Didn't get it - schroth method

Turns out didn't quite get it.   

At my appointment yesterday, I whipped off my shirt in excitement to show Gail my breakthrough. 

But, it wasn't correct :(:(:(.  

Back to the drawing board. (Although she said it was closer)

She pulled out a breathing belt or help me figure out which areas to breath into

This seemed to help a lot.  We made a video of the breathing with my iphone. I am determined t figure this out.   (Oh... And by the way .... Insurance refuses to cover more visits.....we are appealing)

Schroth method breakthrough

I think I get it!!!!!

After a few months of doing excercises and not fully understanding, I think I may get it.

I must say it is very confusing. The combination of breath, and twisting, and realignment of both curves is nearly impossible to do.

Gail videotaped the chair excercises on my iphone and finally it clicked!  

She said at one point I would understand 

I have replicated it at home in front of a mirror and can't wait to show her Tuesday to make sure I am actually doing it!

First finding out

It was when I was when I was 9 that I remember the phone ringing.  My mother picked up the corded phone - (yes the kind attached to the wall with the rotary dial) and began to get very emotional.
She had barely hung when I found myself bent over in the kitchen.  My aunt had called to tell her that my cousin had just been diagnosed with scoliosis and that it was hereditary.

As she examined my back she started to panic.   She obsessively checked my back every second she could. For the following week, I found myself paraded in front of neighbors, relatives and anyone else willing to look - all confirming at something was not right.

I guess at one point we landed in a doctors office for the official diagnosis. I had scoliosis.

Purpose

Okay....this is a risk for me.  I have decided to share my story of living with scoliosis after years of trying to hide from it. I am 49 years old and have had scoliosis since the age of 8.
I always felt that talking about it would "draw" more attention to it. After being in a back brace through the awkward middle school years, the last thing I wanted was to create any kind of discussion about my back

Lately my curve has taken a turn (literally) for the worst and the pain is no longer deniable.  I have been forced out of hiding to explore treatment options. My goal through this blog is to take you along with my "healing" journey so that others may learn from my experience.

~ Pam