Understanding change in sagittal and coronal balance & little change in cobb angle

[LindaRacine]

Your body is compensating for the curves. Instead of, for example, weight loading your lumbar curve, the left hip can subconsciously be shifted to the left, the body and mind's attempt to still have the spine function as a load bearer. Pulling the hip back towards the mid-line would likely result in the lumbar curve increasing.

In this case, I think it's more likely that the body is compensating for pain (not curves).

[susancook]

Thanks for everyone's attempts to help me understand the chsnge.
Susan

[susancook]

Susan... I've merged your two threads on this topic. Whenever possible, please keep like topics together as a single thread, as it can get pretty confusing otherwise. Thanks.

--Linda

Thanks Linda...sorry that I am being confusing...that pretty much sums uo how I feel! Susan

[susancook]

In this case, I think it's more likely that the body is compensating for pain (not curves).

This will be the number 1 question that I will ask on my second opinion. Why the change in balance when there is no change in the curve? How can disks degenerate more and the curve stays the same and yet I lean markedly to the Right [changed coronal balance]. Thanks for trying to help me understand all of this. Susan

[Pooka1]

This will be the number 1 question that I will ask on my second opinion. Why the change in balance when there is no change in the curve? How can disks degenerate more and the curve stays the same and yet I lean markedly to the Right [changed coronal balance]. Thanks for trying to help me understand all of this. Susan

You have an increasing lean and bad pain. The answer to why your sagittal balance is worsening but not your curves is irrelevant to the DDD because of the pain and lean. I don't think there is any conservative solution that then becomes available and effective depending on what the answer to that question is. I think that is why Hart said what he did to you. You have one option remaining apparently according to him.