Top tips to make perfect posture second nature
Remembering to
take notice of how you use your body during your daily life will greatly
improve your awareness of personal posture and alignment. Try the following
tips and notice how much your posture improves.
• Move the
driver’s seat of your car to a more upright position so that the back of your
head rests on the headrest.
• Stand evenly
on both feet at every opportunity. Utilize times when you are waiting – like in
the supermarket and post office queue – to practice.
• Use a
backpack to carry your gym gear and always put both shoulder straps on.
• Sit with a
lengthened spine at work, at the café, in the doctor’s waiting room. Keep both
feet on the floor.
• Never cross
your legs. Feel that your weight is evenly distributed over your sitting bones.
• If your
office chair has arms, take them off. Make sure your work station is well set
up.
• Sit like the
letter ‘i’ not the letter ‘c’.
• Get up from
your desk every 45 minutes, walk around, stretch, perform some forward bends,
arm raises, and shoulder rolls.
• Place these
alignment cues into your memory bank:
- Stand tall,
evenly on both feet
- Lift the
arches of your feet and lengthen your toes
- Release the
muscles of the chest and front of shoulder
- Draw the
shoulder blades down the back into a soft ‘V’
- Lengthen the
neck and allow the skull to float on top
- Gently
activate the pelvic floor and transverse abdominals.
• Stroll
instead of striding occasionally, so that you notice how you are moving.
• Breathe long,
slow and deep breaths as often as possible.
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