Things I have learned living with scoliosis:
I sleep on a waterbed;
don't sit on a hard chair;
don't stand still too long in one place;
get help with cleaning bathrooms and floors;
don't carry a lot of weight with my upper body
(example a heavy suitcase);
I sit as close as possible to the steering wheel when driving;
take long hot showers with the water beating on my lower back;
stretching and hanging from a bar are good things
(not hanging out at a bar);
picking up after my kids when they were young with my toes
(got really good at that);
I use to like to have my back pushed in when I got hunched over
and couldn't stand up straight
(now I try not to do the things that got me hunched over).
I would love to hear about the little things you have leaned to help you cope better and that may help myself and others.
Thanks,
dd
I sleep on a waterbed;
don't sit on a hard chair;
don't stand still too long in one place;
get help with cleaning bathrooms and floors;
don't carry a lot of weight with my upper body
(example a heavy suitcase);
I sit as close as possible to the steering wheel when driving;
take long hot showers with the water beating on my lower back;
stretching and hanging from a bar are good things
(not hanging out at a bar);
picking up after my kids when they were young with my toes
(got really good at that);
I use to like to have my back pushed in when I got hunched over
and couldn't stand up straight
(now I try not to do the things that got me hunched over).
I would love to hear about the little things you have leaned to help you cope better and that may help myself and others.
Thanks,
dd
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