The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
How do you build your trunk strength?
Trunk exercises
- The plank for trunk stability.
- Lifting the head when lying.
- Sitting up from lying at an age appropriate level.
- Sitting up from a pile of cushions.
- Sit backs.
- Sit-ups with legs straight.
- Sit-ups with knees bent.
- Kicking a big ball when lying on the back.
What are the trunk muscles?
The muscles of the trunk include those that move the vertebral column, the muscles that form the thoracic and abdominal walls, and those that cover the pelvic outlet. The erector spinae group of muscles on each side of the vertebral column is a large muscle mass that extends from the sacrum to the skull.
