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  • Begin in a kneeling position with your big toes together and knees comfortably apart.
  • Sit your hips back onto your heels and slowly lower your chest toward the floor into child’s pose.
  • Extend one arm (e.g. left) straight out in front of you on the floor, palm facing down.
  • Gently place your opposite arm (e.g. right) behind your lower back or rest the back of your hand against your sacrum.
  • With your reaching arm, slowly walk your fingers further forward until you feel a stretch along the side of your torso and underneath your shoulder blade.
  • Keep your forehead relaxed down on the mat or supported on a cushion.
  • Focus on breathing into the ribs on the stretching side to enhance the stretch.
  • Hold/maintain as prescribed by your physiotherapist.