Timeline for Body twisting exercise after back injury
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| May 19, 2016 at 18:22 | comment | added | roman | Flexion is actually very different from a twist - as a twist creates torque on the spine, thus creating much higher loads. As far as I understand - a twist will not create a pressure on the disc from top to bottom. | |
| May 19, 2016 at 9:36 | comment | added | Noumenon | Agreed; the link does mention that twisting subsequent to lateral flexion " can lead to circumferential rents in the annulus", but I don't know about pure unflexed twisting. The quote suggests pain will teach you once the exercise exceeds your capacity. | |
| May 19, 2016 at 9:27 | comment | added | G_H | The quoted part regards flexion, though, which isn't the same as axial twisting. | |
| May 19, 2016 at 9:17 | history | answered | Noumenon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |