Side-bending To Sit More Comfortably

This exercise is the 3rd of a series of 3 designed to improve your ease and comfort in sitting. Side-bending is one of the most critical spine movements necessary to have a healthy and flexible back, and to be able to sit comfortably. When your ability to bend sideways becomes limited, the muscular and skeletal alignment of your body suffers and this shows up as the muscles along one or both sides of your neck, chest and back being stiff and painful. You end up needing to use more muscle exertion than is necessary — even to hold yourself up in sitting. By the end of this lesson, your back will feel more mobile and you'll have the ability to sit more dynamically. You'll need a chair with a firm, flat seat for this exercise.

Reviews

Thanks again Susan.
This third in the series was the most challenging. The right side felt the improvement, while the left was less so. Seems like a good indication of some needed practice.
Will be aiming to practice all three of the series every couple of days for a while.
This is such valuable work and I'm surprised that only a small number of people have come to it on I.T.
Wishing you a safe and happy start to 2026.🙏