Re: question about posture

[Guest guest]

Hi Nathalie,

I answered this post on site 2, but I'll repeat it here for the

benefit of others.

I've had a lot of bodywork treatment over the past three years

(almost 2 years post-op now). A good chiropractor (2 yrs now) and

massage therapist (3 yrs) can work in combination to help guide those

muscles into their new position. Sometimes habits are really hard to

break.

I also do a daily yoga routine (for 3 yrs now), specific postures for

specific problems that I have, and that helps a lot.

As for posture, my massage therapist told me (when she first saw me)

that I was holding my head up and to one side, and looking through

the bottom of my eyes. I also had one hip higher than the other, one

shoulder higher than the other. She fixed all of that in one session,

believe it or not (cranial-sacral work).

Good luck!

> I think I'm having problems adjusting my posture post-op. I used to

> have an overbite and narrow upper jaw and I think I always

> compensated this by " putting my nose up in the air " to compensate.

I

> think I saw the different body postures once on a website, anyone

> remember that site? It showed a drawing of different postures and

> the way your body adjusts to your skeletal problem. Anyway, now I

> don't have to " do " that anymore, I realize that I can't " stop " it

> (I'm almost 9 weeks post-op). My shoulders are pretty tight and

> maybe my occasional joint-pain could be related to this? Any tips?

> I'm thinking about taking up tai chi or something but I'm still

> afraid I might not learn to keep my head " down " (not literally!).

>

> Nathalie

[Guest guest]

Hi Nathalie,

I answered this post on site 2, but I'll repeat it here for the

benefit of others.

I've had a lot of bodywork treatment over the past three years

(almost 2 years post-op now). A good chiropractor (2 yrs now) and

massage therapist (3 yrs) can work in combination to help guide those

muscles into their new position. Sometimes habits are really hard to

break.

I also do a daily yoga routine (for 3 yrs now), specific postures for

specific problems that I have, and that helps a lot.

As for posture, my massage therapist told me (when she first saw me)

that I was holding my head up and to one side, and looking through

the bottom of my eyes. I also had one hip higher than the other, one

shoulder higher than the other. She fixed all of that in one session,

believe it or not (cranial-sacral work).

Good luck!

> I think I'm having problems adjusting my posture post-op. I used to

> have an overbite and narrow upper jaw and I think I always

> compensated this by " putting my nose up in the air " to compensate.

I

> think I saw the different body postures once on a website, anyone

> remember that site? It showed a drawing of different postures and

> the way your body adjusts to your skeletal problem. Anyway, now I

> don't have to " do " that anymore, I realize that I can't " stop " it

> (I'm almost 9 weeks post-op). My shoulders are pretty tight and

> maybe my occasional joint-pain could be related to this? Any tips?

> I'm thinking about taking up tai chi or something but I'm still

> afraid I might not learn to keep my head " down " (not literally!).

>

> Nathalie

[Guest guest]

Thanks , I'll definately look into this in the near future. By

the way, I found the link I was asking about where you can see the

drawing of the body position that is common when you have an

overbite if anyone's interested:

http://www.tmjfacialpain.com/tmjfacial.htm

just scroll down the page and you'll see the illustration.

Nathalie

> > I think I'm having problems adjusting my posture post-op. I used

to

> > have an overbite and narrow upper jaw and I think I always

> > compensated this by " putting my nose up in the air " to

compensate.

> I

> > think I saw the different body postures once on a website,

anyone

> > remember that site? It showed a drawing of different postures

and

> > the way your body adjusts to your skeletal problem. Anyway, now

I

> > don't have to " do " that anymore, I realize that I can't " stop "

it

> > (I'm almost 9 weeks post-op). My shoulders are pretty tight and

> > maybe my occasional joint-pain could be related to this? Any

tips?

> > I'm thinking about taking up tai chi or something but I'm still

> > afraid I might not learn to keep my head " down " (not literally!).

> >

> > Nathalie

[Guest guest]

Thanks , I'll definately look into this in the near future. By

the way, I found the link I was asking about where you can see the

drawing of the body position that is common when you have an

overbite if anyone's interested:

http://www.tmjfacialpain.com/tmjfacial.htm

just scroll down the page and you'll see the illustration.

Nathalie

> > I think I'm having problems adjusting my posture post-op. I used

to

> > have an overbite and narrow upper jaw and I think I always

> > compensated this by " putting my nose up in the air " to

compensate.

> I

> > think I saw the different body postures once on a website,

anyone

> > remember that site? It showed a drawing of different postures

and

> > the way your body adjusts to your skeletal problem. Anyway, now

I

> > don't have to " do " that anymore, I realize that I can't " stop "

it

> > (I'm almost 9 weeks post-op). My shoulders are pretty tight and

> > maybe my occasional joint-pain could be related to this? Any

tips?

> > I'm thinking about taking up tai chi or something but I'm still

> > afraid I might not learn to keep my head " down " (not literally!).

> >

> > Nathalie