Hi,
I'm new on the forum. I'm a 22 year old male with scoliosis since I was about 17 when it was diagnosed. I had always had bad posture but scoliosis had not been pointed out until then. When I was diagnosed with scoliosis, I had been rowing competitively for almost 4 years. The curvature was not massive (20 degrees) but my family doctor advised me to stop the rowing immediately and to do physiotherapy. The curvature went to 25 degrees but then a year later it was at 15 degrees. Although people have told me that the way the curvature is measured influences greatly the figure you'll be given....
I had a break for almost 2 years and then decided to pick rowing up again, although not intensively (once or twice a week).
I haven't been rowing for a few years but having looked on this forum, I've seen people suggest that rowing is actually a great way of strengthening the back. This is all quite confusing. According to some sources, the rowing was the CAUSE and according to others, the rowing probably just made the scoliosis more noticeable because I was putting strain on my back...
I still go to the gym and play sports from time to time and I still get slight pain on the left side of my lower back. I'm considering starting again but I'm going to be seeing a few specialists before going ahead.
Any opinions?
I'm new on the forum. I'm a 22 year old male with scoliosis since I was about 17 when it was diagnosed. I had always had bad posture but scoliosis had not been pointed out until then. When I was diagnosed with scoliosis, I had been rowing competitively for almost 4 years. The curvature was not massive (20 degrees) but my family doctor advised me to stop the rowing immediately and to do physiotherapy. The curvature went to 25 degrees but then a year later it was at 15 degrees. Although people have told me that the way the curvature is measured influences greatly the figure you'll be given....
I had a break for almost 2 years and then decided to pick rowing up again, although not intensively (once or twice a week).
I haven't been rowing for a few years but having looked on this forum, I've seen people suggest that rowing is actually a great way of strengthening the back. This is all quite confusing. According to some sources, the rowing was the CAUSE and according to others, the rowing probably just made the scoliosis more noticeable because I was putting strain on my back...
I still go to the gym and play sports from time to time and I still get slight pain on the left side of my lower back. I'm considering starting again but I'm going to be seeing a few specialists before going ahead.
Any opinions?
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