99% of All Posture Correction Solutions Actually Make Things Worse
Posted by admin on May 3, 2009
One of the most painful things I hear people say is, “My bad posture is hereditary. My parents had bad posture, so did their parents, and so I have bad posture too. I guess I’m just stuck with it”.
To me these words sound like fingers scraping on a blackboard as they represent unnecessary hopeless that is all too common these days. This theory of inheriting bad posture is completely untrue, so why do so many back pain sufferers believe in it?
The answer is simply that doctors are failing to help people with postural problems. So much trust is put into our doctors, that when they can’t help us, we often give up all hope. What most people don’t realise is that doctors aren’t really experts on posture. At the time of writing a report has just been released that says, “Doctors are failing to treat four in five Australians who suffer from back pain.”
What back pain sufferers have to realise is that posture correction is the Achilles heel of the medical profession.
So if doctors aren’t qualified to help with poor posture, who are?
Answer: Teachers of the Alexander Technique
The Alexander Technique is the best way to improve posture…. period. This statement was recently supported in a British Medical Journal Study.
I couldn’t agree more with your analysis! Doctors, and even PT’s, generally know NOTHING about how to improve their posture – look at their own posture and you can see that. If you want to learn more about the AT, check out their site at http://alexandertechnique.com