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.

Thursday 1 February 2007

Posture Gadget Madness??

Visomate spots poor posture

"Maintaining a good posture is something that has to be taught to children when they are young, or they will end up hunched over in front of their computers when puberty hits, making any attempt at change doomed from the beginning. I am speaking from experience, and think that the Visomate USB Vision and Posture Reminder targets those who want to make a positive change in their seating habits." more...

Aaaaaah...I don't really know what to say about this...

I do think, there are good intentions behind this, yet it's another great example of how we tend to look for gadgets to 'fix' things. Adopting a short term view and ignoring the longer term implications speaks to acting from a place of fear.

See How Should You Sit?

Donal



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