By Dr. G. John Mullen, Swimming World Contributor
A common issue from coaches is not being able to find hard core exercises which challenge the body, especially where the body is maintaining a streamline position. Some have heard of the spinal flexion theory, the idea that doing too many spinal flexions will result in a spinal disc failure, pain, and injury. The research supporting this theory was done in porcine models, with their muscles and other soft tissue removed.
I’ve discussed the issues with extrapolating information from this study previously and feel there are flaws with this study, most notably, assuming everyone will react the same to the same amount of spinal flexion. Nonetheless, limiting the amount of spinal flexion is likely necessary for reducing the incidence of low back pain.
This is the dilemma for many coaches:
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