Where should I go for posture correction?

It's just mild rounding of shoulders, protruding neck, and uneven shoulders caused by daily habits. There is no pain or numbness. You can start by adjusting your daily habits and practice by yourself by following reliable professional training videos.； If you already have shoulder, neck, waist and back pain, limited mobility, or if there is no improvement at all after a month or two of self-adjustment, you should first go to the rehabilitation department of a tertiary hospital to register for investigation. ； If the actual X-ray shows that you have scoliosis exceeding 20 degrees, structural joint deformation, or bone pain, you should first see an orthopedic doctor for evaluation, and don’t blindly look for outside institutions to fix the problem.

A while ago, I helped a young man in the same department check his shoulder height. He carries a computer bag weighing more than 10 kilograms on one shoulder all the time. The height difference between his shoulders is almost two centimeters. There is no pain or numbness, so I made two requests for him: change his backpack, and do 15 sets of shrugs with two bottles of mineral water on his weak side before going to bed every day. Within three weeks, his shoulders were flat, and he didn’t spend a penny.

Of course, not all problems can be solved by oneself. I used to have a younger sister who was studying to be a director. She stayed up late editing movies all year round, and her neck was 10 degrees too fast. Her trapezius muscles were swollen like small steamed buns, and her shoulders and necks hurt so much that she couldn't lift her arms every day. She started practicing blindly following the "Seven Days to Lose Slim Trapezius" video on the Internet, but it made her trapezius muscles even harder, so painful that she couldn't even sleep well. Later, she went to the Rehabilitation Department of Peking University Third Hospital. The doctor first ordered an MRI to rule out cervical disc herniation and curvature. He loosened her tense sternocleidomastoid muscles and taught her a few small movements to activate the deep cervical muscles. He also asked her to raise the computer to eye level and go to the follow-up clinic once a week for relaxation. After more than two months, most of her neck probing was gone, and her trapezius muscles were also reduced a lot.

Nowadays, there is a lot of quarrel on the Internet. It is nothing more than whether bone setting and rapid correction are IQ taxes. In fact, it depends on the situation. I know a friend who runs an orthopedic studio, and he said that many people ask for "straightening the hunchback at once" as soon as they come in. If it is just a temporary hunchback caused by muscle tension and spasm, it can indeed be straightened for a few hours after relaxation. However, if you go back and still slump on the sofa for three hours, scrolling through your mobile phone, hunched over the desk, and the difference in muscle strength between the front and rear has not been adjusted, it will definitely return to its original shape within two days.

Oh, by the way, if you really don’t want to go to the hospital, you can go to an outside sports rehabilitation studio. When you enter, don’t listen to the sales scams to apply for a card. First, ask your teacher whether he has a rehabilitation therapist qualification certificate and whether he has a professional background in sports rehabilitation or sports human body science. The kind of people who don’t give you an assessment or let you take a picture will insist that you “scoliosis will cost tens of thousands to correct”. Just turn around and walk away. I met a girl when I was helping in the rehabilitation department. She went to the Internet celebrity studio and was told that she had 30-degree scoliosis and had to pay 50,000 yuan for an annual pass. However, when she went to the hospital to take a full-length film, the scoliosis was only 12 degrees. The doctor said that she did not need special treatment at all. She should swim more often to practice her core, and don't lie down all the time.

In the final analysis, posture problems are basically accumulated from bad habits over several years or even more than ten years. There is no magic trick that can work immediately. The prerequisite for finding the right place is to understand your own situation first. Don't be fooled by marketing words and pay IQ tax, and also hurt yourself.