Posture Article

Posture pitfalls and back-saving stretches

There are a couple of good points made in this article, however Prof Griffin is only touching on a small piece of the posture puzzle.

“Our bodies are not set up to hold one posture for that length of time and the long-term, negative effect of this is that certain muscles get tightened and others lose their strength, permanently changing our posture.”

We all already know intuitively that we are not designed to stay in one static position for lengthy peroids - isn't that what the stiff feeling or worse still the pain are telling us?! The good news is that you can change your posture quite quickly by feeding your body some of the movement that it has been starved of.

"By changing your posture and stretching tired and fatigued muscles, you give them a chance to recover, and reduce the chance of permanent changes or injury. Doing this a few times a day can make a tremendous difference to the health of your back."

The term "permanent damage" is misleading here. It implies that your posture will become 'broken'. Remember that posture can be improved. The first step is as the good professor says, to move more.

Read the complete article here

If you are currently experiencing pain, try these Egoscue exercises paying close attention to the instructions - click here.

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