New combination straddle-backbend stretch

[Jim Pickles]

While most exercises in Stretch Therapy are isolated to one group of muscles as much as possible, combination stretches are sometimes useful. Here I've discovered one I've not done before - legs held apart in a straddle against the wall, while the spine is in a backbend, lying over a roller. Very intense - the straddle holds the pelvis at an angle that increases the stretch in the back. It is also an amazing feeling, to have both the hips and the chest/spine opened out powerfully and maximally at the same time. I suggest people try it. It looks like a dead insect, too. I'd have called in the Dead Cockroach, but I think that name's already taken.