My therapist, Dr. Ando checks and adjust my ribs and spine. There are also modalities they have me do on a soft foam roll and yamuna balls. I'll restart therapy once my post-surgery pain has gone away.
I don't have a soft foam roll at home, just a hard one. After working with Ando, forum member JKL came up with the idea of wrapping a yoga mat around our hard foam rolls. I may try this or a may just buy a soft one. I'm only doing the rib stuff at therapy for the time being. I'm thinking once Dr. Ando gets me fully aligned, I can maintain by just doing the foam rolls and yamuna at home. They don't want me doing any weight stuff until my ribs, joints, and nerves are properly aligned and stretched.
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http://www.yamunabodyrolling.com/
I wish I knew what caused my ribs to elevate in the first place. I had a car accident in 2005 and that may have been the origination of the rib subluxations. I had another accident in 2010 which really flared my TOS and cervical neuralgia. I'm starting to believe my ribs led to all my other issues including my forward head posture (corrected by cervical fusion surgery). My posture improved noticeably immediately after my rib resection surgeries when I look in the mirror and when I do my postural stretch/test:
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Originally Posted by nospam
Stand with your hands at your sides, keep your arms at your side and rotate your thumbs away from your body while squeezing your shoulder blades together (stretching the arms, shoulders, and chest). Your shoulder posture should automatically correct. Hold this shoulder position when you bring your hands back to neutral to locate your ideal postural position.
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I believe TOS causes bad posture in at least some cases and not the other way around as many would have you believe.