How to Use lumbar in a Sentence
lumbar
adjective- This seat provides good lumbar support.
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That includes the arms, the seat depth, and the lumbar support.
— Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 10 Nov. 2021 -
Chairs should have lumbar support, meaning the back of the chair should be flush against you.
— Christine Burroni, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2020 -
The chair offers lumbar support and other features that make the chair a comfortable place to sit for the day.
— Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2022 -
The driver gets lumbar support, while rear seats recline — but not too much.
— Tribune News Service, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021 -
Fiers began the season on the IL with a lumbar strain and was activated April 26.
— Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 May 2021 -
To be sure, changes in reimbursement are not solely to blame for the rise in lumbar fusions.
— Simone Betchen, STAT, 21 Sep. 2022 -
The lumbar vertebrae in your low back are not designed for twisting; they are meant to be stable.
— Dana Santas, CNN, 4 Aug. 2022 -
Do not allow your working side shoulder to move forward at the top of each rep, and avoid any lumbar movement.
— Nick Tumminello, Men's Health, 18 Aug. 2022 -
Fiers began the season on IL with a lumbar strain sustained during spring training.
— Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2021 -
This can include adjustable back heights, seat depth, armrests, lumbar support and more.
— Hanna Horvath, NBC News, 18 June 2020 -
The seat itself features a gel-foam base and a memory foam back with lumbar support to keep you nicely cocooned.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2021 -
Fit a lumbar reservoir in the lower hydration pocket, or stash a bottle in the right hip belt pocket, which has a mesh base for just this purpose.
— Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 26 Aug. 2020 -
The ones in the NSX provide plenty of lateral support, but the base only adjusts fore and aft and lacks enough thigh support, while the back needs more lumbar support.
— Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2020 -
Fiers lasted 3 ⅓ innings in his second start since returning from a lumbar strain and allowed five runs.
— Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2021 -
Jenkins missed the final three games of his final season at Oklahoma State with a lumbar issue.
— BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2021 -
The child suffered multiple spinal and lumbar fractures and is partially paralyzed on the left side of her body, the affidavit said.
— Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2021 -
Activating the abs aids in relieving pain in the lumbar region by training the body to engage the opposing region.
— Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 30 Sep. 2020 -
Elemax is essentially a pad that fits in the lumbar support.
— Christian De Looper, BGR, 18 Nov. 2021 -
My chair at the office is a mesh multifunction task chair with adjustable armrests, lumbar support, forward tilt control, and a 20-inch seat width.
— Quartz Staff, Quartz, 6 Dec. 2021 -
During the next three weeks, nurses regularly drew cerebrospinal fluid from the lumbar drain to test for any infection.
— Raquel Rutledge, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2010 -
Beneath these comfort layers, a bed of coils provides lumbar support and a base layer of high-density foam helps the bed retain its structure.
— Jillian Mueller, Health.com, 5 May 2021 -
The chair is highly adjustable, with an adjustable headrest, armrests, lumbar support, tilt tensioner, and more.
— Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2022 -
The company recently removed features in the Model 3 and Model Y, such as lumbar support for the front passenger seat.
— Chris Isidore, CNN, 1 June 2021 -
Do not force it, as compensating from your low back could exacerbate any lumbar disc issues.
— Dana Santas, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 -
His combine medical report listed a lumbar strain, according to a league source.
— Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 18 Aug. 2021 -
This $2090 upgrade allows the front occupants to adjust things like height and positions, of course, as well as squab inclination and depth, as well as lumbar support level and the side bolsters.
— Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 13 Nov. 2021 -
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, spinal cord compression is caused by any condition in which pressure is put on at least one part of a person's spinal cord, including the cervical and lumbar spines.
— Sarah Fielding, Health.com, 20 Sep. 2021 -
The company said that lumbar support was hardly ever used by customers and that Autopilot’s cameras were sufficient, but analysts said the moves appeared to have been prompted at least in a part by the shortage of chips.
— New York Times, 2 July 2021 -
Hernandez’s daughter, who was not properly restrained in a car seat, suffered multiple spinal and lumbar fractures, which left her partially paralyzed on the left side of her body, court records said.
— Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 2 July 2021
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