Posture correction massage

Posture correction massage is effective for functional postural problems caused by muscle imbalance. It has no radical effect on bone deformation and structural postural abnormalities. Long-term maintenance of the effect must be coordinated with daily behavioral adjustments. There is no possibility of "one correction and no rebound for a lifetime".

Last week, I received a young girl who makes beauty content. When she came in, she flipped through her cell phone photo album to me. When she was taking pictures for brand collaborations, her shoulder line was so crooked that it almost became a diagonal line. It took her twenty minutes to stretch her shoulders every time she retouched the picture. Touching the left side of her trapezius muscle was as hard as frozen butter, and the right latissimus dorsi muscle was so loose that it had no strength. It was a typical false shoulder height caused by long-term one-sided shoulder bag and tilted body when cutting videos. After the first massage on the spot, the height difference shrank from 1.8 centimeters to 0.4 centimeters. She wanted to take out her mobile phone and give her friend Amway a "god-level massage" on the spot. I quickly poured cold water on her and said, "This effect is still temporary. Should you sit crooked or crooked when you go back, it will be back to its original shape within three days."

In fact, the industry has been arguing about the idea of ​​​​posture correction for almost ten years without reaching a unified conclusion. One school advocates "bone correction first" and believes that the root cause of all posture problems is joint dislocation. As long as the dislocated vertebrae and joints are brought back to their normal positions, the problem will be solved naturally. Two years ago, I attended an industry salon out of town. A senior bone-setter demonstrated on the spot, stretching the cervical vertebrae of a young man who had pushed his head forward for almost five centimeters. After two clicks, he raised his head and measured it. The head was pushed back three centimeters. The audience burst into applause. When I was leaving the show, I caught up with the young man and asked him how he felt. He said that his neck felt light and light at the time. He went back on the third day and was still sore for several days.

The other group insists on "muscle-based" and believes that joints are pulled crooked by muscles with unbalanced tension. Simply breaking the joints without adjusting the muscle tension is like forcibly straightening a skewed telegraph pole without adjusting the traction ropes with different tightness on both sides. The wind will still blow. I believed in this idea a few years ago, until I met a girl who was born with acetabular dysplasia and said that her fake crotch width did not look good in pants, and her hip muscles had been loose for half a month, and the dimensions had not changed at all. Later, I accompanied her to take a CT scan and found out that her problem was that the bone itself was a little skewed and could not be pulled back no matter how much the muscles were adjusted. It was then that I realized that both groups were right, but not entirely.

To put it bluntly, you must first distinguish whether your posture problem is functional or structural, whether it is caused by muscles or bones, and then talk about whether massage is useful. Things like forward leaning of the head, rounded shoulders, false high and low shoulders, false hip width caused by standing for a long time, and functional XO-shaped legs caused by incorrect walking posture, which are common among sedentary people. These are all caused by long-term muscle tension and stretching, or weak side muscles are unable to pull the bones. Find a reliable massage The teacher slowly loosens the tense muscle groups - such as the pectoral muscles that are contracted all day long, the hard and knotted upper trapezius muscles, and the iliopsoas muscles that are so tight that they pull the pelvis forward - and then learn a few movements to strengthen the muscles on the weak side. If you keep practicing at home, you can basically stabilize it in a month or two. But if the scoliosis exceeds 20 degrees, or it is found to be a congenital skeletal leg problem, or vertebral body deformation, then massage can at most relieve the muscle soreness caused by abnormal posture. If you really want to solve the problem, you still have to go to an orthopedics or rehabilitation department. Don’t believe in the gimmick of "correcting scoliosis with bare hands", which is purely IQ tax, and it is easy to be dangerous if you don't do it well.

Oh, by the way, the "correction of XO-shaped legs in 7 days" and "fixing the head in one go" advocated by many businesses nowadays are basically tricks to make quick money. A client came to me before to complain, saying that she got a 30,000-yuan annual correction card from another company. Every time she went there, she would snap her neck and waist. After that, she looked straight. No one had ever told her not to cross her legs every day, or to sit on the sofa and scroll through her mobile phone. Think about it, if you spend twelve hours a day in the wrong posture and only spend one hour a week on massage, what kind of effect will you get?

I am now doing corrections for clients. I basically only did relaxation for the first three times, and took comparison pictures after each treatment. But I will make it clear in advance that the previous changes are temporary. When you usually sit at work or stand to buy coffee, you will subconsciously flatten your shoulders and tighten your core. Only then will the effect be truly stable. The little girl with high and low shoulders before, I asked her to add a reminder to her work alarm clock, play "shoulder touch" every hour, and do 15 YTWL birds every day when she goes home. This month she came for a review and found that the shoulder line has basically been flat. She said that she didn't do much to repair her shoulders for the collaboration photos last week, so that means she has really corrected her shoulders.

Some people also asked whether the more painful the massage for posture correction, the more effective it is? It's really not true. I met a young man whose shoulders and neck were as hard as slate. He gritted his teeth and broke out in sweat when he relaxed for the first time. However, after relaxing, he did feel that his shoulders were two pounds lighter. There was also a little girl whose muscles were so soft that after the massage, it was like going to a SPA, but it still had an effect. There is really no need to pursue the feeling of "pain that makes you cry". The strength is so strong that it strains the muscles and the gain outweighs the gain. The appropriate strength is the best.

After all, posture correction massage is never a magic pill. It is more like setting up a temporary scaffolding for your deviated body. Whether you can stabilize your posture in the end depends on your usual sitting, lying and walking habits. Don't boast that it is omnipotent, and don't think that it is completely an IQ tax. Find the right indications, choose the right reliable technician, and add some tips yourself. It's really not that difficult to improve your posture.