Javizy Wrote:

jettyke Wrote:I think that you have to pay attention to everything.

And start doing everything at once, even just a little. It's just like reading or immersion, you have to start as soon as possible with all things, then you will get used to it.

*Training the right muscles, and others too (running trains a lot of muscles).
*Sitting straight (and sitting only when alert). When I'm sleepy n tired I tend to lean forwards.
* Standing straight
* Walking straight
* Being as straight as you can when moving and not leaning in every direction.

The problem is that your muscles are controlled unconsciously for the most part, and their current level of habitual tension and conditioning means that maintaining certain postures is impossible. Due to a mixture of prolonged micro-trauma like typing, unconscious reactions to stress, injuries, bad postural habits etc, your brain begins to compensate by changing the way it uses certain muscles.

If you have a bad knee and can't put weight on it, you'll unconsciously raise your pelvis on one side and lower your shoulder. If it goes on for long enough, it becomes normal and your permanent posture until you reteach your brain the correct sensory-motor information. This has been called sensory-motor amnesia. No matter how much you try to stand and walk straight, you'll be reverted back to what your brain considers "normal", no matter how horrifically distorted and damaging to your body it may actually be.

The good news is that it is possible to relearn, and there have been a lot of exercises developed for that purpose. I've only found out about this recently, so I can't vouch for it personally yet. I did read one story about an 81-year-old geezer with a 50° hunch who was able to reduce it to 10° by releasing his abdominal muscle. I'm getting ready to follow the program in this book.

IceCream Wrote:i know you didn't post this very long ago, but how's it going? Is the book good?

i'm asking cos my nanna's had hip pain for a few years now. Her hip really hurts to put weight on, and even to touch, but whatever it is also seems to have trapped a nerve because it also hurts down the back of her leg and behind her knee.

The doctors don't seem particularly quick to sort it out, and nothing they have tried so far has had any effect (cortisol injections, and anti-inflamatorys). Recently, it's got so bad that she now has to use a wheelchair most of the time.

She had an x-ray which showed mild osteoarthritis, but it seems to me that it's unlikely that would cause the extent or the severity of the symptoms, so it's possible she has multiple problems, i think.

Do you think this book could be helpful to her? Is it possible that following the instructions might damage it further? Would it help her to find and address the cause of both the hip pain and trapped nerve?

hope you can help!!! i don't like seeing her like this, she's always been active and happy.

Any other suggestions welcome!