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Solution to Spinal flexion exercises

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RATIONALE: Spinal flexion exercises temporarily widen the intervertebral foramen and, therefore, benefit spinal foramen stenosis. However, they increase diskal pressure and can increase pressure on a fracture. Although flexion exercises could benefit a flexion zygapophyseal dysfunction, they would not help with an extension zygapophyseal dysfunction