Your hip and gluteus muscles support your lower back, so it’s important to keep them nimble to maintain spinal flexibility.
Start: Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart.
- Step back about half a step with your right foot.
- Bend the left knee and shift your weight back to the right foot.
- Keep the right leg straight, bend forward and reach down the right leg until you can feel the stretch on your outer hip.
- Hold for 10 to 15 seconds.
- Switch and repeat steps 1 through 4 with the left foot back.
- Repeat two to four times on each leg.
