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Is Spinal Flexion Bad?

January 24, 2023 Andrew McGonigle

Yoga sequences often feature many ‘chest/heart openers’ (backbends) and twists but do not tend to feature so much active flexion of the spine. Often when we forward fold in a yoga class we are encouraged to do so with a “straight back”…

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In Myth or Fact?, Anatomy Tags Spinal flexion, Lower back pain, Disc herniations
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Can a Strong Core Prevent Disc Herniations?

September 8, 2021 Andrew McGonigle

When it comes to the intervertebral discs it is not fully understand why they behave in the way that they do in terms of pathology.

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In Physiology, Myth or Fact? Tags core, Disc herniations
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