13/11/2020
Great post by Shrey Vazir from :
"❤️ The rehab world loves to treat the human body like a car - to find a simple "fix" 🙅♂️
Well let me tell you this 👇
❗You can have perfect alignment and posture, but still be in a lot of pain
❗ You can also have the "worst" posture and alignment + "damaged parts" and be in NO pain. 🤷♂️
📍 That's because current growing research shows that posture/alignment/MRI findings correlate very poorly to pain. 👎
🔹 On a more personal note, I was told by 5 doctors/HCPs that my fibromyalgia pain was caused by my posture...
🔹 I initially believed it, and did everything to "fix" my posture.
🔹 Well, did it work? 🤔
🔹 Nope. In fact, it made me more rigid, stiff and in more pain 🤦♂️
📍 So why are posture, alignment and symmetry so readily blamed and targeted? 👇
🔹 Because it's the easy diagnosis to make!!
🔹 Unfortunately, pain is a complex issue... Especially chronic pain - there is never just ONE reason.
🔹 I still don't know what the exact reason for my pain is (fibromyalgia is the closest thing that explains my symptoms) 👇
🔹 BUT.. that's okay, because I am still living a good life and have found ways to cope with my back pain! 👇
📍 And fixing my posture and alignment was NOT part of my treatment plan. ❌
3 Key points here:
💡 Humans are not strictly mechanical objects, like cars.
💡 PLEASE stop telling patients that their posture/alignment needs to be fixed to treat their chronic pain ❌
💡 Humans are complex beings with thoughts, emotions and beliefs - which all need to be supported. 🙏
📍 Get me?
⁉️ Rehab professionals out there, what do you think? Comment below 👇
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