I'm a 28-year old male who has had scoliosis since my late teens.
Traditional physio (non-Schroth) for a number of years seemed to stabilise the scoliosis to a L1-L5 curve of about 20-25 degrees although I have been told that the rotation is fairly large relative to the mild curve. I kept a fairly active lifestyle and did not shy away from any sports/physical activity. I've also tried the Scroth method with a couple of physios in Germany in the last year although I have not seen any obvious improvement other than possibly being more "aware" of being twisted especially in the pelvis.
Despite the scoliosis, I'm a national-level competitive rower in Holland and have been rowing since I was a junior, although I had a break of a couple of years at the end of my university years. Since getting back into the sport, about 2 years ago I started to feel less discomfort in my actual back, probably thanks to quite intensive core strength training but in the past couple of years have also experienced pain in the sitting bones and the top of my hamstrings.
An osteopath seemed to suggest that the pain in the leg was possibly the start of sciatica (as I have some slight degeneration of the lower lumbar discs although that's probably not surprising considering how active I have been) but the discomfort definitely seems to be the actual contact of the sitting bones/hamstrings against the seat.
As the scoliosis comes from a hiked right hip which is also rotated anteriorly (which is what my physio exercises focus at fixing), I am actually quite aware of the twist when I'm sitting. I try to make sure I don't let my right knee go more forward than my left knee when sitting and possibly put more weight on the right side than I would have done previously but it's actually quite hard to remember how I used to sit...
Is it possible that the Schroth exercises are making me more aware of the twist and so in the past year, I have been sitting in a position that my body does not like? Is this type of discomfort common for Schroth (or any other method) patients?
I am quite unsure about whether I should still be training competitively (of course, stopping would be very difficult for me to do), whether the Schroth method is right for someone like me (until then, Yoga had seemed like the best pain relief for me, especially as a lot of my stress/tension seems to go into my back but according to the Schroth method, Yoga is a big no-no).
Traditional physio (non-Schroth) for a number of years seemed to stabilise the scoliosis to a L1-L5 curve of about 20-25 degrees although I have been told that the rotation is fairly large relative to the mild curve. I kept a fairly active lifestyle and did not shy away from any sports/physical activity. I've also tried the Scroth method with a couple of physios in Germany in the last year although I have not seen any obvious improvement other than possibly being more "aware" of being twisted especially in the pelvis.
Despite the scoliosis, I'm a national-level competitive rower in Holland and have been rowing since I was a junior, although I had a break of a couple of years at the end of my university years. Since getting back into the sport, about 2 years ago I started to feel less discomfort in my actual back, probably thanks to quite intensive core strength training but in the past couple of years have also experienced pain in the sitting bones and the top of my hamstrings.
An osteopath seemed to suggest that the pain in the leg was possibly the start of sciatica (as I have some slight degeneration of the lower lumbar discs although that's probably not surprising considering how active I have been) but the discomfort definitely seems to be the actual contact of the sitting bones/hamstrings against the seat.
As the scoliosis comes from a hiked right hip which is also rotated anteriorly (which is what my physio exercises focus at fixing), I am actually quite aware of the twist when I'm sitting. I try to make sure I don't let my right knee go more forward than my left knee when sitting and possibly put more weight on the right side than I would have done previously but it's actually quite hard to remember how I used to sit...
Is it possible that the Schroth exercises are making me more aware of the twist and so in the past year, I have been sitting in a position that my body does not like? Is this type of discomfort common for Schroth (or any other method) patients?
I am quite unsure about whether I should still be training competitively (of course, stopping would be very difficult for me to do), whether the Schroth method is right for someone like me (until then, Yoga had seemed like the best pain relief for me, especially as a lot of my stress/tension seems to go into my back but according to the Schroth method, Yoga is a big no-no).
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