Stretching is an essential part of your daily fitness routine. It helps strengthen and condition muscles to help avoid future injuries. Stretching is also great for targeting particular parts of your body. This week we’re focusing on how stretching can help improve your digestion.
Along with maintaining a healthy diet, particularly one high in fiber, these three stretches are just a few of many that can help ease any digestive issues you may be experiencing. Do these stretches daily, either in the morning or before bed to condition your stomach muscles and get them to function properly in a non intrusive way.
Cobra
This stretch is also a yoga pose that normally follow Chaturunga. In this position your hands are on the ground with the pads of your finger tips slightly gripping the floor. You push up from the ground, arching your back in a slight C, opening up your chest. This move stretches your stomach, creating space and relieving any pressure or cramps that you may be experiencing.
Knee to Chest
Laying on your back, pull your knees into your chest. This helps relieve bloating and gas by adding pressure and pull your knees further in the releasing, repeating as often as necessary. A variation of this pose is Happy Baby, where you keep your knees pulled in but pull your feet away from your body.
Seated Spinal Twist
Sitting with your legs straight cross one leg over the other and turn your body toward and away from your leg/knee gazing over your shoulder. You can keep your leg straight or folded. This is another stretch that massages your abdominal muscles and helps release pressure from your middle.
What are some stretches that you do to loosen up your middle? Let us know below!
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