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From: Joe.Chamberlain@f140.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Scoliosis
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Date: 14 May 91 14:06:02 GMT
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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

 HL> Thanks for the lucid description of scoliosis, and how to tell if one has
 HL> it. So far, no sale. My main problem chairwise is not being able to bend
 HL> forward at the waist as easily as I'd like to--lot of spasticity at that
 HL> point, and a lot of tightness. Regards,

        Sounds like tight back muscles.  Try a nightly exercise
of just leaning forward as far as possible.  Do not bounce, but
just lean for a little longer each night.

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