The Importance of Good Posture
Tips for Good Posture.
- Good posture can prevent headaches.
- Stand with your back against the wall. The back of your head, shoulder blades, buttocks, calves and heels should be able to comfortably touch the wall.
- Check your posture when you walk in front of mirror or big picture window and makes sure the shoulders are pulled back and in a line with your ears.
- Sit up tall and squeeze your shoulder blades together several times per day.
- Sit with a pillow in the small of your back.
- All exercises should be performed several times per day when you first start a program to re-educate the muscles.
Improving Posture
Perfect posture! What is it and why is it so important? Over time, bad posture can cause a range of undesirable conditions. Physical Therapists who treat orthopaedic injuries/conditions will tell you that patient’s symptoms are often related to bad posture. Some patients assume a bad posture once they are hurt, and already others have it all the time.
In fact, most people don’t have good posture. Many people have “rounded shoulders, forward head and a flat back.” Poor postural habits can cause symptoms such as pain, tingling, numbness and loss of function due to the symptoms. Physical Therapists treat many common neck, shoulder, and back conditions due to the habitual movement and resting postures that people assume during the course of the day. The ch
Posture is the positioning of the skeleton during the day and night. Correct posture requires maintaining three curves of the spine all the time: while standing, sitting, or lying down. If the curves are maintained in the proper position, the different forces that help to hold the body parts together remain at their optimal levels. When bad posture is assumed and maintained for a prolonged time, these forces are excessive and can cause damage to the joint or the soft tissue surrounding the joints.allenge is to help patients correct the bad habits that led to poor postural positioning.
Correcting bad posture requires a great deal of conscience effort on the part of the patient. Your physical therapist can devise an exercise program that will stretch the joints and muscles that are tight and strengthen the weak areas. Building strength and endurance of the muscles enables them to hold the body in its most desirable posture for the entire day.
Orthopaedic Physical Therapists are the best trained healthcare professionals to help individuals develop the sustained habit of proper posture, helping to avoid developing painful areas and enabling injured areas to heal more quickly.
