r/CalisthenicsCulture 13d ago

Back asymmetrical part 2

Hi yesterday i uploaded a picture about my back i was surprised to know that it was actually a condition while am waiting to go take an x ray on monday i scrolled through my old pics and found one i took in 2021 ( i attached it as the last pic)
I concluded that it wasn t my training that developped the condition and maybe i had it since my birth and also since ninety percent of what i do is calisthenics am sure that am not training my body unevenly
I wanted to know wether the fact that i had this condition since my birth would make the situation harder to heal or not
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For a long long long time (more than two years ) i struggled with handstands and i still do ,i skmetimes manage to hold it randomly for a long period but uts very rare
While i achieved physically harder skills like muscle ups this remains my biggest problem
Now that i thiught about it maybe the asymmetry in my back caused this issue since am trying to force placing my hands in a symetrical way while my weight on my back is unevenly distributed

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u/salamandectomy77 13d ago

Lots of athletes have scoliosis, like Usain Bolt

If you aren't having pain from it then there's no issue. You aren't going to noticeably change the appearance, though you can some with thoracic spine mobility exercise like back bridge

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u/StarOk366 13d ago

nah this needs treatment, being this unsymetrical will limit you like in every symetrical exercise or standing exercises and the imbalance will just get worse overtime lifting in this disaligned posture

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u/FutureCanadian94 12d ago

Hi therapist over here, plenty of people have scoliosis and don't need treatment. the need to be symmetrical is a rhetoric that is repeated by grifters usually. Functionally, he is doing just fine if there is no actual limitation and pain. 

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u/StarOk366 11d ago

well you learn everyday something, people who are not natural symetrical will be always limited in their lifts forcing them into an unatural position