These Pilates-based exercises are simple, effective and can be done almost anywhere, an instructor explains how ...

Core training isn’t just about strength, it’s about teaching your body how to move efficiently. The bird-dog is a standout ...

If you’re new to yoga, the stability ball can be an excellent tool to help you progress. Instead of avoiding positions that seem too difficult and extreme for your body, practice with a large ...

Start on your hands and knees, as if you’re a table. Maintain a neutral spine.; Reach one arm out in front of you so it’s even with your head and torso. Extend the opposite leg behind you, in ...

Why it works: Another star stretch for the QL and your low back extensors, this one also stretches the glutes—three spots in which runners commonly feel tightness. How to do it: Lie faceup, arms ...

More information: Jae In Kim et al, Bilateral Back Extensor Exosuit for multidimensional assistance and prevention of spinal injuries, Science Robotics (2024). DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adk6717 ...

The extensors attach to a person’s spine and allow them to extend it while keeping their back straight. Spinal cord A person’s spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that runs through the middle of ...

Extensors help hold your spine vertically, and you use them when you stand up or lift things. Flexors are those muscles that are attached to the front of your spine and include your abdominal muscles.

Instances of spinal paraplegia are seen with complete loss of sensibility below the level of the lesion and yet may have marked extensor spasm if the limbs are manipulated, especially if the leg ...