Updated: 9th of February, 2026 Here we are at the part 3 of our backbend blog! If you haven't read part 1 ( here ) and part 2 ( here ) yet, make sure you check them out before continuing with part 3. Part 3 will cover the lumbar spine/pelvis and tie up the rest of this back bending series. Let's begin! Lumbar spine and pelvis The lumbar spine is made of 5 vertebrae with shorter spinous processes than the thoracic spine, and joins to the 5 fused sacral vertebrae and coccyx bon