Exercise Demo: Cat and Camel

The focus of this exercise is to mobilize your thoracic spine and to move into your full range of thoracic flexion and extension, along with lumbar flexion and extension. As an added bonus if you focus on articulating each spinal segment you can further work on segmental control and stability at the same time.

Coaching Cues:

1. Inhale as you round up and exhale as you arch down
2. Aim to start at your pelvis/sacrum region and slowly, in an orderly fashion round your entire spine, reverse the motion. Most people will have area that are hard to find movement or control – these are the areas you need to work on
3. If you are really stuck (pun intended) you can try standing against a wall, that way you have something to articulate your spine against or away