Posture

[Rusty8]

Morning sorry if you feel I have been moaning lately but I am trying to help myself get at least a bit better

My biggest problem is trying to stand up straight without the severe pain I get in yes after a year of being the big I am I can do it I’ve got to admit I’m wrong but I tried

I would now like help from all you lovely people as if you can come up with how I can straighten myself up and enable me to stand up straight without pain and with a bit of luck might even if it’s with crutches be able to walk a bit

Thank you for your help how small it might be

[Bananas5]

If not a silly question...where is the pain that stops you standing straight? And what has the physio said?

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[Rusty8 in reply to Bananas5]

The pain is like siatica the Physio at hospital said there’s nothing they could do for me but since then I had a blackout and that is when this started was told then had 3 fractures of spine osteoporosis spinal stenosis and siatica from then on couldn’t stand or walk some things have got easier but this is horrible I overdone it today trying to be clever and trying to stand up straight and walk with frame I am now in agonies I give up

[ssdw1958]

Good luck to you, keep on trying.

[Rusty8 in reply to ssdw1958]

It won’t be today not a good day but thank you it will be watch this space lol

[cyberbarn]

Sometimes posture is all in your head. I used to try to improve my posture when I saw people that were hunched over because I didn't want to end up like them. But it never worked.

Then I switched it around. I started looking at people that had really good posture, and these people were usually people in a position of power. So I started to think that I wanted better posture so I could be like these people, rather than to not be like those other people.

I also installed an imaginary physio on my shoulder, based on my real physio. I got her to say 'back straight' every time I slouched, and that helped too.

When I saw her in real life at my next appointment and told her she laughed and said yes, she is gobby like that!

It took time though, I could only sit straight for a minute at a time at first, but then each day I could do it longer until I was sitting and standing straight all the time. So maybe you are trying to do too much at once. Just gently try to be straight for a few seconds, and slowly get straighter for longer. It probably took me six months to really get the hang of it.

[Rusty8 in reply to cyberbarn]

Yes I believe you are correct in what you are saying but it is the pain that stops me although I am trying it’s just that I want it straight away and that’s not helping

I’ll do what you said a little at a time

I felt the same as you I wasn’t going to end up bent over but that is what has happened if only I could get rid of this horrible muscle pain and perhaps then I might even be able to walk with crutches it’s been a long year being in pain and feeling poorly but now I am feeling better and pain killers are working for other problems feeling better in myself but left with this pain on getting up

I will try lol watch this space

[Rusty8 in reply to cyberbarn]

I believe I did overdo it today trying to be clever now I am in agonies

[cyberbarn in reply to Rusty8]

Have you heard of pacing? It is where you do only just a small amount of activity and you stop before you get tired. If this has been going on for a long time, it is also going to take a long time to undo it. It is better to pace yourself than to go into boom and bust.

[Rusty8 in reply to cyberbarn]

I done that today ha ha went to the boom and bust as you said I think I have to learn that things don’t happen overnight if they are going to happen at all it’s been a year and half now

[johnsmith]

What you are asking is complex. You need the help of practitioner in the complementary medicine. I can you plenty of advice that would be meaningless because language is based on shared experience. Language is also to easily misinterpreted when it comes to issues that are internal to your own body and cannot be shared with someone else.

People worth seeing are Alexander teachers, McTimony chiropractors, yoga teachers. A McTimony chiropractor can check you for micro cramps sometime which the medical profession do not understand how to deal with. An Alexander teacher can help you become more aware of what standing upright actually means in regard to muscle usage.

It is important to note that if you have a long standing infection then standing up straight may be out of the question until the infection is treated.

Have you had an MRI scan to check that nothing untoward is taking place?