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Webdan65
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 Posted - 09/26/2007 : 10:06:47
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For the first time since July when I had my major bout of TMS induced back spasm's, I feel 100% pain free. The only problem is that I'm still tilted to one side. My wife pointed it out to me this morning.
"You're Crooked!"
The pattern is that when I have these TMS induced spasm's, I tilt to the left, sometimes severely. But now that I'm feeling good, I'm wondering why I am still a bit off to the left since there is no pain to compensate for or "lean away from".
I know the tilt had nothing to do with causing the pain in the first place. It didn't. The pain caused the tilt. Does anyone have experience in this? Any way to correct it? When I stand relaxed and feeling no pain, I tip to the left slightly and my right wrist is closer to my right hip than my left wrist is to my left hip.
Could this be a posture or muscle imbalance issue? I don't work out much and suspect that my core muscles are less than in shape. I also sit in my office chair leaning to the left out of habit much of the time.
In the grand scheme of things, this is NOT an urgent issue since it's not painful. For those of you going through major pain and challenges, I apologize for the triviality of this question. I've been there and know how trivial this must look. Regardless, any thoughts would be appreciated.
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armchairlinguist
USA
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Posted - 09/26/2007 : 10:50:58
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If the tipping bothers you, you could try doing some stretches. There are so many out there I don't really know which ones to suggest, honestly. Just some basic posture habit correction (anytime you notice you're leaning, stop) and gentle bending might be all you would need. Pilates or Egoscue might also be helpful (as long as you ignore all of Egoscue's stuff about pain). I also like Feldenkrais and Alexander Technique for increased ease in the body, but those can be harder to find and more expensive to learn. Very good stuff though, especially since they seem to engage the neuromuscular system, rather than just the muscles.
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Webdan65
USA
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Posted - 09/26/2007 : 12:27:56
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| Thanks ACL |
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JohnD
USA
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Posted - 09/26/2007 : 14:19:32
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| everyone is crooked more or less. unfortunately there are very few people out there that have enough knowledge of the body to help with this.....and probably none at all in the medical community so stay away from chiros/pt's etc...Your crookedness may be coming from your flexibility imbalances in your lower body (glutes/hamstrings). So you can figure out which side is tighter and do some light stretching on that side and then strengthen both sides using light weights or resistance bands. Active isolated stretching may be your best bet....I think there are a few books about this techniuqe. |
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Webdan65
USA
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Posted - 09/26/2007 : 20:35:24
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| Awesome - thanks John. |
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wrldtrv
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Posted - 09/27/2007 : 20:21:39
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| Dan--What you're describing is very common (assuming it's not extreme). And if you test it you will probably find a slight leg length discrepency too as a result. This is because muscle tightness on one side is causing hip rotation that makes one hip higher than the other, which you can easily see, espec if looking at yourself naked in the mirror. I've had this for as many years as I can remember and it's not a problem. Again, it depends upon the degree of tilt. Your body adapts to moderate tilt. Physical therapy or your own stretching exercises can lessen or even eliminate the tilt. |
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My wife called me crooked!
