Posture
 

So, has posture helped you?

I fully realized my posture was bad when I saw a picture a friend had taken when I was pretending to be arrested. We did the side profile shot. Well, my neck is really far forward! When I put my head where it is supposed to be it feels so weird and feels like I am pushing my head WAYYYY back. BUT, upon looking at video of me doing this, it actually looks NORMAL. It just feels really weird.

I have the classic sway back and neck forward. So, I did these things called wall angels where you stand against the wall with your shoulders flat and you put your hands above your head against the wall and then move your hands down the wall. It really kicks you in the back and makes your shoulders go way down. I cannot do them much anymore cause they make the blood go down so fast out of my arms but they really showed me how my shoulders should be.

So, it is three things right now for me:

pushing my abs in
pushing my shoulders down
pushing my chin in

i am doing well so far, been doing it 4 days now. my neck hurts (it is a pain like you get after working out, a pleasant pain) at the back of my neck. otherwise, is ok. i hope i can continue it.

also doing ART to lengthen my chest muscles back out.

love ya

Posture retraining/strengthening helped me but only so much (I still needed rib resection surgery). Eventually, it started to do more harm than good.

There are several threads about postural garments and braces. Intelliskin is what helped me the most - http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...d.php?t=169067

My posture is quite good now since I've had surgery making me believe my TOS was giving me bad posture and not vice versa.

However, everyone's case is unique in one way or another.

I haven't worked specifically on my posture that much, but I've been doing joint mobility exercises for the past two years, and I've noticed that my posture has improved. I think as my body has loosens up, it's just made it easier, and more comfortable, to maintain better posture. It hasn't cured my TOS, but it has improved some.

I think the body goes into a protection mode when there is pain, and especially if the pain/discomfort is ongoing. It probably becomes a circle of cause & effect.
How often do you see someone with any kind of chronic pain that has good posture, it's pretty rare, usually they are hunched or slouched.


heybro,
Have you tried the yoga corpse pose?
It's sounds similar to the angels thing , only laying down so less gravity affecting blood flow. It also helps the head to be aligned w/ spine more and the shoulders can relax and lower often too.

You can place your arms at positions that are comfortable, then slowly move them up/out as tolerated.

http://www.google.com/search?q=yoga+...w=1360&bih=669

id make sure your shoulders are stable and not downwardly rotated