hmm. so, i used to take west coast swing lessons and i think a particular thing our instructor told us to do did something weird to my hip posture
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he told us to stick out out butts more than we expected and i think the way i did that put my hips at a weird angle. now when i walk too much i reliably get pain in my lower back
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i *think* what he intended for us to do is stick out the *base of our spines* back? i'm experimenting with doing that + tucking my tailbone while walking and it feels less painful and more comfortable but idk how to maintain it
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curious to hear from and/or , or anyone else who knows more about this stuff
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'sticking out butts' is a terrible social dance instruction, maybe he meant 'sink back and down'? west coast is very 'back and down' heavy, kind of like lindy. you should absolutely have your core muscles engaged and your pelvis itself tilted forward tho
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yeah hmm i don’t think he literally told us to stick our butts out, probably more like what you said but i guess i misinterpreted it a bit 😅