AS and Posture

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Please write the state of your posture below. (I will accept Hunchback)

very slouchy but I've always assumed it's because I have deformedly large breasts that are very heavy and pulling me forward all the time. I guess once I figure out how to pay for surgery to have them reduced I'll know whether the slouching was because of the weight or because of the AS.

I slouch pretty much whenever I'm not putting conscious effort into not slouching. (Like a liquid, I conform to the shape of whatever I'm sitting in...) I have a cane for some dizziness issues, but I've taken to using to prop up on in front of the computer, or while sitting in general (Don't want to end up hunched over permanently when I'm 50.) I don't know why it seems to require so much attention to stay sitting up straight.

Maybe low (neurological) muscle tone? (no extra front-side weight in my case)

I remember when I was a kid, before I developed the massive chest weight, my mother used to pick at me all the time because she said I was "standing like the letter S." I never was sure what that meant, but I think it referrred to some kind of slouching. She would tell me to imagine a string at the top of my head, pulling me up to the ceiling but I didn't like that thought because it felt uncomfortable.

I can focus on having good posture for about five minutes before it really starts to hurt. I would keep on through the pain (because I figure it's weak muscles complaining that need to be strengthened) but I can only focus on my posture -- I can't keep good posture AND do something else at the same time. So as soon as I'm in lecture, taking notes, on the internet, watching TV, or pretty much doing anything other than focusing on maintaining good posture, the slouch comes right back.

Sure. I actually slouch also. So, I do not think that your large breasts are to blame.

I actually have very good posture, surprisingly. My dad, a good 5 inches taller than me, can sit in the driver's seat of my car and not see the hood; I can sit there, with the seat in the same position (even though I can't reach the pedals) and see the end of the hood. The only time I do slouch is when I'm taking notes in a lecture.

I have GREAT posture while driving but that's because it's my husband's car and he's 6'8" and I'm not allowed to adjust the seat because the car is old and the seat won't adjust easily and if I move it forward it may nevre go back to where he can drive it again.

So I have no seat behind my back and I can only just reach the pedals if I stretch my legs out and point my toes and I have to sit up very, very straight so I can see over the dashboard.

So I have great posture int he car but it's a real pain so I can't drive for more than a few miles. Which is fine because that's how far away the grocery store is and that's the only place I ever drive to.

Sitting posture = slouched, but I blame it on my height, because if im not, my knees will knock the keyboard drawer out of the desk.

Standing. Depends on mood really. Sometimes im standing straight so I am at full height, othertimes im somewhat slouched though.

I have been teaching the Alexander
Technique for over 14 years.

I think my attraction to the work
/ vocation was to counter my
awkwardness in my body.

The formalization of touch, and
the very gentle and sensitive
approach it fosters makes it a great
tool for people in the spectrum.

I've heard of the Alexander Technique but when I looked it up to learn more it looked way too intense for me. I had a hard enough time with Tai Chi!

The first time I took Tai Chi I did pretty well but the second time I took it I ended up dropping out because the instructors kept touching me all the time. No one ever touched me in my first Tai Chi class -- they just told me how to move with words and I did it.

But when I took a class with different instructors, they didn't know how to use words to tell me to lift my arm a little more or stand straighter or move my right foot out or whatever so they were touching me all the time instead and I asked them to please use words instead. They said yes, that they would do that. And then they never did -- just went right back to touching me all the time.

So I quit because I couldn't handle that. And when I looked up Alexander Technique a few years back and saw all the touching I was very put off.

ihear what you say Sparrowrose

In my training there were some teachers who
i hated being touched by, whilst there were some
that make me feel heavenly.

The actual application of the hands in
alexander work is very highly structured
and void of any manipulation.

I love thi chi and practice most days

My posture is slouched I have to remind myself to sit up straight. What is Alexander technique?

I slouch a lot. My dad always tells me off for it, and says I'm going to have a hunchback when I'm older.

When I was a little boy I was always looking down. I liked to watch things on the floor and avoid eye contact. My Dad was always saying. "stand up strait if you want to be important some day." So I started to stand up straight, but now I just look down for the most part (screw you old man), so I am hunched over most of the time, unless I need to stand up straight to repel somebody. People say I look mad or pissed off all the time when I stand up straight and look around -- it is a defense mechanism I suppose to keep people away. Plus there is always something interesting to look at on the ground. I love looking at car and truck tires.

Pilates or Yoga are very good for correcting posture and improving balance and body awareness/coordination and there's no touching involved. The core strengthening you get from Pilates does wonders for back problems - these two help a lot with carrying large brests. But it will take a while to get results.

My posture while standing and walking is usually really good. On occasion, I won't feel confident and will droop my head forward and roll my shoulders. My sitting posture is horrid. I sit on my side of my hip or with my leg tucked up and under me. Most of it is to avoid putting full weight on my lower back which can ache after having a couple of long falls back in my younger and dumber days.