Why it’s best to avoid spine-bending exercises when you get up

Exercise self-tutoring: the tutor looks at spine flexibility.

Apparently, the discs in the back soak up water overnight; therefore, when a person rises in the morning, the back is less flexible than later on. It’s a natural fact.

Because of the spine’s reduced mobility at awakening, it’s best not to do spine-bending then. The better idea is to get up easily: time spent upright will gradually compress the extra water from the discs. After an hour or later, perhaps having done some light walking, etc, the discs will be smaller, the back more flexible. Hence, doing spine-bending exercises later in the day is better, rather than first thing.

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