Try These Exercises for Better Posture!
Most of us spend the majority of the day twisted into some sort of contortion in front of a computer screen, looking down at our phone or curled up on the couch. The hunched back, the rounded shoulders, the neck tilt — just how bad is poor posture for our body? According to experts? Pretty bad.
What is “posture” exactly? Our posture is how we hold our body in space and there are two types.
“Static posture is how one positions and holds their body when not moving, such as when they are sleeping or sitting. Dynamic posture is how one positions and holds their body when they are moving, such as when they are walking or running,” said physical therapist and body performance and injury expert Rami Hashish.
Most commonly, it is referring to how we hold our body in an upright or weight-bearing posture, said Karena Wu, physical therapist and owner of ActiveCare Physical Therapy in New York City and India. “When we have a good upright posture, we are using our muscles well and holding our bodies up biomechanically in an optimal way so that all of our associated systems can work well together,” she added.
Excerpted from Today
