Sentences with phrase «lumbar spine flexion»

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It also has a synergistic role in extension and lateral flexion of the lumbar spine.

Beyond that, when you brace, you engage your rectus abdominus, which has a flexion force, again putting your intervertebral discs at risk as patients relying on this muscle can't and don't hold the natural / protective lordotic curve of the lumbar spine.

in most yoga we do less flexion / rounding of the lower back, we do a lot of hip hinging, lot of neutral spine in most of the poses, some extension when we do belly down back bends or bridge + as a result the lower back is not getting its full potential rom, as we are suppose to be able to flex the lower lumbar to about 40degrees, thoracic about 45 degrees.

Assessing the effect of joint range of motion (ROM), Andersen et al. (1997) compared rectus abdominis muscle activity between sit ups performed with trunk flexion (at the lumbar spine) with sit ups performed with hip flexion.