Friday, January 23, 2009

Is Your Posture Perfect?

Have you ever thought of your posture like a total workout for your body? You probably don't, and I want to tell you that if you want to prevent injuries to yourself you need to care and learn more about the importance of your posture. Advanced disfigurement can be avoided if you taking notice of your posture. When your posture is right, the physical pressure and balance on your joints and muscles are less. Your hips, back, and neck do not have as much stress put on them. The way you sit and the way you stand can cause you pain and lead to osteoporosis. The way you sit and stand can effect the following:lower backspinehips ankle jointsIf your posture is bad and you are suffering because of your bad posture, know that it is never to late to correct it.To make thing easier on your posture you need to pay better attention to how many item we try to carry at one time. We throw our purse, briefcases, computers, groceries all in our hands and over our shoulders at the same time. We are always in a hurry and try to make it in one trip. If you could just stop and ask for help or make that extra trip it would be a help to your posture. Lots of weight adds lots of stress to areas like your neck and back. The bags best to buy are the ones that go across you back and distributes the weight is better for you.
When you are in elementary school the troubles with your posture can start and lead to bigger troubles later. I'm sure you were told to sit up straight while you were growing up. You were told correctly and listening to them would have helped your spine, neck, and hips from problems ahead. Having good posture can save you from things like; musculoskeletal respiratory, circulatory systems, and digestive systems too. Bad posture traits come from low self esteem, degenerative processes, muscle guarding, and avoidance.