I am overweight and for weight loss I started lifting weights and using a treadmill last August. I lost about 50 lbs. but got sidelined this spring with leg pain and a rotator cuff problem. I saw an ortho and started PT in April but they finally said they could do no more for me. I started seeing a chiro and she thinks both problems are from scoliosis. Now I wonder what kind of exercise I can do. I read this quote in "Backache: What Exercises Work" and wonder what you guys think about this:
He's talking about a survey done with people with scoliosis: "they fared better with fitness exercises than with the traditional stretching and strengthening movements. (The ususal low back pain exercises). This may be because the spine can become rigid in scoliosis. Thus, a low-back stretch may not achieve for you what it achieves for a person with low-back pain."
He goes on to say that the people who took the survey praised yoga, bicycling, walking, and swimming. What have people experienced?
He's talking about a survey done with people with scoliosis: "they fared better with fitness exercises than with the traditional stretching and strengthening movements. (The ususal low back pain exercises). This may be because the spine can become rigid in scoliosis. Thus, a low-back stretch may not achieve for you what it achieves for a person with low-back pain."
He goes on to say that the people who took the survey praised yoga, bicycling, walking, and swimming. What have people experienced?
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