How to Correct Posture
Are you having posture problem? Have you tried a course of posture exercises to correct it? Most people would say they feel their posture could be better but why does it become poor and what is the best way to improve it? how to correct posture Modern living means we probably are not as active as previous generations. Most of the time we used to sit in relaxed position in our couches, cars and at the desks. In such condition our muscles are not being used as nature wants to do about them. 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. But using the certain muscles set during posture exercises we disturb the natural reflex system for improving posture properly. 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. Due to poor posture issue the natural reflex system badly influenced. You used to make your neck and shoulders stiff due to being overstressed. These actions will override your natural mechanisms for balance and movement. The constant improper use of muscles can cause creating issues in your movements. It becomes a catch-22 problem. More you will repeat the wrong pattern the better you will be able to learn it until it is corrected. 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? Did nature intend this as the best way 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. Just by trying to stand in a straight way you don’t move towards improving posture rather just put pressure over muscle and joints.Rather than trying to stand and sit in a way you feel is correct, you can learn how to remove the unnecessary stress in your body and allow your postural reflexes to work as nature intended. So it’s time to focus over poise not posture. Poise seems to be a lost skill at young age. If you are having poise then it means you need little effort to support your body to take various standing, sitting and walking positions properly. You can see this skill in professional athletes and media personalities. Just think about the balanced personalities of Muhammad Ali or Fred Astaire and you will get example of having poise in body. I doubt if they used exercises to improve their posture! Poise can only be regained by first taking out the tension in your body and appreciating the push you get from the ground. If you are having no issue in walking with spring then it shows you are having poise. When you can sit at your desk and feel no tension in your neck, shoulders and back – you are poised. Trying harder and harder can only take yourself away from natural poise rather than helping you to improve your posture. So don’t try – let whatever is beneath you push up and think of letting go to sit, stand and walk taller and you will be on your way to a return to poise.