I frequently ask people about their posture. The emotions
associated with the answers are usually guilt, grief, or apathy.
What’s up with that!?
Let’s look at what posture is – then we can check out good
posture.
Your spine has twenty four vertebrae. The vertebrae protect
the delicate nerves and the spinal cord. If the spine was just one big bone it
would protect better and there would be no worries about posture. However,
there would be no movement either. So there is a compromise or balance in the
body between stability and mobility.
In correct alignment the twenty four moveable segments, plus
the skull, and tail bone all line up. That requires a small amount of work to
hold the weight of the body right over the center of gravity. Movement between
the vertebras is good because no one area is overworked. Balance in the aligned
spine is good because the weight is already centered and small movements to
correct the balance occur easily.
Without good alignment, the body is much heavier, as
leverage quickly doubles the effective weight. Because the spinal muscles are
overworked whole segments of the spine will fail to move well. This decreases
balance, and overworks the portions of the spine not yet ‘locked up’ while sapping
the individual’s energy.
So… A person with pad posture is not lazy; they are working
harder than the person with good posture. The good news is that we can do
something about it.
Chiropractic Adjustments restore motion where there is a
lack. Simultaneously, restored alignments add stability to the spine. With the
restored alignment and motion, it releases pressure on the nerves. The free
flow of nerve energy communicates with your brain so that know the different
positions of your body – after all if you know you were crooked, you would
straighten up.
We just got a new Posture Screening Analysis program to help
increase awareness of one’s own posture faux pas. I encourage you to come in
for a complementary computerized spinal analysis. This is available to everyone
– patients and non-patients alike.
