Improve Your Posture, Improve Your Life!
This may sound crazy, but the majority of people are unable to sit and stand in a straight position! Many of us remember our parents and instructors reminding us as teenagers that excellent posture was the key to good health later in life.
We all rolled our eyes at the time since the demand seemed obnoxious. However, as we become older, we realize that proper posture is about more than just appearances and confidence.
Back discomfort can be reduced by sitting and standing with ideal spinal alignment.
Physiotherapists are excellent at teaching patients how to maintain proper posture. Your physiotherapist will educate you on the importance and practice of good daily posture.
To arrange an appointment with a physiotherapist, contact Physio For Life in Vancouver today!
How can improving my posture relieve my back pain?
Your spine is designed to function in a particular way. You can end up causing long-term issues each time you move, sit, or stand in ways that disturb the correct location and function of your spine.
Practicing good posture is one way you can work to alleviate back pain with the aid of an experienced physiotherapist.
You can learn how to develop good posture when you start physiotherapy. You will develop self-awareness when you are not practicing good posture and develop better movement habits that will alleviate your pain.
Benefits of physiotherapy strategies for improving posture
Physiotherapists employ several strategies to help you prevent pain by developing a healthy posture. The benefits of these strategies are vast, and we have listed a few below!
1. Improved balance, agility and fitness
If you have had poor posture for a period of time, you might assume that learning to correct and maintain it is going to be difficult or impossible.
It will take time to change the awareness and habit in order to keep ideal posture and joint alignment, however, the results will be well worth it. According to the Mayo Clinic, “correct posture can boost your productivity and mood, as well as help you use your muscles more efficiently.”
The work you do and the effort you put in with your physiotherapist to achieve your goal will lead to plentiful benefits in many ways. The better aligned you are, the stronger your core, and the more balanced you will be, reducing your risk of injury and greatly improving your agility, physical ability, and fitness.
2. Reduced wear and tear on joints and soft tissues.
Correct posture ensures that forces are distributed evenly around the body, which minimizes compression on joints and excessive tension on soft tissues such as muscles, tendons, and ligaments. There will be adequate space in the joint cavities for the bones to move freely without grinding against each other.
This means that wear and tear on the body can be minimized, delaying or preventing the onset of arthritis and soft tissue strain. You will move with less resistance, feeling freer and lighter in your body and the best part is, you will be energized, feeling as if you were 10 years younger.
3. Better Breathing, Circulation and Elimination.
As mentioned above, good posture gives space to the body. This not only allows the bones and soft tissues to glide with less friction, but it also puts all the body parts, including the organs, diaphragm, head, chest cavity (thorax) and abdomen in right relationship with each other. When this happens, there is even air pressure between the various compartments: head, thorax and abdomen, and this allows a healthy flow of gas (oxygen and carbon dioxide), blood, lymph, gastrointestinal contents and other fluids through the body. Breathing, digestion and elimination will become more optimal and efficient.
4. Enhanced physical/ sports performance and fitness.
Proper posture means better alignment and more efficient movement which leads to higher energy output, increased coordination, agility, precision and balance. All this transfers into enhanced physical fitness and performance. You can beat your own personal record and opponents by working on your posture!
5. Grow old gracefully, free of pain and restrictions.
When you are young, posture is easy to correct because your brain can learn the corrections and your body is elastic enough to do it. The body stiffens over time and with increasing age, the brain has a greater challenge learning new things.
Temporary changes in the body due to poor posture when you are young will eventually lead to structural, more permanent changes when left uncorrected. That is why older adults develop pain, difficulty moving and arthritic joints. Working on posture now will ensure that you grow old gracefully, free of pain and restrictions.
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Chances are if you suffer from back pain, it may be the product of bad posture.
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