New Method to Improve Pectus Excavatum

Edit 9 feb 2014: "This method worked for me as long as my ribs flared out. When they were fixed almost 100% I stopped with this method". 

I have found during my research that it is important to stabilize the whole thorax when using support. I have now implemented a new method to my strategy and I believe that it is very useful. The closer to full correction the more difficult to make improvements, but I continue to find new ways. The support I wear in the pictures is made of a very elastic material. There should be a very mild pressure from it. The whole thorax is involved in the development of pectus excavatum therefore I think it is necessary to brace it as a whole. The support I wear should be used the opposite way than normal. The front should be at the back of the human body and vice versa. I have also tried to use it during sleep a few days a week and it helps.

Shoes that lifts up the human heels shall not be in use to make the posture perfect. If ordinary shoes are in use it may not work at all or very poorly.
 

 

 

 

 

                             

Special Push Ups for Pectus Excavatum

A lot of people have tried to fix their pe with bodybuilding. I have never seen a bodybuilder who has made very huge improvements of the sternum. If you know about someone who has made big improvements to this specific deformity, please make a comment because that would be a big sensation.

During my research I have really tried to figure out how every single bone interacts with every single muscle and the best tip I can give you is to do so called incline push-ups (the feet shall be lower than the upper body). Why?

When doing this exercise the pelvis will be rotated to maximal perfection. This will in turn activate the abdomen perfectly. And together with interaction of the upper part of the chest the rib cage will be stretched and the sternum lifts out. Even the kyphotic spine related to pe will be improved and the blood flow in the upper back will increase.

Another significant benefit from this training method is that the upper chest (along the shoulder line) will grow, and it will make the chest as a whole, to look a lot better.

Tip: You can for example do this exercise with the hands on a normal bed and the feet on the floor.

Note: Most people don’t seem to know that people with pectus excavatum have a small curvature of the spine. It can be so small so it is almost unnoticeable. My theory predicts that the sunken sternum and the kyphotic spine are interrelated. And to fix pectus excavatum the spine must be normalized (the muscles shall be stretched so that the spine can be straightened).

The best instruction video I found for how to do incline push-ups : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0bRiVhnO8Q

This exercise is probably one of the most misunderstood exercises in the world. Amateurs tend to believe that it activates mostly the lower part of the chest. My advice is, listen to the experts not the amateurs. The vast majority (which includes most amateurs) are wrong.

Remember that you can always ask me a question in the forum on my website. 

Why are Men Over-represented in the Pectus Excavatum Statistics

There are around three times more men whom have pectus excavatum than women. It is a statistically fact.

My main theory is (as I stated earlier) that pectus excavatum is caused by ergonomic reasons combined with genetic factors. The ergonomic main reason after birth is to lift the human heel with ordinary shoes (shoes with heels) so that they manipulates with the skeletal and muscular system in the human body. The human body is perfectly constructed for walking without shoes (it is a scientific fact).

What is the difference between men and women from an ergonomic perspective that is the big question here? And a little more detailed question is of course what is the difference when it comes to shoes?

I think the answer is that men are taller and have bigger feet in general. What effect will it have? The bigger feet, the bigger will the moment (Nm, newton metre) be when the feet are lifted up under the heels. This means that it is more likely that the body reacts by leaning backwards. And as my main theory goes, that is the devastating reaction that may lead to pe. What will the effect be if a person is very tall? The taller the person is the further away from the ergonomic balance line that person will go. This theory I have, is illustrated mathematically in the picture below.

 

 

The left figure is a tall person with big feet representing men and the one to the right illustrates women.