🔙 Press-Up (McKenzie)
A McKenzie extension exercise that helps centralize disc-related back pain.
BackBeginnerMat3 × 10
How to do the Press-Up (McKenzie)
- Lie face down, hands flat by your shoulders
- Slowly press your upper body up, straightening arms
- Keep your hips on the floor
- Hold 2 seconds at the top
- Slowly lower
Form tips
- Stop if pain spreads down your leg
- Should feel relief, not increased pain
Muscles worked
Erector spinae
When to be cautious
- Pain that worsens or radiates further down the leg
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