Hi thiisnthat:
Please keep in touch:
I started PT last Thursday and did tell the PT about my scoliosis.
I seem to have one leg longer than the other and wore shorts to the meeting. So PT is aware.
Good point about lack of muscle strength. I am going to be working on that.
Did not even realize that I need a specialist.
I did get a referral to her so will try to work with her and do all my research of exercises provided by her online to make sure that they are ok. She said that I would need 2 months of PT.
She gave me 4 exercises to do.
Seems the burden of patients and doctors is for patients to check everything in every field.
Do not even know if there is a specialist locally for this, even though in a major city.
I told her (PT) that my goal is to do weight bearing exercises. ( This is for osteoporosis...)
I am getting a treadmill next week with rails on the sides for balance. It can go very slowly too...
Will check out all your information. Many thanks.
timely. 🌺🌺🌺🌺
Hi again, timely,
One thing I forgot to mention is the importance of posture. With scoliosis, we have a distorted grasp of correct posture, and the scoliosis exercises are actually a way of retraining the brain to adjust the posture appropriately. Since starting PT over half a year ago, I have greatly improved my awareness of how to stand, hold in my abdominal muscles, and adjust my hips. (My curvature also resulted in a shortened leg, for which I wear a raised orthotic in my shoe.)
You must carry this awareness with you whenever you do any form of exercise, and that includes OP strength training. As my PT says, it is better to do an exercise slowly or with the aid of a chair for support than to try and perform at speed with incorrect posture.
Anyway, so glad to have heard from someone dealing with this added problem--we seem to be something of a minority, I suspect! 😉