2006-12-01 01:01:55 · 4 answers · asked by arem 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
1. i have overcome it by dance meditation.
www.dancemeditation.org
2. if you can't do that, yoga is a good place to start. or pilates, which strengthens the core muscles like the psoas, whose inadequate development as a strong, flexible muscle (due to our sedentary lifestyles) is the culprit in this disease.
3. physical therapists can also help with this. they can teach you to engage abs and strengthen psoas.
4. it's a very strong body habit, evolutionarily influenced. if you sit most of the time, it makes it harder. walking six hours a day would probably get one over it really fast because it's actually not the best posture for walking. so exercise helps.
you can overcome it. i did. it took a few years but i worked slowly.
also try feldenkrais method and
alexander technique, i think they would help a lot.
2006-12-01 01:13:02 · answer #1 · answered by Sufi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This would depend on the cause. If it's not related to another anomaly (like muscular dystrophy or hip abnormality) then it's generally only monitored to make sure it doesn't get worse and sometimes exercises are given to try to reduce progression of the curvature. Read more here: http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/peds_orthopaedics/lordosis.cfm
The most important piece is to rule out any underlying condition that might have created the lordosis. If there are any other complaints (pain, bowel disturbances etc) then it cannot be assumed that this is just a singular event. While there are orthodics to correct left to right curvature, there is no orthodic that I know of to correct a curvature creating "sway" in the lumbar region. However, if there is an abnormality in the musculature or nervous system... or an irregularity of the hip causing the lordosis, then treatment of the underlying condition would improve prognosis on the long term posture and outcome.
2006-12-01 01:14:50 · answer #2 · answered by thegirlwholovedbrains 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lordosis is the normal position for certain areas of the spine.. Cervical and lumbar spine have a lordotic curve from the time one begins to stand up, as a child.. To answer your question; Would have to determine if you are discussing the thoracic spine.
2006-12-01 05:29:20 · answer #3 · answered by mrcricket1932 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Live with it. Any surgery would be massive and not easily undertaken. A large percentage of people have sway backs. So what is the big deal?
2006-12-01 01:11:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋