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Ladies, my wife and I need a little help. My wife suffers from chronic back and shoulders pain and visits a physical therapist 2x a week. After her appointment yesterday, she tells me her doc got upset with her because her posture is so poor, she hunches over all the time. So I ask her why not just stand and sit up straight, her answer, my tits stick out too far. She works in a male dominated career field and does not like the negative attention she receives, which is why she hunches over. Any ideas on what she can do would help her out tremendously. I feel terrible for her; I would love to be able to take of this. Oh, she is in the military so beating the shit out of someone is not an option lol.

Zeller's picture

Some ab/core work will really help. Along with getting a foam roller to roll out any tightness that is occurring in the areas now. Also, the last time I was on a plane and was looking at the Skymall catalog there they sold a few different things that helped with posture. One of them being a "garmet" (for lack of a better word) that looks like a sideways figure 8. You slip your arms through it so the rings go around your shoulders under the armpit arm and it pulls the shoulders back into proper posture position. It was quite cheap as well. This is something you try.

Ivy Smith's picture

After having a baby, my girls went from a 34C to a 44E (engorged). Whenever someone mentions it, I tell them: 'Well my balls were soo big that god had to put them on my chest to prevent chaffing!' and then ask where theirs are... lol

Here is advice for the posture just in case.
Back when I was younger I did some runway modeling and we have neat secrets to keep your posture perfect.

This is something that you are going to want to try to do several times a day for up to ten minutes at a time. When you slouch you train your body to hunch over, so you have to retrain it to sit up correctly. The first few times hurt like a SOB if you have really bad posture.

Find an empty spot on the wall, wear loose comfy clothing and no shoes, hair down. Now stand with your heels to the wall, and press your shoulders back all the way so that your butt, heels and shoulders are touching. At first you may need someone to help gently hold you to the wall. Try to hold this for 5 to 10 minutes. You want to try working up to 20 minutes at a time. Remember to take nice deep breaths.

The second part is the same idea. Sit with your back up to the wall, Indian style (is that PC to say anymore?), pressing your back up against the wall, shoulders back, head facing forward gently touching the wall.

Hope it helps!

win3200's picture

That balls joke was so funny I spit water on my laptop, lol. Thanks for the tips on training the body to stand/sit straight. I will definitely let my wife know about it. And 44E, oh my that does not sound fun.

Ivy Smith's picture

Hehe, was a former sous chef in an all male kitchen, you either learn to throw it back or find a new line of work!

44E is not fun, but i was a former stick figure growing up and always wanted boobs... Be careful what you wish for! Ha!

kodiakGRRL's picture

she needs to accept how she is ... do some core work like the ms. suggested. I spent my entire adult life in a male dominated environment ... military and otherwise.... people will always run their mouths if they think they can intimidate someone and unfortunately her posture is indicative of someone who is intimidated. She has to think about the long term and what it is doing to her back and how she is going to look as she ages because what she is doing to herself is going to be irreversible at some point. Maybe this is the new military because an ass beating out behind the shed in the motorpool always made a big impact.

win3200's picture

What workout routine would you recommend for my wife, she is not a weight lifter. I was thinking about getting her a personal trainer who would be better suited to adviser her on this.

Nitti's picture

Yo my man, I can see you were just trying to be funny but racial jokes are not funny in a community with such diversity. You start offending ppl's race , you're gonna have a problem. Check that shit at at the door.

Gargoyle's picture

That was an ignorant assed comment.

-1 I'll bump it back to you if you come back and apologize.

win3200's picture

What do you mean by white people problems? BTW I am Hispanic.

Gargoyle's picture

My wife was in the same position. I kid you not. Back and neck pain from slouching over because she was trying to hide her glorious boobies. After a lot of arguing I finally got her to stand up straight and if people stared to call them out on it. Especially now, with everything going on in the military she could probably get away with calling out her CO. Are you military? Does she work in a joint environment?

win3200's picture

I was in the military. We are at a joint base, it was just an Air Force base but realignment moved the Army in 2 years ago. My wife does not have a problem with calling people out; I think she is just tired of having to deal with it. Before we met, she had an issue with her supervisor at the time and when she called attention to it, she received a lot of negativity from some high-ranking people in her chain of command. So she feels helpless and I hate not being able to do anything. The only thing I can think of is looking for some sort of back brace that can keep those puppies tied down a bit and allow her to keep her back straight and shoulders back. What did your wife do in this situation?

Gargoyle's picture

She finally got the nerve to start calling people out. That took a lot for her to do too because she had reported a supervisor for sexual harassment and it went nowhere. I'm assuming she is Air Force? Times are different, I suggest she stand tall and if need be call dudes out. It would be a good thing for her to find a male coworker with more rank that might get her back if she needs it.

I would also get her in the gym. I told my wife for years to work out and she always stuck to running. Well, about 16 months ago she started lifting and since then has won 3 NPC figure shows and placed in the top 10 at Nationals. Overall she feels much better, has more confidence, and no longer has any neck or back pain.

win3200's picture

Her hitting the weights is a good idea. She is pretty active, runs in the morning and does a MMA class on Saturday. Thanks for the info and yea she is in the Air Force.