What's Your Posture Got To Do With Your Pain?

"Good" posture requires muscles to function according to their design, from head to toe.

"Bad" posture is a deterioriation in the left-to-right and front-to-back harmonius relationship of the muscles and joints.

Pain is a symptom of postural misalignment and muscular dysfunction.

Muscle function and posture can both be restored, regardless of age, by providing the muscles with the necessary stimulus.

Saturday 10 February 2007

Correct Alignment For Your Spine

Posture Myth #4 "You should maintain a straight spine (sitting or standing)"

When you sit or stand your spine is designed to have a neutral alignment, which rather than straight, has a natural ‘S’ curve. Deviation away from this ‘S’ curve is in all but very exceptional cases, the result of poor posture as a result of repetitive patterns of movement and a modern sedentary lifestyle.

Attempts to consciously change the curve of the spine do not address the route cause of the problem – your muscles are not doing the job they are intended to do.

You must address the body as a unit and restore the design ‘S’ curve of the spine. The result will be miminum effort to achieve and maintain this position.

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