If I look at my son's back and the curve is like a letter C, open on the right, is that called aa left thoracic curve or a right curve?
Is the hump on the open side of the C, on the right? or on the left?
And, then knowing which curve you have, is the "weak" side the left or the right -- the side with the hump or the other side?
I haven't seen an orthopedic doctor yet as he was just diagnosed this week by the pediatrician with a slight 10 degree curve. I'm trying to educate myself on things before we move on.
I read the torso-rotation article posted a while back with great interest. When I visited a gym, though, I was told that they are phasing out that type of equipment in favor or a type of machine he showed me with weights and a pully where you stand perpindicular to the weights and pull with your arms from one side around to the other, keeping your feet/hips steady. I wonder if this might be as good as the medX torso rotation described in the article. Are these machines really going by the wayside?
Thank you.
Is the hump on the open side of the C, on the right? or on the left?
And, then knowing which curve you have, is the "weak" side the left or the right -- the side with the hump or the other side?
I haven't seen an orthopedic doctor yet as he was just diagnosed this week by the pediatrician with a slight 10 degree curve. I'm trying to educate myself on things before we move on.
I read the torso-rotation article posted a while back with great interest. When I visited a gym, though, I was told that they are phasing out that type of equipment in favor or a type of machine he showed me with weights and a pully where you stand perpindicular to the weights and pull with your arms from one side around to the other, keeping your feet/hips steady. I wonder if this might be as good as the medX torso rotation described in the article. Are these machines really going by the wayside?
Thank you.
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