BACK EXTENSION EXERCISES

• In Back extension, the spine is bending backward, rehabilitating the muscles that are responsible for standing, lifting objects, and other spinal movements like twisting

• Back extension exercises can be added to the treatment program when the symptoms get centralizes by bending back.

WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF BACK EXTENSION EXERCISES

• They help to maintain the normal lumbar lordosis.

• They help to strengthen the extensor muscles of the back and the hip.

• It relieves the pressure on the disks in patients with posterior or posterolateral disk prolapse

• They help in the improvement of the mobility of the spine

WHEN TO AVOID BACK EXTENSION EXERCISES

• Acute disk prolapses

• Multiple back operations.

• Spinal stenosis

• Spondylolisthesis.

BACK EXTENSION EXERCISES

• PRONE BACK EXTENSION

• BACK(MCKENZIE) EXTENSION

• PRONE LEG RAISE

• CHILD POSE AND ITS VARIATION

• PRONE ARM AND LEG LIFT EXERCISE