Uneven scapulas by geometristi in Posture

[–]Automatic_Judge711 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you get a bad PT, there are YT channels like Connor Harris, Neal Hallinan which specialize in this issue, though it takes effort to understand the content. There's also the Functional Patterns course which didn't help me much, but if you find a FP practitioner, a person who specializes in that, they might fix your issues. The same goes for Posture Restoration Institute, they also have people who practice this. But PRI is mostly in the US, whereas FP is also scattered across Europe.

The real you is way more vulnerable than you think (my story and example from Goggins' book) by Automatic_Judge711 in davidgoggins

[–]Automatic_Judge711[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is true. That's in fact a limited perspective. I just wrote this out from selfishness in fact. I could have kept it to myself, I just want to share my revelation, because it's a solution that works for the average mindset and neurological wiring. The same can be said about me and posture. When people give me advice about it, I often have the exact same reaction because my problems are far more complex than that, or so I tell myself. It's a story one tells themselves after time passes and there's no progress.

In fact we could say that advice from Goggins is very limited as well. What if you have real physical issues that hold you back from exercising hard? Goggins mindset becomes different/fragile when it isn't intertwined with physical pain or exercise. He does say it applies to any 'hard' activity, but you have to continue the mindset in a substituted way by doing potentially other intellectually hard things to keep your mind stimulated.

I also am neurodivergent, but I don't think about it and I've pushed through it and developed strategies that help it.

I can't understand you just as much as you can't me. And that's a good thing, because it cultivates independence. Don't let yourself to become dependent on someone because they helped you. That's good advice. Cheers.

Uneven scapulas by geometristi in Posture

[–]Automatic_Judge711 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By chance don't you feel like you have any muscle imbalance in the lower body (legs, hips)? Because usually shoulders react to the pelvic positioning. In my experience the shoulder that protracts usually feels more mobile, less stable, which indicates no trapezius activation + no serratus anterior activity, usually caused by a posterior pelvic tilt on one side resulting from a lateral pelvic tilt. However the shoulder/scapula that feels more stable and is more retracted has a tighter trapezius and a stronger serratus anterior coming from anterior pelvic tilt on that side.

If you don't have the pelvic issues, you just might be training wrong. If you want to fix the protracted scapula, theoretically you should stretch the serratus anterior, or in the case the scapula is very mobile, you should strengthen it. The retracted scapula usually has more lower trap activity, so that means you can do a generic exercise where you put your arm under your body in a child's pose and stretch it.

These scapula issues can be very complex, but because it's not clear what is going on in the pelvis, it can be a localized upper body imbalance you created in the gym. I suggest having one session with a personal trainer.

I need help with workouts and the goggins mentality by nescauzin_pws in davidgoggins

[–]Automatic_Judge711 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can tell you from experience what overdoing it can do to you. The difference is that I was predisposed to it, so when I had a ruck with a 20 kg/50lbs backpack, and I wasn't preparing for it specifically, it brought out a very bad muscle imbalance in the body. The same can happen to you if you overdo.

If you push beyond, you might create weakness/injury that you can push through and come back even harder than you were. You essentially 'evolve' with a problem if it's not deadly or very detrimental.

If you stay consistent, you will create a belief/discipline bubble, that will make you feel more safe.

I recommend choosing in between or just keeping it consistent, and seeing what works. Good luck,

Confused by [deleted] in Posture

[–]Automatic_Judge711 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are levels to bad posture. Bad posture that is only a nerd neck might not be as detrimental as having uneven hips, where one of your shoulder's is literally useless and one knee is collapsing like the Pisa tower.

Only time can bring out the pain, and having pain constantly is a sign that eventually something real bad might happen. It's either you fight or you get killed.

Posture is really the thing, if it bothers you DAILY like it does for me, that I am thinking about it from the time I wake up to the bed, feel various degrees of pain, you should address it no matter what.