Armstrong's back

Ken Very Big Liar said:

I was talking to a chiropractor today and we got on the
subject of Armstrong. He mentioned that he had a back
condition that he gets treatment for. The name of that
condition of course I can't remember but he did say that
in his elder years it'll be a pretty big problem for him.
It actually creates the hump in his back. This guy said
his lower back becomes concave allowing the upper back to
stick out. He said that this actually is supposed to give
Armstrong an aerodynamic advantage on the TT bike. I
remember Rominger having a similar hump. Has anyone else
read or heard about this?

Rominger's affliction is called the Rominger Hump.

From "The Lance Armstrong Performance Program", pg 37,
Lance has spondylolisthesis, a fracture in his fifth lumbar
vertibrae.

Dan

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I was talking to a chiropractor today and we got on the
subject of

Armstrong.

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He mentioned that he had a back condition that he gets
treatment for. The

name

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of that condition of course I can't remember but he did
say that in his

elder

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years it'll be a pretty big problem for him. It actually
creates the hump

in

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his back. This guy said his lower back becomes concave
allowing the upper

back

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to stick out. He said that this actually is supposed to
give Armstrong an aerodynamic advantage on the TT bike. I
remember Rominger having a

similar

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hump. Has anyone else read or heard about this?

I noticed in one of the episodes of "The Lance Commercial"
on OLN he had some big, weird yellow thing around his
torso. It actually looked a bit like a giant one of his
Livestrong wrist bands. If that's what it was, I'll bet it
costs more than $1.

Anyway, I assumed it was delivering some kind of back
therapy. If I recall correctly, this was something he had on
immediately after a stage in some early-season race. I
remember he was still in his team kit.

They've also shown scenes of him having people pop his back
and stuff like that.

Bob C.

Ken Very Big Liar said:

I was talking to a chiropractor today and we got on the
subject of Armstrong. He mentioned that he had a back
condition that he gets treatment for. The name of that
condition of course I can't remember but he did say that
in his elder years it'll be a pretty big problem for him.
It actually creates the hump in his back. This guy said
his lower back becomes concave allowing the upper back to
stick out. He said that this actually is supposed to give
Armstrong an aerodynamic advantage on the TT bike. I
remember Rominger having a similar hump. Has anyone else
read or heard about this?

I don't know, but I always adhered to the ``Flatten The
Back'' philosophy personally.

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Dan Connelly said:

From "The Lance Armstrong Performance Program", pg 37,
Lance has spondylolisthesis, a fracture in his fifth
lumbar vertibrae.

Dan

I think you mean spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis is a
slipped disk.

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Quoted message said:

I was talking to a chiropractor today and we got on the
subject of Armstrong. He mentioned that he had a back
condition that he gets treatment for. The name of that
condition of course I can't remember but he did say that
in his elder years it'll be a pretty big problem for him.
It actually creates the hump in his back. This guy said
his lower back becomes concave allowing the upper back to
stick out. He said that this actually is supposed to give
Armstrong an aerodynamic advantage on the TT bike. I
remember Rominger having a similar hump. Has anyone else
read or heard about this?

I was looking at a picture of Lance from the side and
was thinking about that hump of his. I think that he has
scoliosis which wouldn't be surprising since it is
pretty common.

David Off said:

Dan Connelly said:

From "The Lance Armstrong Performance Program", pg 37,
Lance has spondylolisthesis, a fracture in his fifth
lumbar vertibrae.

Dan

I think you mean spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis is a
slipped disk.

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