Holding the Steel Mace in a horizontal position causes the weight to offset one side of the body, demanding more stabilization as well as requiring strength to maintain
a neutral alignment of the spine.
Not exact matches
Development
of these trunk muscles helps support and stabilize the
spine and maintain its
neutral alignment, reducing back strain and promoting
spine health.
When you've gone as low as you can without losing the
neutral alignment of your head,
spine, and hips, reach your arms straight overhead.
For those with scoliosis, some sections
of the multifidus and erector spinae, supportive muscles running along the
spine, will need strengthening (particularly on the side that's convex) in order to hold this new, more
neutral alignment.
For proper
alignment in yoga postures, it's essential that students first learn how to sit, stand and move with a
neutral spine preserving the curves
of the
spine.