Posture tip #1 - Check your standing posture
Let's start off this posture challenge with a measure of your standing posture, so you can see what areas you need to be focusing on. You can repeat this at the end of the challenge and see your progress.
How’s your posture?
As we get older, gravity and the muscle weaknesses of weak postures can make you feel, and look, old.
Awareness is the first step to making a change. So Day 1 let’s check in with a simple standing posture check.
Ask someone to take a photo from the side and from the front.
Then measure the distance between your neck and the wall and your lower back and the wall. There should be less than 2 cm between both spaces. If the gap is larger, then there is a problem with your posture.
For a more accurate assessment - I have a posture grid in the practice and am happy to take the pictures for you.
Check your front view picture and ask:
Is your head centered over your feet?
Are your shoulders level?
Are your arms evenly spaced from your body?
Do both thumbs face forward?
Can you draw a straight line from the center of your feet to your nose?
Check your side view picture and ask:
Can draw a line straight up through the feet to the
Slouchy sitting and bad tech habits are a common cause of back and neck pain, as well as headaches, and drains your energy. Once you’ve taken the first step to better posture. Look up and adopt new posture habits. Strengthen your posture with motion control postural exercise, and maintain it by designing a posture-smart environment at home, school, work and when you exercise. Tips on how to do this will follow in the coming weeks.