Cat Cow Exercise Video. Cat cow exercise (for spinal mobility) this exercise is good to help with morning stiffness and general spinal mobility. When you arch your back toward the ceiling (for the cat portion of the exercise), you are strengthening your abdominals and stretching your spinal muscles.
Exercise is aimed at managing and controlling the body, which is very useful for beginners who have just begun to engage in sports. Each movement is done in conjunction with either an inhalation or exhalation of the breath, making this a simple vinyasa (linking breath to movement). • revitalizes the spine by loosening muscles and increasing flexibility.
The cat cow is a great mobility exercise for the entire spine from your lower back up to your neck.
I feel an improvement is happening to my lower back. * you can do this exercise, by either holding each position for a comfortable duration of time as you move between the poses, or doing the exercise by rapidly moving between the poses. The purpose of cat/cow is to mobilize the spine and pelvis & retrain spinal movement patterns. If you spend a lot of time sitting then flexing & extending your spine can help improve circulation in the discs in your back.