Posture Correction: 99.99% of Westerners Don’t Know How To Sit Up Properly
Posted by admin on Mar 12, 2009
Posture correction advice is all around us.
If I had a penny for every time my mother told me to try not to hunch at the computer….
Yet, nobody ever tells us exactly how to do it. To be more precise, there’s a right way and a wrong way to improve posture.
Since posture is controlled by a primative part of the brain, good posture needs to be an automatic reflex, not a concious effort. Try it for yourself. Conciously sit up straight, and within 5 minutes your likely to have reverted to your old slump habit.
So everyone is being told to sit up straight but very few people ever learn how. Robert Rickover, a posture correction expert, says that this is the reason for many seemingly unrelated ailments:-
“The consequences of this information gap can be seen all around us: stiff necks, shoulders hunched forward or pulled tightly back, restricted breathing, and tightness in the thighs, legs and ankles. Backaches, headaches, and other painful symptoms are often the unfortunate result.”
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Alexander-Technique-Taking-the-Presssure-off-your-Body&id=247670
P.S. Don’t even think a posture alarm is the answer. It aint. Instead try learning the Alexander Technique.
