💂🏻♀️Postural Strength💂🏻♀️
👆🏽 In this video Adam, Mike and Jono demonstrate a variety of exercises which strengthen (amoung other things) the thoracic spinal extensors. These are the muscles in you mid-back which help to hold you in an upright position.
❗️There’s lots of options here including bodyweight, band resisted and weighted exercises depending on your preference.
❓Is posture important when it comes to pain? Well, as always, it depends.
📝 Research on posture consistently shows that there is not necessarily one “good” or “bad” posture.
✅ What we do know, is that spending too much time in any one position (whether or not that is what was traditionally thought to be “good” or “bad” posture) can contribute to pain in some people.
💥 So, the take home messages with regards to posture are:
1️⃣ If you think your posture is a contributing factor to your pain, try to change positions often and take frequent “movement breaks”
2️⃣ No single posture is best for everyone. In fact, “your best posture is your next posture” (meaning change it up often!)
3️⃣ You can never go wrong strengthening- strengthening exercises like those shown above are a great way to get that started!
As always, this post is for demonstration purposes only, and is not individual advice. Seek advice from your physiotherapist before commencing.
🤔 Do you have any questions about posture, pain and strengthening? Let us know in the comments.
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