Now days every person in our society is suffering from different Physical pains which can be attributed to posture if all other medical conditions ruled out.
Incorrect posture can lead towards back and neck pain and good posture
is critical in reducing this kind of pain and aches.
Posture is the position of the body in which you hold your body upright against gravity while standing, sitting, or lying down. Minimal stress on spine and neighboring structures in order to maintain good alignment is considered a good posture.
Keeping our body in good posture facilitates breathing, enhances thinking and concentration ability, minimizes the risk of back and neck pain, allows one’s muscle to work efficiently, preventing the spine to be fixed in one position and reduce the strain on your joints to reduce the risk of early wear and tear in joints. and improve one’s image. It also helps to decrease abnormal stresses on the different body structures and decrease chance of development of postural pathological complication. Once one adopts a good posture one can feel an improvement in the way one carrying himself.
Poor posture increased strain on body and make it less efficient, cause various physiological and anatomical impairment. Common example of poor postures are slouching forward, lordosis (too much inward curve of your back), wearing high heels, carrying heavy bags on one side of shoulder and cradling mobile phone between shoulder and neck.
In the end, there are some tips to improve overall body posture. When standing keeps your feet slightly apart and keeps your weight of the balls of foot and evenly distribute to both legs. When sitting keep your knees evenly with hips or slightly above the hips and feet should be rested on floor and at the same time keep your back straight with the cushion behind if required. When sleeping it is always advisable to use relatively firm mattress and lie on your sides or back which will reduce strain on your neck and back
Keeping our body in good posture facilitates breathing, enhances thinking and concentration ability, minimizes the risk of back and neck pain, allows one’s muscle to work efficiently, preventing the spine to be fixed in one position and reduce the strain on your joints to reduce the risk of early wear and tear in joints. and improve one’s image. It also helps to decrease abnormal stresses on the different body structures and decrease chance of development of postural pathological complication. Once one adopts a good posture one can feel an improvement in the way one carrying himself.
Poor posture increased strain on body and make it less efficient, cause various physiological and anatomical impairment. Common example of poor postures are slouching forward, lordosis (too much inward curve of your back), wearing high heels, carrying heavy bags on one side of shoulder and cradling mobile phone between shoulder and neck.
In the end, there are some tips to improve overall body posture. When standing keeps your feet slightly apart and keeps your weight of the balls of foot and evenly distribute to both legs. When sitting keep your knees evenly with hips or slightly above the hips and feet should be rested on floor and at the same time keep your back straight with the cushion behind if required. When sleeping it is always advisable to use relatively firm mattress and lie on your sides or back which will reduce strain on your neck and back
>>> By Shireen Khanzada, Isra University, Hyderabad
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