I love how you use sarcasm to counter something that echos common sense while simultaneously not trusting that other people have enough of it to lift weights.
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Good Posture Thread of Body Image Improvement
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I love how you use sarcasm to counter something that echos common sense while simultaneously not trusting that other people have enough of it to lift weights.
yankeeforever2
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Wii fit thinks have have good posture, so I am ok?
Great post. I've been having lower back issues for the past couple weeks that I know are related to how I sit at work in front of my computer. I got a back brace to help me from slouching but man do I get antsy in that chair. Also, it's interesting that the OP says to sleep on your back, I've been a back sleeper all my life and I feel it's caused problems. I often get a weird almost pressure like feeling in my kidney area when I wake up. I just can't sleep any other way though.
I need to do more pushups/pullups though. It usually makes me feel better but since I took down my bar for when I need to keep the new cat out of the room I've been slacking.
I need to do more pushups/pullups though. It usually makes me feel better but since I took down my bar for when I need to keep the new cat out of the room I've been slacking.
I recommended some of the safer exercises available and posted youtube links put up by chiropractors and personal trainers.
Obviously, I made a concerted effort to avoid recommending the more strenuous exercises more commonly associated with injury. The most dangerous thing I recommended was deadlifting, which, yeah, on second thought, I don't think it's something people should try without the supervision of a professional. But everything else I posted are tried and true exercises. And it doesn't matter if I got them from Google. Google is a search engine that can lead to both good and bad advice. Hell, all the chiropractors you would recommend can be found on Google.
Bottom line: This is a thread to inform and motivate fellow Gaffers through my personal experiences. If you're really that concerned about the information I've posted, then go ahead and see a chiropractor or personal trainer.
Can you describe this back brace? I purchased a cotton fiber strap back brace a couple of years ago and all it did for me was cut off my blood flow. It was dangerous and a waste of money. As for sleeping on your back, there are disputed claims. For me it has helped, but I understand that some people say you should sleep on your side, and still others say you should sleep on your back with a pillow underneath your knees and a folded towel underneath your lower back right above your buttocks. If you're really having kidney pains you should consult a physician. The problem may be more serious than just posture issues.
shira
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Well that's the problem. Your issues are your own.
I don't think recommending people to do rehab based on your experiences is the best way to do things. That's why there are professionals whose job it is to rehab specifically for their issues. If you believe your system is really good, well that's fine, but is it really your place to say hey I fixed my posture this is going to help other GAFers too.
You are skipping the middle-man but in this case they are a really important middle man. Physical assessment is probably the most important thing a professional can do. Do you really feel supremely confident that you can help someone over the internet - not feeling their muscle and bone structure or seeing how they move. Those are god-like skills.
I see what you intend to do, but you have no liability and you don't have enough clinical experience to help others.
Yes, I do. You may think that you're right about this, but you're not. I'm not a fucking extraterrestrial. My body is not much different from yours, nor anyone else's. My advice is not unique to me. Advising people to do pull-ups isn't going to fucking kill them. They're not going to message me from their death beds and say, "Bombadil, you fool. Your workout advice has been the bane of my existence!"
Our bodies are more of less the same when it comes to muscular and skeletal anatomy. You sound like someone who'd go to the doctor for advice before blowing his noise. You're overly terrified of the idea that you can exercise on your own without going to some quasi-professional massage therapist.
I made this thread to inform people that they don't have to be hopeless about their posture. They might think that it's simply a genetic predisposition they were born with - that some people are born to be square-shouldered Adonises while others are born to be hunchbacks. I felt that way about myself, and was immensely relieved when a friend of mine recommended a simple workout regimen to me.
You don't need a doctor's note to purchase a pull-up bar or an EZ bar or 10 pound weights. I didn't advise anybody here to take a Strong Man challenge, or shoot up on steroids, or do anything that could feasibly destroy their health. The exercises I mentioned and linked to are recommended by the very same "professionals" that you're advising people to see. Did you follow the links? One of the men in the videos is a personal trainer and the other is a chiropractor. I didn't pull these routines out of my ass. Yes, I am speaking from personal experience, but I also used third party resources to back up my claims.
What's it to you? There were a few people on this thread who were genuinely happy to come across it, and I think overall it's been a positive thread because people will now be motivated to exercise and correct a condition that they believed was permanent.
And then you come along with your overly cautious sensibilities, mucking up what is an otherwise healthy discussion about exercise. If you really have a problem with the thread, ask a moderator to come and shut it down.
Barack Lesnar
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Just wanted to say Bombadil it's a great thread and informative OP. I've got bad posture as well. Thanks for taking the time.
David Incorporated Esq.
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I've been meaning to get a pull-up bar just because I like doing exercises when I feel like I want to have a snack. Finding out that it helps with the muscles along the spine, though, means I'm getting a pull-up bar today after work. I've had back issues for a long time, my neck was seriously over-extended in highschool wrestling and I was in a 50mph collision about 6 years ago and my back muscles never really recovered. I think this will do me wonders.
Thanks OP, and great post.
Edit: Oh god pull-ups are hard fuck you Bombadil.
Thanks OP, and great post.
Edit: Oh god pull-ups are hard fuck you Bombadil.
Domino Theory
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Heh, I have rounded shoulders and a rounded upper back but I always make an effort to stand straight but it hurts because I know the muscles in that area are weak. However, I was always curious as to why they were weak since I've been improving on many lifts and I'm able to do my bodyweight for Chins Up without trouble.
Then I decided to do Pull Ups isntead of Chin Ups and noticed I couldn't even do one rep without assistance. Time to focus on Pull Ups!
Then I decided to do Pull Ups isntead of Chin Ups and noticed I couldn't even do one rep without assistance. Time to focus on Pull Ups!
sixteen-bit
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Fascinating thread. And I have that pull-up bar!
cluxdeluxe
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