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I believe Scott's original curve was measured at 10 degrees when he was 5.... I think. If it was remeasured by the computer program it might come up different today. Whether that would be more or less then 10 degrees I don't know. Scott's pediatrician noticed his rib hump at age 4 during a routine Adam's test but no x-ray was taken at that time.
Looking back on this last year I would say that Scott's form during exercise was sloppy. This was largely due to 3 factors.
A) Scott was very small and just barely fit into the machine
B) At 7 years old Scott was not fully coordinated
C) I didn't put a major emphasis on good form because of A and B and I assumed that doing TRS was good enough even without great form. For the most part all I focused on was keeping his movements smooth in order to keep his back safe.
After his doctor visit on Monday our new focus has become good form on every rep.
As this video shows the MedX forces good form by locking down the lower body. This lockdown feature is not an accident. If you perform this exercise with sloppy form the lower body and arms do the work and the back goes along for the ride.
I've already reworked Scott's therapy so that he will sit just as solid as the guy in the MedX video. Put simply I sit close and hold him in place. We tried it on Tuesday and because his lower body was taken out of the equation the weight became twice as hard to lift. The other thing we're focusing on is SLOW MOVEMENTS like the guy in the video. This makes therapy much more challenging because there is no momentum to help push the weight. Slow movements are also safer.
I believe Scott's original curve was measured at 10 degrees when he was 5.... I think. If it was remeasured by the computer program it might come up different today. Whether that would be more or less then 10 degrees I don't know. Scott's pediatrician noticed his rib hump at age 4 during a routine Adam's test but no x-ray was taken at that time.
Looking back on this last year I would say that Scott's form during exercise was sloppy. This was largely due to 3 factors.
A) Scott was very small and just barely fit into the machine
B) At 7 years old Scott was not fully coordinated
C) I didn't put a major emphasis on good form because of A and B and I assumed that doing TRS was good enough even without great form. For the most part all I focused on was keeping his movements smooth in order to keep his back safe.
After his doctor visit on Monday our new focus has become good form on every rep.
As this video shows the MedX forces good form by locking down the lower body. This lockdown feature is not an accident. If you perform this exercise with sloppy form the lower body and arms do the work and the back goes along for the ride.
I've already reworked Scott's therapy so that he will sit just as solid as the guy in the MedX video. Put simply I sit close and hold him in place. We tried it on Tuesday and because his lower body was taken out of the equation the weight became twice as hard to lift. The other thing we're focusing on is SLOW MOVEMENTS like the guy in the video. This makes therapy much more challenging because there is no momentum to help push the weight. Slow movements are also safer.
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