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deslordotizar

English translation: straighten

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Spanish term or phrase:deslordotizar
English translation:straighten
Entered by: philgoddard

15:25 Nov 20, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Spanish term or phrase: deslordotizar
This term is used several times in exercises, and is generally in parentheses
Sin deslordotizar la curvatura lumbar
Hay quien recomienda la respiración al revés para deslordotizar,
cerca del cuerpo, y la espalda recta (deslordotizar)
Marshall McCormick
United States
Local time: 23:05
straighten
Explanation:
Lordodis is inward curvature of the spine. This is the simplest way of putting it, assuming you're writing for a general readership.
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philgoddard
United States
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4 +2straighten
philgoddard
3(maintain) the spine in a neutral lordotic position
DLyons


  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
straighten


Explanation:
Lordodis is inward curvature of the spine. This is the simplest way of putting it, assuming you're writing for a general readership.


    Reference: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordosis
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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agree  Charles Davis: Or possibly "uncurve", but "straighten" is probably better.
44 mins
agree  neilmac: Yeah, sounds like they made it up... sort of like "delordosify"
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(maintain) the spine in a neutral lordotic position


Explanation:
In conjunction with "paradoxical breathing"?


    Reference: http://books.google.ie/books?id=GiL3PeUMEJsC&pg=PA97&dq=&quo...
DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 04:05
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Charles Davis: Wouldn't that be "lordotizar"? "Deslordotizar" ought to mean eliminating lordosis rather than maintaining it. Or is this a proposal for "sin deslorditizar"?
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Charles. Is it a neutral lordosis position between the two extremes?
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