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I've seen some chatter about HRT effecting this change, but what direction exactly?

it can do that..? I am not sure which way mine tilts. I think mine got a little wider from HRT.

Mine is tilted forward a bit now (that is, the top is farther towards the front of me than the bottom is), but I don't think it's because of bone change or even much difference in ligaments - it's mostly that between being top-heavy in front and having a butt in back, I stand/walk naturally with more of a pelvic tilt than before. Same reason I walk with a bit more sway than I used to; bigger butt and thighs alone will change the gait somewhat.

If you don't mind a guy butting in (pun intended :)),  I know $0.02 about this, because it's something I'm working on myself.

Anterior pelvic tilt means that the pelvis is tilted forward, and it's worth working on because it affects your posture -- your butt sticks out, and so does your stomach. It's associated with lower back pain, but it's not clear if it's cause or effect. Anyway, it's common among people who have desk jobs. Here's  a good link (http://www.somastruct.com/4-great-exercises-for-correcting-anterior-pelvic-tilt/).

Female-bodied people naturally have more of an anterior pelvic tilt than the male-bodied, soI'd assume that to the extent HRT helps give you a more female body, it would promote more of an anterior tilt to the pelvis.

Posterior pelvic tilt is when the pelvis tilts the other way, and it looks like you have no butt... but it seems like 90% of the time, when pelvic tilt is a problem, it's the anterior kind.

If you Google "pelvic tilt" you'll find a lot of information about why it matters, and a lot of good exercises to correct it. (Trigger warning: a lot of what comes up will relate to pregnant women.)

I'm not understanding too much about what this is. Is it something that happens with hrt? I only ask because though my weight has stayed the same, my friend said my butt looks "filled out," as he put it.

Ally :icon_flower:

Thanks for the clarification everyone.

Bump for those interested.

So I now have confirmation that the angle of my pelvis in my resting standing position has changed. This was starkly apparent today in the shower. It has tilted.

It's not a subconscious forced thing or 'power of thinking' manifestation - it just is. It really has tilted. I can feel a little bit of stress pain around ligaments probably caused by not being adapted to this position. My shoulders sit back naturally more. I guess I'm more curvy as well.

This is almost 2.5 months in.

Quote from: Evelyn K on May 20, 2014, 03:41:59 PM
So I now have confirmation that the angle of my pelvis in my resting standing position has changed. This was starkly apparent today in the shower. It has tilted.

It's not a subconscious forced thing or 'power of thinking' manifestation - it just is. It really has tilted. I can feel a little bit of stress pain around ligaments probably caused by not being adapted to this position. My shoulders sit back naturally more. I guess I'm more curvy as well.

This is almost 2.5 months in.

I've experienced the same thing. My shoulders sit more back than they used to and my pelvis has tilted making my butt more pronounced. It also seems my posture has improved with me walking more straight than I used to. Which due to my back injuries I thought would never happen. I'm very pleased with the results hrt has had on my body so far, however I'm not that pleased with my face yet. The only difference there is my brow has flattened some which, I didn't have much of one anyway, but there is a noticeable difference.

Ally :icon_flower:

my tilt happened at about 3 months in but I'm pretty sure my bones widened somewhat since I gained a bit in my hip measurement without gaining weight.

I've always had significant lumbar lordosis (curve in lower spine).  It looks more significant now that the tummy fat has started shifting downwards and around the thigh and buttocks.

Quote from: Lady_Oracle on May 21, 2014, 01:27:34 AM
my tilt happened at about 3 months in but I'm pretty sure my bones widened somewhat since I gained a bit in my hip measurement without gaining weight.

If only I had hip sized measuring calipers. ;D

I mean really? The bone physically widens? I highly doubt that!

Yep! Your skeletal structure isn't set till your mid 20s or so. Thankfully I started hrt just in time, my hips look like any other cis woman's hips. But even pre-hrt I had a pretty feminine skeletal structure.

30's here...

But I find it entirely fascinating that this physical change *has* happened.

I can stand like a gal now instead of forcing it. This takes another item off my continuously running mental check list. (https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Foi60.tinypic.com%2F2mg8qs8.jpg&hash=aa2ea192b57b87daa38a109c2120f0acd95ae312)

Hooray! I'm happy for you!  :D

Hrt has been a life saver for me, as I'm sure is the case for a lot of us.

Tysilio's link didn't work for me, but here's a working link (http://www.somastruct.com/4-great-exercises-for-correcting-anterior-pelvic-tilt/) in case anyone else is having the same problem.

Caroline
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^^ But isn't anterior pelvic tilt physiologically normal for women?

Yes. It's normal for both males and females, females just normally have a few degrees more tilt than males.

Sorry about that.  :icon_redface:

The link is fixed now -- I'm still figuring out the bb code here, which is a bit different from the other forum I spend a lot of time on.