the posture

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Hi

i've been having a lot of lower backaches recently, starting with just during my period then intermittantly and lightly during the month and then a few weeks ago waking with them in the morning.

I went to my local acupuncturist, and i haven't been in a few months to another woman i usually go to. So he hadn't seen me for about six months but before that knew me well.

Anyhoo he said my lower spine had postural strain, it was very curved but not to the lumberdosis level and i realised it's related to the posture. He suggested that if we move to a new posture without the muscles to support it this can be too much.

On the one hand i may well have been over arching, so keep an eye out for that, but i did wonder about what he said about the musculature to support the new structure... Is it supposed to just come with the posture?

I've eased up and it's disappeared thankfully.

Best wishes

Anne

The entire muscular system has to adapt to the posture. I’ve been trying to de-emphasize intentionally curving the lumbar spine for a long time now. If you pull yourself up by the crown of your head, keep your shoulders down and your upper back broad, relax your belly, and point your feet straight ahead, the spine takes care of itself.

Hi

oh i know you emphasised it Christine, so i kinda just wanted to stand for an example of how not to do it (despite warning's)!... I somehow just slipped into going to far.

Best wishes

Anne-helen