How to Correct Your Posture
posted by tylercollins in UncategorizedDo you have a posture problem? Have you tried a course of posture exercises to correct it? It’s true the most of people will take it positive to make their posture better but they don’t know how to do it. how to correct posture In our modern world we are not as active physically as our elders were. We spend long hours sitting at desks, in cars or when relaxing, slumping in front of the TV. It makes hard to use our muscles in the best possible way. Some body parts become overstressed including shoulders and neck while others become weaker like lower back area. Due to poor posture issue many health experts have developed various types of posture exercises to bring some positive change. However, this approach may be misguided as the focus on specific muscles for improving posture could affect your body’s natural support reflexes. how to correct your posture Several types of built in reflexes are present in our body to coordinate the muscular framework to carry our various movements and to take various positions. If your posture has deteriorated it is likely these reflexes are not being allowed to work properly. You used to make your neck and shoulders stiff due to being overstressed. These actions will override your natural mechanisms for balance and movement. Consistent misuse of muscles makes your movement faulty. It becomes a tight situation for you. So the more you will take positions according to wrong pattern, the better adjustments your muscles will make with it. While I am in the favor of posture exercises to bring positive changes in posture but in actual sense it makes the situation complicated. Should we have to work core muscles individually to get our body to stand tall? Is it the right way we should follow to stand. Being a teacher of The Alexander Technique I have seen several people suffering from the bad outcome of poor posture. Most of them were having such issues just because of following various techniques to correct it. Adding a little extra tension in order to stand “properly” will not improve your posture – it just adds to the strain on your muscles and joints. You should not waste your time to take position you think is right rather you should lower the stress making your natural reflexes work improperly. So don’t think about posture rather concentrate over poise. Poise is a lost skill from our youth. When you have poise you use far less effort and your body will support itself with ease allowing you to move, breathe and function more freely. Poise is evident in top athletes and performers. Think of Muhammad Ali or Fred Astaire in their prime and that gives you a great example of freedom in movement. I don’t think so that they have used any type of exercise to improve their postures. Poise can only be regained by first taking out the tension in your body and appreciating the push you get from the ground. When you are on top of the world and walk with a spring in your step, you are poised. When you can sit at your desk and feel no tension in your neck, shoulders and back – you are poised. If you try hard to improve your posture then it will just make you away from the natural poise. So don’t waste your time in such efforts and let your inner push to come out to coordinate your standing, sitting and walking and you will regain your poise.
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