Football/Soccer Player=Perfect Posture Why? Shoes?

When I say perfect I mean perfect, not just good.

This is the answer.

Have you ever seen a football/soccer player with bad posture? I have, but only goal keepers. I think that taking a look on football players is the closest to an evidence one can get for that zero drop/barefoot shoes, combined with physical activity,  makes it highly unlikely or maybe even impossible to develop bad posture. Goal keepers are not as physically active on the football field, so that is probably the reason why they in general have a little worse posture than players whom are more active. And I have an extraordinary experience to tell. When I grow up I saw a guy with pectus CARINATUM (not excavatum) completely grow out of it between he was 12 to 22. I don’t think that it is a coincidence that he was a very active football player (training 3-4 times a week). Although I have seen soccer players with pectus excvatum, the degree of them have always been very mild. If they started to develop it before or after they started to play football, is to me unknown. Even  possible improvements after they started to play is unknown to me as well. Almost all shoes used on a football field are zero drop or very mildly lifted. On the other hand the heels sinks down quite easy on the field so maybe a little elevation won’t hurt.

Whenever I try to falsify* my theories, they just get stronger!

*prove (a statement or theory) to be false

The Truth About Pectus Excavatum (Link to Wikipedia)

After a lot of talking on my site about “scandal” and “myth” (especially in Sweden where  I live) I just want to make a post that links to what I believe is the closest to the truth one can get which comes from another source than myself. I have read through this (wiki) a couple of times and agree with most of it and I think that it is something that Swedish doctors and probably doctors in other countries as well shall look on and ask the question to themselves; why does this not match what is written in the National Encyclopedia or my Medical Lexicon? Obviously, Wikipedia is more up to date to say it straight out. I recommend everyone whom gets in conflict with their doctors about thier health condition related to PE, to tell those doctors to look in Wikipedia so they hopefully will rethink what they are so sure about.

But there is one thing which is wrong in the text (the same as in all lexicons). PE can NOT be classified as a congenital disorder or disease. For me that is obvious. I wonder, is that hard to understand? You can’t call something congenital which can start to develop during puberty. Once again, is that hard to understand? I will put a link to the definition of “congenital” as well. I don’t think you must be Einstein to understand that this is obviously contradictive! The right thing to say should be: PE can sometimes be present at birth and is probably partly genetically predestinated together with other factors. And I am sure about, according to my theory, that environmental factors plays a key role even before birth. The environment before birth is definitely not perfect for the human body (ergonomically).

Link to Pectus Excavatum on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectus_excavatum

Link to Congenital Disorder or Disease on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congenital_disorder

This is the last time I will bring up this subject (hopefully) but as I earlier mentioned; another source than myself can be good to have a look on. I will from now on focus on more serious things.

And as in my other posts concerning this question; some people working in health care systems around the world already know about this contradiction. I don’t want to offend anyone. I just want the truth to come out in the light.

How to Lift Your Sternum During Sleep 4.0

I think that I may have found the key to lift the sternum completely, or at least very effectively during sleep by put a brace on the lower ribs while lying on the back without lifting the head up with a pillow.

I have like many others tried to brace my lower ribs many times in an attempt to fix pectus excavatum but without any results at all. The key is according to my experience to use the brace only during sleep the initial 2 hours during the night, then remove it and not use it during the day. For example I have found during my testing that it even can make the sternum to sink in while sitting down. So once again; According to my experience it works only while lying down on the back without pillow on a quite hard surface.

The brace I use looks like this.

It should be put on like this, right below the pectoralis muscles.

 

 
This photo was taken after 2 hours on my back with the brace. I could see a difference immediately (once 50 now 4-5 mm).

If you can’t sleep with the brace on, I have a tip: Why not watch a movie during 2 hours? Just place the TV/monitor on the ceiling (it is important to look straight up or slightly downwards).

Try to breathe through the nose so that the intercostal muscles gets as deactivated as possible.

Basic extremely important rule: Try to put as mild pressure on the lower ribs as possible without losing the effect. If it is put on too tight, the pressure from the sides will be too great compared to the pressure from front view, and very likely, the effect will be lost.

I recommend to stand up a few minutes before the brace is put on and it should be put on while standing as well. The brace should almost fall off in a standing position and when you lie down, you will probably find that the pressure from it will increase.

Another important thing is that it will work optimal around 3 hours after the last meal. The diaphragm will have more space to operate in under such circumstances and therefore produce a stronger lift effect on the sternum from the inside.