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Old 07-03-2012, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by heybro View Post
My physical therapist just told me that all my trying to improve posture may be a bad thing. She said that if everything is tight together, pushing yourself up and back may actually cause your rib to just push further in to your thoracic outlet, without physical therapy.
I don't think good posture is bad, but many of the exercises and stretches that many PTs have you do to improve posture can be bad for TOS. Many PTs just aren't educated enough about TOS to know better. Trust your body and refuse to do anything you feel is flaring up your TOS.
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