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Seated Thoracic Side Bend
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- HOW: Sitting up straight, reach one arm up and over your head as you bend the upper half of your body feeling a stretch on the side the arm is up.
- FEEL: You should feel a stretch on the side of your body.
- COMPENSATION: Avoid rotation in the upper body, focus on a pure side bend.
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