Back Flexibility
- Ezara
- Apr 16
- 1 min read
Hi! Dr. Ezara Greene here! 👋 I am a Doctor of Physical Therapy who specializes in treating Gymnasts! Back flexibility is something I personally struggled with throughout my entire gymnastics career. Usually when there is a lack of flexibility in one joint you always want to look above and below the joint in questions and make sure there isn't a lack of flexibility or mobility going on there as well. I tend to go after shoulder flexibility first! The lats are a great muscle to look at, since we tend to work a lot of skills in a hollow body position it causes shorting of this muscle. I love to start with lacrosse ball work to the lats and then work through some lat mobilizations with a stick. I've attached two photos! What questions do you have?
Lat mobilization with a stick in tall kneeling (usually perform 3x10 holding 3-5 seconds).
Lacrosse ball work to the Latissimus Dorsi (Lat): usually working the muscle for 1-2 minutes each side.
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