Back exercise 7
Flexion in Standing
Begin doing Exercise 7 only after you have completed two weeks of Exercise 6, whether or not Exercise 6 has been successful in reducing your pain or stiffness. Stand upright, with your feet well apart. Allow your arms to hang loosely by your side. You are now ready to begin Exercise 7.
Bend forward and run your fingers down your legs as far as you can comfortably reach. Return immediately to the upright standing position. Each time you repeat the cycle of movements in this exercise, try to bend down a little farther so that by the last repetition of this exercise within a session you have flexed your back as much as possible and your fingertips are as close as possible to the floor.
You must do only five or six repetitions of Exercise 7 per session. Sessions are to be repeated once or twice a day. Exercise 7 must always be followed immediately by Exercise 3.
For three months after you have become pain-free, Exercise 7 must never be performed in the first four hours of your day.
