Anatomical details

[chickenfeet]

When I do my shoulder exercises I am supposed to keep my shoulders straight and back (and if I had a dollar for every time I was told to do that growing up I'd be Warren Buffett) which is actually quite hard when the 'natural' symmetry is notably lacking. To counteract this I do the exercises facing a mirror so I can check the set of my shoulders. The down side of this is altogether too much information about the weird floaty bits in my shoulder. One can quite clearly see bits of shoulder boldly going, if not where no shoulder has gone before, at least where one wishes they wouldn't. Anatomy is weird.

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pardon my lurking

[vinaigrettegirl.livejournal.com]

via White Hart.

Alexander technique will do the job. Non-invasive, no icky weirdities, ten minutes lying on your back a day... Get a teacher and book of the right height for under your occiput. Six months from now you won't believe you put up with non-symmetry for so long. You will feel much better and your shoulder will be right as rain.

Re: pardon my lurking

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

The non-symmetry is decidedly recent. It's caused by the AC separation I suffered three weeks ago. Before that I was reasonably normal if a little prone to slouch. I'm assuming that once the ligaments heal I'll be reasonably symmetric again. If not I'll give your idea a go!