What do you call this condition?.. ppl with slouched posture?

[LOLyourFace]

My family doc said I had a mild case of it when I was 16. My mom hated it because it's not attractive especially to girls. The doc said that as I grow older, I should work out and I'd grow out of it.

I'm 20 now and it's totally gone. (yea worked out here and there intensively few summers)

What's the condition called? What causes it? ppl say sitting down to a lazy position causes it (which i think is a myth.. probably genetics?)

 

[Colt45]

last i checked, it was called "slouching"

never knew there was a technical name for it..

 

[Jzero]

scoliosis?

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: Jzero
scoliosis?

that is a curvuture of the spine... slouching is just that, slouching...

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: Beast1284

Originally posted by: Jzero
scoliosis?

that is a curvuture of the spine... slouching is just that, slouching...

thats what hes talking about...

ppl say sitting down to a lazy position causes it

thats what causes scoliosis.

 

[Derango]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: Beast1284

Originally posted by: Jzero
scoliosis?

that is a curvuture of the spine... slouching is just that, slouching...

thats what hes talking about...

ppl say sitting down to a lazy position causes it

thats what causes scoliosis.

Thats not exactly what causes it. A lot of it is genetics.

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: wfbberzerker

Originally posted by: Beast1284

Originally posted by: Jzero
scoliosis?

that is a curvuture of the spine... slouching is just that, slouching...

thats what hes talking about...

ppl say sitting down to a lazy position causes it

thats what causes scoliosis.

There is no correlation as of yet to scoliosis and posture... The only thing we know is that it occurs more in athletic people...

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BTW, you can have scoliosis very seriously and you may not be able to visibly see at all the the spine is curved.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Jzero
scoliosis?

I thought scoliosis was a lateral curvature of the spine, not like somebody bent over.

 

[CraigRT]

yeah slouching is straight up slouching. i have a bit of a problem with this.. don't ask me how it happens or why it happens.. heh

 

[Pastore]

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Jzero
scoliosis?

I thought scoliosis was a lateral curvature of the spine, not like somebody bent over.

yup, can be lateral also...

 

[snooker]

I am more relaxed when I am sitting slouched.

I did a scientic study on it and yup, it is more relaxing to site slouched.

Of course as long as you know when and when not to slouch, theres not a problem

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Beast1284

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Jzero
scoliosis?

I thought scoliosis was a lateral curvature of the spine, not like somebody bent over.

yup, can be lateral also...

Of course, your first response may have been correct, that he was referring to some condition OTHER than scoliosis. It's nice when people who post asking questions actually come back and follow-up on their own threads.....I've seen LOLYourFace post in a number of threads since this one...sometimes I wonder why I bother.

 

[fatbaby]

scoliosis can also be caused by frequent wearing of a heavy backpack on one shoulder

 

[mithrandir2001]

Originally posted by: fatbaby
scoliosis can also be caused by frequent wearing of a heavy backpack on one shoulder

At least that trend was killed about 7-8 years ago. I hated carrying my backpack on one shoulder but EVERYBODY wore them that way until around the mid-90s.

 

[Pastore]

yeah i remember that... you were a dork if you used the backpack the way it was designed to be used...

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Beast1284

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Jzero
scoliosis?

I thought scoliosis was a lateral curvature of the spine, not like somebody bent over.

yup, can be lateral also...

Actually, I think the definition of scoliosis is lateral curvature.
I thought I remembered that from X-Ray school in 1965, but I looked it up to make sure.

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I can't find any official medical term for "slouching".

 

[Tab]

I have Multiple Scolorsis, I am 16. I hate my back, it makes me look like a hunch back. I am suppose to wear a brace but it doesnt seem to help at all. I want to get surgery, but my Dad says it'll hurt alot. What we really need is we need money. Well, thats where good old marjunana comes in to remove the pain I have a 20 degree curve or something. I am around 5'10 and around 130lbs? I am a skinny dude, I was 140 but I spend all my time on the computer Alot of it is caused my genitics, which in my case sucks to be me

 

[blstriker]

Kyphosis