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Butt wink refers to the rounding of the lower back during the descent of the squat. In anatomical terms, it is spinal flexion and occurs due to the pelvis tucking under near the bottom of a squat. When the pelvis tucks in this way, it is called a posterior pelvic tilt. Your pelvis and lower back are connected, and so, if your pelvis starts to tilt posteriorly, you will see spinal flexion and rounding of the lower back.

The position where someone may experience butt wink will be different for everyone and can change, depending on your current mobility and whether you have adequately warmed up.
However, there will be a depth during squatting for some people that cannot be reached without butt wink. In this case, you will need to adjust your depth to avoid your pelvis tucking and causing butt wink.

Injury and loss of power occur with butt wink due to the decreased ability to stabilize and maintain pressure in your core because of spinal flexion. It is vital for spinal injury prevention to properly brace your core during any weight-bearing activity. You need to create pressure through your core to stabilize the spine to do this.

When your spine flexes, especially under load, you can no longer adequately pressurize and stabilize. If you can maintain a neutral spine, the load you are bearing can compress directly down the spine. In this position, the spine is resilient to injury

However, when your low back begins to flex with posterior pelvic tilt, the load is no longer supported in a straight line and can cause excessive force on the spine, leading to a possible disc bulge. Disc bulges are caused by flexion movement under load, which occurs during a butt wink while squatting.

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