Posture
When you walk with vigor your steps feel light. When you're sitting, your shoulders are relaxed away from your ears and you are sitting upright without slouching.
Good posture allows you to take full and deep breaths and prevents excess tension in your muscles. Good posture is not just an important component of physical health; it improves your mental and emotional health as well.
Posture is a vital component of good health and abundant energy. Good posture should be a relaxed, comfortable, and balanced state providing you with stability and poise.
When viewed from the side, good posture is when your ears, shoulders, and hips are in alignment so that your head is balanced directly over your hips. Your chin is parallel to the ground. When viewed from the front or back, your ears, shoulders, and hips are level.
Dr. Berry has helped many of his patient's improve their posture, and they are amazed at how much better they feel as a result, and how much longer their adjustments seem to last.
Could Poor Posture Cause Pain?
Absolutely! Over time, poor posture causes changes to our muscles and joints, often leading to pain. Improved posture can greatly reduce pain and has other benefits as well.
Some of the more common results of poor posture include:
- The forward head posture causes increased tension in the muscles below the skull, in the neck and shoulder area, and the upper back. This often contributes to headaches, fatigue, neck pain, and shoulder pain.
- The shoulders roll forward and the pectoral muscles in the chest become tight and shorten. At the same time, the muscles between the shoulder blades weaken and lengthen. This can be a factor in chest pain, shoulder pain, pain along the inner arm and elbow, and upper back pain.
- It is difficult to breathe deeply, and the resulting shallow breathing leads to increased fatigue.
- The normal spinal curvature can change from the neck to the low back. This can lead to pain anywhere along the spine.
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