Anyone else sit sorta 'crooked' on the saddle?

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I know I have mild scoliosis that was never treated.

I've often wondered if I have some sort of scoliosis...when we were checked in jr. high everything was fine, but I am seriously sway-backed. Mostly it makes finding jeans a real PITA, since I get a HUGE gap at the back. And I think it has made finding cycling shorts a challenge. PIs are about the only shorts that actually sit over my sit-bones. Just about everything else I tried had the chamois too far back and nearly covering my tailbone, with my sit-bones over the front edge of the wide part of the chamois. I have a seriously tilted uterus, too...I think everything on my lower half is at a bizarre angle.

[TrekTheKaty]

Lastly for EVERYONE--yoga, yoga, yoga.

Stretching and strengthening will help offset future problems.

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Lastly for EVERYONE--yoga, yoga, yoga.

Stretching and strengthening will help offset future problems.

That and core work. Hubby had issues wearing a Camelbak while mountain biking...his back really seized-up (and he's not prone to back issues, either). I think he realized how important regular core work is.

[OakLeaf]

Yoga works the core (as well as those all-important stabilizer muscles) very strongly!

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Yoga works the core (as well as those all-important stabilizer muscles) very strongly!

Yep...the upper-body weight workouts I do incorporate a mix of yoga poses and more traditional crunch type stuff, as well as work with stability ball and free weights. Good stuff. My abs usually feel pretty tight for a couple of days afterwards. Just doing free weights work with good form works the core, too. Hubby doesn't do any of this...yet!