What is the most difficult part when practicing Lower Spinal Rotation?
One my LSR seminars took place at a New York City library. My eight students and I stood before fifty people varying in age with one fellow over eighty years old. After lecturing about LSR and demonstrating, my students and the audience practiced a few two-person LSR exercises. After an hour and half had passed, I decided to ask the audience if “anyone thought if they were doing the rotation correctly”. Only one Asian man raised his hand. I asked him to demonstrate his LSR. After seeing his movement, I told him that he was controlling his torso movement with movement beginning in his shoulder area. I then asked, ” anyone thinks that they are doing the movement incorrectly”. Again the same Asian man raised his hand. Everyone one else laughed. I then explained to the audience that this was the biggest problem when dealing with LSR not knowing the difference between doing LSR correctly or incorrectly. Since most people have never rotated their lower spine intentionally, they lack a “feeli
