>I agree with Herb here...asymmetry is normal. What one must look at (when
>evaluating pathology) is symptoms related to posture...that is, how a
>person's symptoms relate to body position and changes in position. Only
>through awareness of symtom response can one distinguish between baseline
>asymmetry (that which is present and causing no problems) and pathological
>asymmetry (asymmetry either causing symptoms or because of symptoms).
>Take care,
>Heather
I agree! but you still need a postural static assesment to evaluate
"pathological asymmetry" and a postural dynamic assesment to evaluate how
this asymetry distort the structure in movement.
Cheers,
Charlotte
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>In a message dated 6/6/2000 9:03:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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>> When my patient's ask me about "posture" I often point out that athletes
>> (supposedly, folks are at the peak of human performance) are not all that
>> symmetrical of a crowd. Baseball pictures often struck me a quite
>> asymetrical--in fact, I believe that asymmetry is why you don't have
>> "switch" pitchers. I am often shocked at how many patients tell me they
>> were told their problem is posture yet their "problem" goes away without a
>> change in their posture.
>>
>> Just my thoughts
>>
>> Herb Silver, PT
Charlotte Borch-Jacobsen PT
Postural Reconstruction Physical Therapy
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Seattle, WA 98122
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