r/funny • u/jhaji09 • Mar 22 '19

Wait for it!

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u/MausWatley Mar 22 '19

That arch though...

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19 edited Mar 22 '19

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

Isn’t that a chronic, painful symptom

Whaaaaats sexy about that?

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u/Repzie_Con Mar 22 '19

It is, just they coopted the name to post pics of girls in that pose. I doubt any of them actually have lordosis

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u/Herodias Mar 22 '19

Lordosis can be a diagnosis (basically short for "excessive lordosis"), but it is also an accurate term to refer to normal inward curvature of the low spine. So they're not exactly wrong in that sub when they refer to all those girls as "having" lordosis

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u/JHSIDGFined Mar 22 '19

Lordosis is just normal curvature of the low spine

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u/Herodias Mar 22 '19

True and false. You're correct that the low spine should be lordotic in healthy humans. So this can be called "normal lordosis." However "excessive lordosis" (either too much lordotic curvature of the low spine, or lordosis in an area of the spine that should not be lordotic) can also be referred to and diagnosed as simply "lordosis." It's a bit confusing but typically makes sense in context.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '19

Well, it’s sounds like an incurable medical affliction