💥Relieve QL Pain and Tightness!💥...(Swipe Left!)

---- • 🤓This muscle assists in bending to your side, extending your back, and keeping the 12th rib secure during breathing. It does have several attachments to your lumbar spine, and like any muscle, can become tight and sore to the touch. Often these things happen as a compensation, or your body trying to protect/limit motion when pain is present. • --- • 👍🏽So how do we deal with QL issues? Soft tissue work is commonly used, and can definitely be helpful to jump start the optimization process. But I also want to highlight a few targeted stretches and exercises for the QL. • --- • 🔑Stretching and releasing without any follow up muscle retraining is only addressing half of the issue. Getting out of pain is not the only goal. We also want to optimize how you are moving so you get