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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
� The Ideal Spine (Perfection)
� Flat backs and Sway backs
� Hunchbacks and Soldiers
� Double chins and turtle necks
LUMBAR
� Big heavy bones to support weight
� Larger transverse processes for muscle
attachment to give supportattachment to give support
� Most strain
� Links top to bottom
THORACIC
� Support ribs
� Curve backwards for lung expansion
� Deeper spinous processes for erector
spinae attachements
FLAT BACKS
� Head forward
� Neck extended
� Thoracic spine � Thoracic spine flexed forward
� Lumbar spine straighter
� Pelvis tilted back
� Hip joints extended
SWAY BACK
� Lumbar spine flatter
� Pelvis tilted back� Pelvis tilted back
� Hip joint extended
� Pelvis forward of central line
� Knee joints extended
� No bottom
HUNCH BACKS
� Head forward
� Neck extended
� Thoracic spine � Thoracic spine flexed
� Lumbar spine extended
� Pelvis tilted forward
� Hip joints flexed
SOLDIERS
� Thoracic spine leans
backwards
� Lumbar spine � Lumbar spine
extended
� Pelvic titled forwards
MARK MCKEAN PHDMARK MCKEAN PHD
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Australian Institute of Fitness Research
University of Sunshine Coast