Right the honest bit first, I have not really kept up with the current
debate due to being away for a bit. But I did follow the first comments of
the debate.
I was just wondering what the guys who do not think posture should be
assessed think of this case study.
16 year old female with 3 years of central low back pain.
She has better range of movement than normal.
Physical examination/Xray/MRI etc all normal.
Pain comes on whilst sat in class or while sat watching tele.
Looking at her static posture she had a flattened lumbar spine and on
maintaining this posture bought on her pain. On correcting this posture
she could sit for about 10 minutes longer without pain and when the pain
did come on it was different, over 3 weeks of nagging from me and hard work
for her she was pain free.
Personally I think her problem was one of posture.
I know a case study is not research, but I think it effects practice just
as much.
Hope this has some relevance to the topic!!!
John
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