Almost everyone who visited a neurologist passed a test for Romberg’s posture, but why this is done, few doctors will explain, while using medical terminology, intelligibly and simply without even trying to speak.
What is a test?
The inability to stand upright, steady and not swaying with a straight spine and eyes closed is called a symptom or Romberg posture, it is unstable in those who have problems with the nervous system.
The legs should be tightly shifted in the feet, the line of the spine is stretched up, the shoulders and chest are open, and straight arms are extended in front of you, the hands are not lower than the line of the shoulder joints.
With their eyes closed, some people cannot maintain a stable position: they begin to swing, their hands may begin to shake, and a feeling of tipping back may appear. In some cases, instability in the Romberg position is additionally checked by inviting the test subject to place one foot in front of the other so that the heel in front of the standing leg touches the toes of the leg that is standing behind.
There are also options for setting feet, as well as when the patient is asked to lean forward with eyes closed and straighten back. If body vibrations become even more pronounced - then there is a defeat of the central nervous system.
Why is the posture so called?
Moritz Heinrich Romberg (1795 - 1873) is a professor at the University of Berlin, specialized in internal medicine, was very active in journals on the topic of neuralgic diseases, and was an extremely popular teacher.
In 1840, he wrote and published a book on neuropathology, which has long been used as a classic textbook, and the author himself is considered the founder of neuropathology.
If the pose is unstable: what does it mean?
Immediately make sure that the whole procedure is carried out in a calm environment, without external irritants, and if there is staggering in the Romberg position, loss of orientation in space, or even falling over a short period of time (less than eight seconds), then you need to sound the alarm: along with an untrained vestibular apparatus most likely, the posterior nerve roots of the spinal column, which are responsible for the conduction of nerve impulses, are damaged, a disease of multiple atherosclerosis is possible (especially if preservation of the posture is impossible, yes with open eyes), although perhaps this is just a tendency to neurasthenia, neurosis and inability to control the functions of the body.
If the cerebellum is affected, the patient will deviate towards the affected side, because the cerebellum is responsible for the coordination of movements that a person comprehends in childhood. If the Romberg posture is held, but not for long, then most likely there is only a tendency to atrophy of skeletal muscles: this is fixable if you practice this position every day until a stable result is obtained.
What is the use of Romberg's pose? Why do it?
The human body is so arranged that if one system fails, the rest will “shower” behind it. The most important human system is, of course, the nervous system, along with the spine, along which the most important “transmission line” passes. While a person actively and variably uses the fine muscles of the whole body, his nervous system works flawlessly, but if a passive and sedentary lifestyle wins common sense, then health problems begin: immediately minor in the form of a headache or chronic fatigue, but over time the problem worsens health will grow like a snowball, and one day will result in a serious illness.
If you try to regularly perform the Romberg pose, then the body, learning to stretch and adjust the maintenance of balance in space, will use various and diverse neural chains, thus maintaining the central nervous system in a healthy state.
Yoga version
There is a similar situation in the arsenal of yoga poses: Tadasana is a mountain pose; in some yoga schools it is called Samastitikhi, which means "standing still and calm." This is the basic position from which the lesson begins, a test of the stability of the mind and the reaction of the body to it. Some beginners consider this pose uninteresting and insignificant due to its apparent simplicity, and only over the years they understand its real taste and importance, because yoga is not a beautiful or spectacular body position, like legs behind your head, but the ability to keep your mind in check ( “Yuj”, the word from which the term “yoga” was derived from Sanskrit means reins, harness), remaining steady and calm in any situation.
How to achieve sustainability?
Every day at least five minutes try to practice this position, after checking the correctness of the construction of the Romberg pose with the photo above. It is very convenient to do this in front of the mirror, sitting sideways to it to make sure the straight line of the spine and the correct arrangement of the hands. The feet are in contact with the inner line, the knees are close to each other, but not clamped with effort, the hips are in a light tone and the line of the feline is slightly tucked under the stomach. The shoulder joints are open, and the shoulder blades are slightly shifted towards each other.
You should try to stretch the crown of the head up, holding the spine in one straight line. Pay more attention to the internal tone in the pelvic area: it is from there that the stability of the whole position comes, while the posture should not be too stressed and compressed like a spring, it is rather easy composure and concentration.
At first, it is possible that the pose will be difficult to give and will not last for a long time, or the body will swing or tremble in some areas, but as you get used to it and experience in practice, everything will surely turn out!