POSTURE MONTH

POSTURE CHALLENGE

Did you know that the month of May is posture month? My role as your chiropractor and posture expert is to educate you on good posture. Since many of you are back at the office, I feel now is a good time to start new, better posture habits.So to celebrate posture month - better late than never - for the next 30 weeks I will be posting a new posture tip and exercise that you can focus on for the week, so you can slowly start building ideal posture habits at the office and in your day-to-day life.

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.

 

  • The best way to get posture aware is with your cellphone camera.

  • Stand with your back against a wall and your feet 15cm away from the wall. Your shoulder blades and butt should be touching the wall.

  • Take a deep breath in and out and relax into your most comfortable standing position.

  • 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

  • Ear

  • Shoulder

  • Hips

 

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.

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