Development of PE after Nuss Surgery/Procedure

Not even a Nuss-operation guarantees that pectus excavatum does not come back. Why?

 
The fact that PE in some cases starts to develop once again after surgery fits very well in to my theory that development of pectus excavatum is caused mainly by outer forces. If PE would have been what can be classified as a deformation that was PURE genetically, the chances for it to relapse after a Nuss-procedure would be out of the question if you think about it logically.

My theory says; it is both environmental and genetic factors that causes it to exist.

Why is it out of the question?

“When the metal bar is removed the diaphragm has a normal environment to work in and it can produce a strong (normal) force under the sternum that makes it impossible to cause the sternum to fall back” (it would have been that way if PE was PURE genetically).

If one continue to do what caused PE to exist in the first place it may affect the diaphragm once again to make it malfunction. As long as the metal-bar is in the body it can help to withstand those outer forces but once removed, the body is “on its own” again.

That means that my theory (what I did to improve it 90%) can make it impossible for PE to develop once again after a Nuss-surgery (if it is followed 100%).

I also believe that people that plans to undergo surgery will benefit from my theory because; the more you can fix it yourself, the less complicated the procedure to fix it surgically will (most likely) be. I have read on many places on the internet (ask your surgeon if you plan to do it) that surgery becomes more risky with severity of the condition.

Chain Reaction that Destroys the Posture

Figure 1. This is a person standing flat on the ground without lifting the heel. Figure 2. To keep the ergonomic balance line straight you have to stand like this. Of course you can’t do that.

 

Figure 3. A chain reaction creates a weight balance and the bad posture is a fact and the body starts to grow in to this position. If it is difficult for you to reach your feet while sitting down with your legs straight forward on a floor then you can say with certainty that the lift of the heel have shortened your muscles in your legs by this S-shaping posture. With time and stretching it will be fixed.

Two Types of Bad Posture

When one look around on the internet searching for information about bad posture I have found that explanations about what bad posture is can be very detailed but often lacks the information that there actually are two main types of it.

Bad posture can be temporary or permanent.

If you take a look at a soccer player whom just scored in his or hers own goal you will probably see a case of temporary bad posture mostly because of psychological reason. After some time when this horribly happening become more distant he or she will go back to normal. If this posture would be held day out and day in the body would start to grow in to this position and become permanent.

In the case of pectus exavatum the bad posture is of course permanent (it is possible to fix it anyhow) which means that it will take some time to grow out of it, for example by wearing footwear (zero drop) that helps to recover from it. And as I always say: This is essential in the recovery process from funnel chest (PE).

I am quite sure about that pectus excavatum can have such a great impact psychologically that it actually worsens the condition. So by wearing footwear that helps to recover from PE it will probably also have a good psychologically effect because you actually doing something about it.