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Can I exercise with Pectus excavatum?

I have it, its not extreme, if you don’t know what it is feel free to look it up. my chest is fuller on the left side (because of the placement of my organs, I guess?) and I have a hard time bench pressing evenly.

Is it safe to continue?

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Answer #1

Hi,

Pullovers have actually been used to treat pectus excavatum.

“Pullovers can be performed with bar or dumbbell. While some bodybuilders like to perform pullovers with back training, I do pullovers immediately following my chest training. I use a slow, deliberate style, stretching at the bottom of the exercise. To perform dumbbell pullovers, lie with your upper back and shoulders resting on a bench, turned sideways. This places your butt lower for stability. Start by holding a dumbbell between your hands with your arms extended and the dumbbell over your chest. Slowly lower the weight in an arc back over your head.”

Source: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/planet50.htm

Answer #2

I too have pectus excavatum and i find my benching is wierd too cause it feels very uneven its really quite annoying every now and then i get a good grip otherwise its horrible

i think grabbing the bench in the conventional manner wouldn’t work for us, i’ll try and find a solution and let you know

you can exercise with pectus excavatum best activities to help appearance of chest are swimming” backstroke” yoga and running

good sites i found that helped www.pectusinfo.com and www.pectus-exercise.info good pdf at this site on how to help chest appearance

Answer #3

Here’s a great article that gives you the do’s and don’ts when exercising with pectus excavatum. Tell everyone you know about this who has pectus as I just came across it today

http://befitpersonaltraining.blogspot.com/2009/05/exercising-and-pectus-excavatum-how-to.html

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