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Spine Warm Up Revisited

by John Paul Catanzaro
Date Released : 27 Jun 2007

Question:

In John Paul Catanzaro's article Spine Warm Up, he speaks of using the Health Bridges because it will "stretch back muscles and ligaments" and "restore the natural curvature of the spine." I was curious what this means, since the picture shows someone in a position that looks anything but "natural." How does putting the back into extension "stretch the muscles?" They are in a position of contraction, not lengthening, so how is this stretching the back muscles? Ligament stretching? I didn't know you wanted to or could isolate a ligament and "stretch" it. And which curves, as you know there are four, are being placed in their natural position?

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