Anti-rotation core exercises can help stabilize your spine and relieve back pain.

Here are three to try, according to a PT.

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What about social medias favorite new buzzword: anti-rotation exercises?

Yet most people still arent sure what exactly anti-rotation exercises actually are.

Well, just like it sounds, an anti-rotation exercise challenges your trunk to resist rotation.

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The spine is a very mobile structure, moving in multiple planes of movement.

Therefore, it needs both passive and active stabilizers to protect it from injury, explains Dr. Greenwell.

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He suggests picking one anti-rotation exercise in standing and one in sitting or on your back.

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attempt to keep it as functional as possiblemeaning it should mimic everyday movements.

Here are three moves he recommends:

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The Pallof press

This anti-rotation exercise works your core and shoulders.

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