Lateral Chain Stretch / Wall Side Stretch

This is an awesome way to stretch your sides while supporting your lower body on a wall.
Most training involves being relatively symmetrical, so stretching your sides and making sure there's not a big difference between is super important for performance, and for avoiding back or hip pain.
It helps loosen your QL & obliques and generally open you up - this is extremely effective fot lateral shifts, a hiked hip, even leg length discrepency!
This variation is especially nice if you have shoulder or upper body restrictions, allowing you to get a good side stretch without needing to hold on to a doorframe of rig (like we demo here: • Lateral/Side Stretches... ). You can hold the position, taking deep breaths and relaxing, or you can do reps, aiming to go a bit further each time.
Make sure to do some core activation drills afterwards to help the new position "stick"!
If you don’t know how to do that then I highly recommend The Simplistic Mobility Method! Get the most out of your mobility practice by opening then strengthening! Pick it up here: tommorrison.uk/the-simplistic...
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Tom Morrison is the creator of The Simplistic Mobility Method and works with athletes on prerequisite movement capabilities for optimal strength, performance, and reduced risk of injury. He is a British weightlifting coach, martial artist, CrossFit trainer and competitor.
His passion is getting people to live a pain free life so they can do the things they enjoy, he works with professional MMA fighters, golfers, football and rugby players, strongmen, powerlifters, experienced CrossFit athletes and weightlifters, people with no mobility, people with hypermobility, people with chronic back, knee and shoulder injuries, and most commonly people with general tightness or pain that can’t seem to figure out why.
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[@Bellstars8300]

Just done this one ! 🥰 love it and can really feel the stretch- will add this as a regular one ☝🏽 thank you 😊

[@TomMorrison]

You're so welcome!

[@bh613]

Feel this up in shoulders. Wowie!! Just did the balance vid!

[@TomMorrison]

Awesome!

[@schwesti4]

Thank you!

[@TomMorrison]

You’re welcome!!

[@beepsilver]

Thanks for this :D

[@TomMorrison]

Very welcome!

[@ArtbyPaulPetro]

gotta try this one! btw, nice shirt, Tom! took me a minute to figure it out lol

[@TomMorrison]

Haha it’s from one of our more recent adverts! Has kittens in it too 😎

[@irenepeek3211]

Great idea, thanks for sharing ❣️

[@TomMorrison]

Thanks! Hope you’re keeping well! 😄

[@irenepeek3211]

@@TomMorrison Yes we are and hoping you and yours are doing well also. Blessings 💖🙏💖

[@tiagosilvestre6703]

This is awesome! Thank you so much! But O have a question: How do you apply this on the elderly population that don't have the overhead mobility?

[@TomMorrison]

Can start with arms just hugging chest, or just a traditional side bend brushing the arms down the sides of the legs

[@tiagosilvestre6703]

Lovely! Thank you so much, brother @@TomMorrison

[@1manning9]

Let's say my right hip is lower, should I still do it both ways or on 1 side? If so, which side? 🙂

[@TomMorrison]

Yes still do both sides, just spend more time on whichever feels tighter!