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The pain is pretty bad today, but I'm feeling encouraged. It's been really easy to get overwhelmed trying to figure out where to start working on things, while spending a lot of different kinds of spoons on putting out fires. But, I ran across some info which gives me more "this is throwing that out of whack, which is in turn throwing this other thing out of whack" context, which makes it a lot easier to figure out what needs attention in what order. (Not so good at sequencing and prioritizing, anyway.)
I knew the curve in my lower back was almost gone, and has been for a long time now--with much unhelpful muttering about "disc compression" from the orthopedist, 15+ years ago. I also suspected that compensating for the hip/lower back weirdness had messed up my shoulders and neck.
( Upper Crossed Syndrome and Flat Back )
It may sound silly, but I didn't know there was anything wrong with head-forward posture; most of the adults I grew up around had it! I just considered it part of The Build (with decent illustrations of how far forward my posture was 5 years ago, not to mention my mom's). Less directly, the attempts at balancing may well be affected by having a huge torso and head on top of no hips! A lot of my family have had the lumbar hypolordosis, too, now that I know what it is.
( Fun with dowager's humps )
On a related note, this is one of the reasons it makes me want to scream and throttle professionals when they just assume that I've gotten myself into this musculoskeletal mess through being a couch potato, all evidence to the contrary. Messes caused/aggravated by having trouble sitting down*, and by overtraining, require rather different management. (Even if it hurts, I'm going to use it until the muscle refuses to work anymore. Not always good.) This is one of the main reasons I had to discontinue PT recently, besides their neglecting to take obvious trigger points into account with stretching and strengthening. I assumed they would, since the practice claims to treat myofascial problems, but apparently not.
Knowledge is good.
* Frequently literally. Sitting down for long has been uncomfortable since I broke my tailbone 20 years ago and set up trigger points in every nearby muscle, leading to sacroiliac weirdness. This has led to other muscular strains.
I knew the curve in my lower back was almost gone, and has been for a long time now--with much unhelpful muttering about "disc compression" from the orthopedist, 15+ years ago. I also suspected that compensating for the hip/lower back weirdness had messed up my shoulders and neck.
( Upper Crossed Syndrome and Flat Back )
It may sound silly, but I didn't know there was anything wrong with head-forward posture; most of the adults I grew up around had it! I just considered it part of The Build (with decent illustrations of how far forward my posture was 5 years ago, not to mention my mom's). Less directly, the attempts at balancing may well be affected by having a huge torso and head on top of no hips! A lot of my family have had the lumbar hypolordosis, too, now that I know what it is.
( Fun with dowager's humps )
On a related note, this is one of the reasons it makes me want to scream and throttle professionals when they just assume that I've gotten myself into this musculoskeletal mess through being a couch potato, all evidence to the contrary. Messes caused/aggravated by having trouble sitting down*, and by overtraining, require rather different management. (Even if it hurts, I'm going to use it until the muscle refuses to work anymore. Not always good.) This is one of the main reasons I had to discontinue PT recently, besides their neglecting to take obvious trigger points into account with stretching and strengthening. I assumed they would, since the practice claims to treat myofascial problems, but apparently not.
Knowledge is good.
* Frequently literally. Sitting down for long has been uncomfortable since I broke my tailbone 20 years ago and set up trigger points in every nearby muscle, leading to sacroiliac weirdness. This has led to other muscular strains.
