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Tom’s Guide
Technology
Jane McGuire

I did this exercise for a week — and it dramatically helped my back pain

a photo of a woman doing the thread the needle stretch

Here on the Tom’s Guide fitness desk, we love nothing more than throwing ourselves into intense week-long workout challenges — from trying a 7-minute pillar bridge plank every day to doing the 12-3-30 treadmill workout every day for a month. Yet all these workouts can take their toll. In an attempt to chill things out while recovering from tightness in my back, I tried this thread-the-needle exercise every day for a week, and it really helped. 

Read on to find out more about the thread-the-needle exercise, including how to do it and what the benefits are.

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