POSTURE:    
1. “Relative Position of Parts of Body” bearing,

2.  Mental attitude 

3.  Condition or state (of affairs)

Appearance, bearing, carriage, deportment, poise, position, stance

In biomechanical terms posture is the way the brain integrates the whole body using muscles balanced firing patterns to hold joints in optimal position for flowing ease and economy of movement.

BUT- it is not that easy – with our ever sedentary lifestyle and gravity perpetually pulling us down, lack of body awareness and the fad of joining compressional exercise regimes, our ability to maintain or even know what ‘good posture’ feels like is being lost.

Prolonged sitting is the main culprit:

¨       Compresses the base of the spine pinching the disc so fluid is squeezed out

¨       Prolonged low levels of activity means the disc never properly recovers and dries out     stiffening the whole spine

¨       Soft tissue – muscles and ligaments – adaptively shorten, hips tighten, hamstrings      shorten/diaphragm unbalances and so breathing is affected.

¨       Loss of exaggeration of normal spine S curve so the shape sinks down    to a C curve.        

¨       Head hangs forward, shoulders roll in

¨       Bio energetic flow of nerve impulses become sluggish affecting breath control and      blood flow

¨       Organs get squashed

It is very EASY, with guidance, to turn back the clock and regain your poise