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Is your vertebrae movable

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Almost all the joints between vertebrae are movable. The joints between the cervical vertebrae and lumber vertebrae have fairly good movement. Between thoracic vertebrae only you have less movement. But then they do move on each other.

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Absolutely, that is why they are called joints. We can bend forwards, backwards and sideways due to the spine.

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