How to form a lordosis
You must sit on a stool of chair-height. If a stool is unavailable, the edge of a chair will do. Once seated, allow yourself to slouch completely Now you are ready to commence the slouch-overcorrect procedure. Relax for a few seconds in the slouched position. Then draw yourself up and accentuate the lordosis as far as possible. This is the extreme of the good sitting position. Hold yourself in this position for a few seconds.
Now return to the fully relaxed position.
Do these move- Accentuating the ments as vou slowlY lordosis th’nk or say the words, “pressure on, pressure off.” Remain in the first position during “pressure on,” the second position during “pressure off.” Combining the words with the movements helps you to hold each position for the right amount of time and to establish a rhythm. The technique of slowly thinking or speaking the words “pressure on, pressure off” can be used with all the McKenzie exercises for the back and neck that involve multiple movements.
In the exercise to form a lordosis, the movement from the slouched position to the upright position should be done in such a way that you move rhythmically from the extreme of the bad to the extreme of the good sitting posture.
