Strange hour glass figure

CatRodger

So I was looking in the mirror ( naked ) and noticed my left side has a nice hour glass figure thing going on, but my right side is like a solid line down :S it so bizzarre how can one side be developing a nice hour glass look and the other side just be square :S any tips ?

amicklin

Was it possibly the way you were standing? I know our bodies TRY to be uniform to a point. Although, it is not uncommon to have one foot slight larger/smaller than the other. Woman have breasts that are not identical. More than likely it was just he way you were standing.

If it is reallya difference, I would try toning and working on the muscle in that area so it reflects the otherside!


Hope this helped, at least a bit! :-)

circusmom

It has something to do with how tight your hip muscles are (I think, maybe not hip) Anyways when I was in PT the therapist pointed out that I was the same way. This is what he told me to do to even it out....lay on your back bring your right leg to your chest as far as your can and hold for a few, repeat on the other side. This will even out both sides.

smae1980

Do you have any back or bone abnormalities? I have scoliosis and my spine curves to the left at the base. I definetly have more of an inward "hourglass" curve on that side than on the other side and it's more noticeable when I am slimmer. Just a thought....

david1956

Firstly, are you sure you're not always looking in a room where lighting is from one side (a window) that creates a light/shadow illusion?

But I do know what you mean. I've always, quite distinctively, developed the left side of my chest more than the right but my right lat more than the left. It used to be really noticeable, in fact would make my singlet sit in a slightly "twisted" way, but is improving. Not sure how this relates to your lower body, but I guess a similar principle, I now take real care to do all of my upper body exercises (bench press, shoulder presses, lat pulldowns, chin-ups, almost everything) with shoulder blades pulled together and chest out (which is actually correct form and prevents injury to rotator cuffs etc) so that my right shoulder can't "roll out" and work more to compensate for a weakness in some other muscle group (interestingly my right shoulder often used to feel hammered after workouts, but not now). In other words, the general principle is I guess you could say to eliminate "compensating moves" for a weaker side.

Another thing that I am sure is helping is exercises on balance boards. For example, my final exhaustion sets on my chest day are sets of pressups with my hands on the flat side of a balance board. They're way harder than ordinary pressups, but force your muscles to work in a "balanced' way. For you an equivalent could (for example) be squats (with dumbbells) on a balance board, so that all of your muscles including obliques etc have to work evenly.

May or not may not be relevant to you.

CatRodger

Might try and get a photo some time.

Not suffering any physical problems, just noticed one side wa smore curvy and the other wa smore of a squareish shape, probably not th ebest explanation but if I can get a photo later will post.

Thanks for all your replies, perhaps I nbeed to tone the right side more.

Cat