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    Lumbar Rotation

    1. Lie on your back on the floor, with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor. Don’t press your neck or lower back to the floor.

    2. Lean both of your knees to one side. Turn your head in the opposite direction. Keep your shoulders flat on the floor. Be gentle and don’t push through pain.

    3. Hold for 20 seconds, or as instructed. Then slowly move your knees and head in the other direction.

    4. Repeat 2 to 5 times, or asinstructed. 

    Woman lying on back with arms outstretched. Hips and pelvis are rotated to one side.

    Online Medical Reviewer: Raymond Turley Jr PA-C
    Online Medical Reviewer: Stacey Wojcik MBA BSN RN
    Online Medical Reviewer: Thomas N Joseph MD
    Date Last Reviewed: 3/1/2022
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    Southern New Mexico
    Surgery Center

    2301 Indian Wells Rd. Suite B
    Alamogordo, NM 88310
    www.snmsc.org

    Phone: 575.437.0890
    Fax: 575.437.0905
    Email: info@snmsc.org

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