{"id":2549,"date":"2023-04-02T12:29:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T11:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2024-02-02T12:30:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:30:05","slug":"lower-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/lower-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>There are three different groups of muscles that help the spine to function. These are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Extensors \u2013 these enable standing and lifting (such as the Erector Spinae).<\/li>\n<li>Flexors \u2013 these allow flexion, bending forward, lifting and arching of the lower back.<\/li>\n<li>Obliques \u2013 these allow for rotation and help maintain proper posture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LATISSIMUS DORSI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although being a predominantly upper back muscle, it does play a synergistic role in extension and lateral flexion of the lumbar spine and is also assists in forced expiration and as an accessory muscle of inspiration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ERECTOR SPINAE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These are a group of muscles that run the length of your spine and is sheathed by the thoracolumbar fascia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although this is predominantly a respiration muscle, it works to assist in rotation and extension of the torso and connects on the border between the thoracic and lumbar spine.<\/p>\n<p>Lower back muscle pain is very common and so lower back strengthening should be in everyone\u2019s workout routine.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are three different groups of muscles that help the spine to function. These are: Extensors \u2013 these enable standing and lifting (such as the Erector Spinae). Flexors \u2013 these allow flexion, bending forward, lifting and arching of the lower back. Obliques \u2013 these allow for rotation and help maintain proper posture. LATISSIMUS DORSI Although [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-muscle-of-the-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2549"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2552,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549\/revisions\/2552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}