side bend
Torso tilts sideways
A side bend is a lateral flexion of the torso, bending at the waist toward one side while keeping hips stationary.
Common in stretching routines, yoga, and core exercises: Do ten side bends on each side.
The movement targets oblique muscles and improves spinal flexibility.
- obliqueAngled, not straightforward
- oblique musclesAngled trunk musculature
- stretchPull to extend
- yogaMind-body exercise discipline
- spineColumn of vertebrae
torso · waist · love handles · lean · tilt · core · core strength · flexibility · full range · standing · seated · pilates · morning routine · rib cage · hip · curve · elongate · abdominal
- stretchesback extension, cat stretch, cat-cow, cat cow, child's pose
- body movementsflexion, twist, standing, extension, sitting
- stretchingreaching, extending, unfurling, lengthening, spreading
- head and neck movementsnodding, head tilt, neck rotation, turning, looking up
- exercisespush-ups, pull-ups, squats, lunges, cable row
- yoga posesdownward dog, tree pose, child's pose, warrior pose, cobra pose
direction of spinal movement
side bendforward fold
Standing hip hinge
forward bend · back bend · spinal twist · backbend · crunch
spinal flexion orientation
side bendforward fold
Standing hip hinge
forward bend · back bend · extension · flexion · neutral spine
side, bend, sides, sided, siding, sideway, sideways, sidelong, beside