Improve Your Posture In Only A Few Simple Steps
You're no slouch, so it is time to stop standing like one
. The spine is your body's shock absorber. If you let your back sag, it causes imbalances, forcing the muscles and ligaments in your neck, shoulders, back and legs to compensate. This can also make you more prone to injury. A straight spine radiates confidence and actually makes you feel better, as your physiology is directly linked to your emotions. Keep yourself standing tall and looking good with these tips on how to align that spine.
Know Exactly What Good Posture Is
Most people think that to "stand up straight" means tensing your back to heave your chest in and up, and pulling your head back into your chest. This is not the case. The spine has four main curves - two forward curves (in the neck and lower back) and two backward curves (in the middle back and base of the spine). By maintaining balance in these curves good posture is achieved. These curves are important as they help the body move and absorb the force of impact as our feet hit the ground.
With poor posture, there is a change in these curves, which increases the demands on our joints, ligaments, and muscles in the spine, causing strain and discomfort. In doing so, we move inefficiently and end up draining our energy. If left long enough, pain begins and can further dwindle your energy away. An important note: Your spine houses your nervous system, which would also become distressed by poor posture decreasing the brain's ability to send and receive information to and from the body via its only route - the spinal cord and nerves.
When talking about the importance of the normal curves for strength and stability, Dr. Shealer informs patients, "What is the best and strongest potato chip for dipping? It's the Ruffles chip. That's because they have the curves and other flimsy chips don't. They're not as strong."
Text Neck - Do You Have It?
With the huge explosion and prevalence of mobile phones, smart phones, and tablets over the last few years, a new condition has been brought to the attention of Dr. Shealer, your chiropractor in Monroeville - Text neck. This condition, all too often, leads to neck pain, muscle tension, and headaches in his office. "Text neck" is only going to be getting worse in the future as these devices expand more into our lives. This condition gets its name from the incorrect head posture many people maintain while texting.
Far too often, our phones are held so low, in our laps, that when we do text or play games on our phones the head is much too forward and flexed down. This puts a great amount of strain on the joints and ligaments of the cervical spine and the muscles that support the structure. The simplest solution for this condition is to bring the mobile phone more to eye level. You want to hold the phone so it is perpendicular to the floor. This may be a though habit to get into, but it is an important one. Improper texting posture could result in long-term effects, so begin now and make a conscious effort in changing your texting habit.
Complete Exercises and Stretches
Do stretches and exercises that strengthen the muscles across your upper back and shoulders. The easiest way to determine proper posture is by leaning against a wall with your heels, shoulders and back of your head touching the wall. While you are sitting at your desk, driving your care, or walking, do this simple exercise: Looking straight ahead, shrug your shoulders up and circle them backwards as far as possible then drop them down. This can help you to achieve perfect posture.
Be Kind to Your Spine
Poor posture distorts the alignment of bones, chronically tenses muscles, and contributes to stressful conditions such as loss of vital lung capacity, increased fatigue, reduced blood and oxygen to the brain, limited range of motion, stiffness of joints, pain syndromes, reduced mental alertness, and decreased productivity at work.
Once proper posture is achieved, it is important that you be kind to your spine by avoiding carrying heavy bags/purses on one shoulder, putting a wallet in your back pocket, cradling a phone between your shoulder and ear, or falling asleep on the armrest of the couch. If you are experiencing pain, don't ignore it! Get treatment from your chiropractor as soon as your first onset of pain.
Visit Your Monroeville Chiropractor to Experience the Benefits of Improved Posture
Very few of us realize the importance of posture on our health and performance. By visiting your chiropractor in Monroeville you can improve your posture significantly. The human body craves alignment, and when we are properly aligned, our bones, not our muscles, support our weight, reducing effort and strain. The big payoff with proper posture is that we feel healthier, have more energy, and move gracefully.
Good posture is a way of doing things with more energy, less stress and fatigue. Visit your chiropractor in Monroeville to gain better posture and a healthier lifestyle this season.
by: Gen Wright
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