At 06:30 AM 8/6/02 -0700, you wrote:
>It seems possible that if posture alignment is associated with biomechanical
>imbalances which can result in a painful condition. Isn't this the basis
>for osteoarthiritis? Therefore, it makes sense to correct the poor
>biomechanics. I believe I heard Dr. Sahrmann say in a lecture if it hurts
>don't do it. For example, if you're slumped in a chair and your back or
>neck hurts, changing the posture should improve this.
Patrick,
Thanks for responding. I'm not suggesting that corrections of deformity
don't reduce pain, of course they do. But this has never been the point of
the overall postural assessment and the strengthening and stretcing work
proposed to solve problems like spinal pain. Sahrmann seems to finally
recognize this and has abandoned the regional view for one that includes,
in her words, "the relative alignment of one or two segments in multiple
planes." This sounds like chiropractic hooey to me, and in a hundred years
of that practice they've never demonstrated this to be true or relevant.
Are we supposed to start doing that job for them?
If any posture produces pain it will be helped by altering it, of course.
Is that the best we can do? Shouldn't we work to create a system that
tolerates slumping? Mine does.
Barrett L. Dorko, P.T.
<http://barrettdorko.com>
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