lower back, in addition to thoracic rounding. It mimics the way a cat curls and arches its back, going back and forth in between both ranges of motion.