Will there be rebound after posture correction?

I have been a personal trainer for posture correction for almost 6 years. I have met more than 300 students with different situations. If I really want to give this question an accurate answer - it is neither that once and for all correction, it will never be distorted again, nor is it "correction is an IQ tax and will definitely rebound." Whether there will be a rebound depends on how you live after correction.

The two groups on the Internet have been quarreling for a day or two. Those who say it is useless are mostly because they or their friends return to their original shape within two months after the procedure. Those who say it is effective may have a straight posture after three to five years of correction. In fact, I have encountered both situations. I was particularly impressed by the young girl who worked in cross-border operations who came for a review last month. When she came, she stretched her head forward 40 degrees, and her shoulders and neck hurt so much that it was difficult to lift her arms. After 8 weeks of adjustments, she loosened the tight sternocleidomastoid and anterior chest muscles, and strengthened the weak back and upper back muscles to regain strength. After I went there, I really listened to the advice and raised the computer on my desk to eye level. Every 40 minutes while using my phone, I would consciously raise my head and turn my neck for two minutes. I didn’t even sit on the sofa while watching TV shows. It’s been almost half a year now. The last time I came to have my neck curvature measured, it has returned to the normal curvature, and I haven’t had any more shoulder or neck pain.

There are also counterexamples. Last year, there was a 25-year-old young man who worked as a game original artist. His shoulder height was almost 3 centimeters different, and his pelvic tilt was also severe. When he stood, his waist was so collapsed that he could fit a fist into it. After 10 weeks of adjustment, he was basically back in place. As a result, he just happened to come back when the project came online. I stayed up for three weeks in a row, lying in front of the computer every day to catch up on work. When I was tired, I slumped on the chair and drew with my body tilted. I didn't even bother to do the two-minute stretching exercises taught before. Within three months, I came back to me and said that my waist started to hurt again. After taking a picture, I saw that most of the shoulder height had returned to normal.

To put it bluntly, there is nothing mysterious. You can imagine your body as a board with rubber bands on both sides. Bad habits such as lowering your head, crossing your legs, and sitting slumped all the time are just pulling the rubber band on one side hard. Over time, it will tighten and loosen, and the board will naturally become crooked. This is the source of your posture problems. To put it bluntly, the correction process is to knead the tight rubber band to loosen it, strengthen the loose one, and flatten the board again. However, if you immediately go back to the days of pulling one side every day after correction, the board will definitely become crooked over time.

Of course, there are also cases where there is basically no rebound. For example, if the pathological scoliosis exceeds 40 degrees and has undergone internal fixation surgery, the skeletal structure has been fixed. As long as you do not do extreme weight-bearing exercises in the future, it will basically not bend again. There are also those students who have just developed bad habits for a year or two, and their muscles have not yet formed a strong memory. After correction, if they pay a little attention to their sitting and standing postures, they will basically not rebound.

Many people ask me if I have to stay stretched out and pay attention to my posture for the rest of my life. Wouldn’t that be too uncomfortable? In fact, it’s really not the case. The muscle memory development cycle only takes two or three months. When you sit, you will naturally sink your shoulders and lean your waist lightly against the back of the chair without being reminded. When you stand, your center of gravity falls evenly on your two feet. It is difficult to think about it at that time. After you learn to ride a bicycle, even if you don’t ride for half a year, you will not fall when you get on the bike. To put it bluntly, if you spend two months correcting yourself and then do things that harm your posture for more than ten hours every day, then the rebound is really not the fault of the correction, right?