Cervical Spine is a place that takes maximum stress and pressure in a human body. Many people suffer with back pain which most commonly radiates from the cervical spine.
But one can do Pilate exercises meant especially for the cervical spine which helps in relieving a person from the pain and also keep them relaxed.
These Pilate exercises for cervical spine are not very difficult to perform and anyone can do them easily after learning the correct technique.
Pilate exercises for cervical spine:-
Please find some easy Pilate exercises for the Cervical Spine.
- Before starting any kind of exercise a warm up session is very important.
This would help relax the muscles and prepare the body for the exercises.
Small steps of jogging should suffice and probably ten minutes of brisk walking can also be added. - Once done with the warm up session start with the exercises, first you should lie flat on your back, bending your knees and your feet should be flat on the ground. In this position, you should make sure your neck and your lower back is not touching the floor.
You should stay in this position for at least 15 minutes before proceeding to the next exercise. - Next lie flat on your back and your arms and legs should be straight. Once in that position inhale deeply and raise your legs and hands together, after that exhale and bring them back to the original position.
Repeat this for at least 10 times initially gradually increasing the count by two per day till you reach thirty. - Next you should lie flat on your back, put your hands behind your back and your legs should be stretched apart.
In this position inhale deeply and try to bend your knees and lift your body as much as possible.
Exhale and get back to the original position. Repeat this exercise for at least ten times.
All these exercises should be performed at your own pace and if you feel tired at any time during the exercise, it would be advisable to stop the exercises for some time and try again, if it continues it would like be that the pace in performing the exercises is little high and it would need to be reduced.
It would always be advisable if these exercises are performed with the assistance of a physical trainer which could avoid a lot of unnecessary problems.