Have you been unaware of this problem since you were recruited?

So, what exactly is this "two pieces" bulging under the chest?

There are two obvious big bags under the ribs, which are particularly conspicuous when wearing tight clothes.

When we lie on our back, the lowest rib exceeds the outer edge of our body, which is called rib valgus.

In addition to the natural causes of rib eversion, there are some bad habits.

For example, hold your head high, tighten your back, lengthen your spine, and pursue a tall and straight figure.

If you don't know enough about your body structure and your own control ability, you obviously want to hold your chest and abdomen, but it is easy to make the action of "collapsing your waist+chest", which leads to excessive stretching at the junction of chest and waist.

After a long time to form a habit, our waist muscles are likely to be overcompensated and produce low back pain.

At the same time, the muscle functions related to the abdomen and ribs will also change, mainly:

The muscle tension of rectus abdominis and oblique abdominis will be weakened;

The intercostal muscles will become tense; When the thoracolumbar joint is overstretched and the ribs lose muscle protection, it is easy to have rib valgus.

Wrong breathing pattern

When we breathe naturally, the diaphragm contracts, which will create more space in the chest, thus expanding the lungs. At this point, the chest ribs are open in all directions.

However, when the breathing mode (chest breathing) is wrong, the ribs are opened by pushing outward to the chest, rather than spreading to the sides and back. At the same time, the neck muscles will help you lift your ribs, which will weaken the function of abdominal breathing muscles and lead to rib tilt.

When it comes to breathing affecting rib eversion, we have to mention a very important muscle-diaphragm.

Diaphragm is a muscle related to breathing, which is surrounded by chest, ribs 7- 12 and costal cartilage;

People who are used to chest breathing, if the diaphragm is weak, can't keep the correct position of the ribs, and it is easy to produce rib eversion.

The shoulders and back are too tight.

Stiffness, strain and tension around the shoulder strap (upper back) can also lead to rib eversion.

Because the shoulder strap and the upper back are located at the top of the chest and the ribs are located at the bottom of the whole chest,

If the top is tense and stiff, the ribs at the bottom will open like horns, causing the ribs to turn outwards.

What are the adverse effects of rib eversion?

1. Affect the graceful posture;

When the ribs expand outward, your chest will also expand outward, resulting in a chest that is not straight.

Your chest will change from 32C to 33B, which can be said to be quite terrible!

2. It causes pressure changes in all joints of the spine, which is easy to cause symptoms such as low back pain.

Excessive waist pressure

Because the ribs are everted, the whole spine is too straight, thus losing the normal physiological curvature of the spine, and losing the function of shock absorption of the spine, it is easy to hurt the spine.

3. Affect chest viscera, make viscera space and blood circulation worse, and reduce respiratory quality;

4. Reduce the core control ability of human body.

If you don't tighten the transverse abdominis muscle, but use the waist to exert force, when the ribs are everted, the strength will indeed increase, but it is not from the target muscle. If it is an upper limb, the chest is the most difficult to practice; The lower limbs are all practicing thighs, but not hips.

It is not difficult to judge whether you have this symptom. Standing or lying flat, the whole body is relaxed, and the lowest rib on the front side of the body exceeds the outer edge of the body, which can be considered as rib eversion.

The greater the surplus, the more serious the over-crossing.

Eversion of ribs is common.

Under normal circumstances, early detection and timely correction.

Getting back to normal posture is not a problem.

It is suggested that for the rib valgus with obvious bone dysplasia, the impression can be effectively improved by proper functional exercise, strengthening the soft tissue strength in the thoracic rib area and compensating the joint pressure, but it is difficult to completely return to normal. Moreover, rib eversion is the result of the coordination disorder of various muscle groups, and the exercise methods vary from person to person and cannot be generalized. It is recommended to go to a professional medical institution for physical examination.