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Case history: where flexion was the key

Filed in Case history, April 27, 2009, 11:05 am , ,

Mark is a 41-year-old municipal judge in Oregon. For two months, he had intermittent pain in the lower back and buttocks. He knew of no reason for this. His pain was worse when he rose to stand and when he walked. He felt better lying on his back. Ibuprofen had brought him some relief.
His lumbar [...]

Lordosis

Filed in anatomy, April 21, 2009, 10:21 am ,

Before you begin the exercises, you must understand what bad posture is. And to do that, you must understand the meaning of the word lordosis. To some, this term may sound like a disease or an abnormal condition. In fact, it is a natural feature of the lumbar spine in all people.
A lordosis is an [...]

Tissue

Filed in Back, April 9, 2009, 10:14 am , ,

If you have caused damage to soft tissues, you will feel some pain until your healing is complete and your function is fully restored. During the healing process it is important that you avoid movements that pull the healing surfaces apart.

Correction of the sitting posture

Filed in Correct, March 24, 2009, 3:00 am ,

You may have been sitting slouched for many years without neck and shoulder pain. But once you have developed neck problems, you must no longer sit in the old way, because the slouched posture will only continue the overstretching discussed previously.
If you are sitting slouched, with the lower back rounded, it is not possible to [...]

Natural posture.

Filed in Posture, March 20, 2009, 9:19 pm ,

A side view of the human body shows that there is a small inward curve in the neck just above the shoulder girdle. Can you guess what this inward curve is called? It’s a word you certainly have heard enough in this book. Yes, it’s called a lordosis. When we discussed the back, we [...]

Immediately begin the self-treatment exercises

Filed in Exercises, March 12, 2009, 10:40 am ,

The simple rule is that if bending forward has been the cause of overstretching, bending backward should rectify this problem and reduce any resultant distortion in the spinal discs. You must restore the lordosis slowly and with caution, never quickly or with jerky movements. You must allow some time for the distorted joint to regain [...]