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Thanks, Lagster
The only people I have pulled out of orthotics are golfers. The 'predictable' golfers problems are inspiration to look for solutions. I have said it before, golfer's are the best to work with because they have a real passion for their sport and will buy almost anything and then do almost anything to retain their game.
The reason your legs are the same length when you leave the chiropractors office is that they align the vertebrae so your hips are level (or closer to level) with the rest of your structure. The stresses of your life activities, even the ones that make us happy, are expressed in muscular contractions that tend to create a tension pattern that pulls the spine into agreement with those repetitious positions. (Best example is to look at address. Not to natural or too balanced albiet very effective for the game.) The spine complies and gets stuck. You can use the exercises (and increased usage of those exercises and many more exercises to keep you advancing in your mechanical control) to pull the spine back into position if you do it in the right manner, in the right frequency and finally if your flexibility will allow your body to comply. The chiropractor hurdles you to a more balanced place but your body is still dependent on the muscles to hold the adjustment. The better the muscles are able to do their balancing act the better you recover from your 'life activities' and the less frequently you have to depend on the professionals. Remember, I love GOOD chiropractic but it should help you sustain your biology not create your biology.
I hope as you are doing the stretches you are increasing your tension and being ever diligent in improving your form as you progress. It is truly a dis-service to you to get stuck with only these positions. Several of them are daily for everyone; torso twist, hamstring stretches, inner thigh stretches, shoulder stretch. But as you progress and to inspire your body to progress you should vary these with a wider variety of movements and different styles and positions (For example: I have twenty-two hamstring stretches). Many good stretch books are on the market. Help yourself and have some fun.
Vickie
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