The posture of the women in my family is horrible. I fight this on a daily basis. But I always feel that my shoulders are slanting forward and that my upper back will soon be slouched over like an old lady. I think it's genetic. We all do it. Some worse than others. And it is something that I will have to continue to fight for the rest of my life. My physical therapist has given me several exercises to strengthen and elongate my upper back and I do them every morning when I wake up. Every morning. But I still find myself slouching over in chairs, watching tv, in the car... And I notice that it actually causes me muscle spasms to hold a good posture for a long period of time. So I'm hoping to fix that. I've been doing more upper back strengthening at the gym and I will continue with my physical therapy daily. So I ask, if (when) you ever see me slouching, give me a good whack please. Any other ideas for improving good posture?
I come from a family with terrible posture too, and I've found that core strengthening is great for it, and I've changed my computer chair to a stability ball. It almost makes you sit with good posture when you're at the desk, so that trains you to hold yourself up better the rest of the time too. Plus, so bouncy and fun!
ReplyDeleteYes - My PT always tells me that core strength is the key to good posture. And I do a lot of core work. It's actually my favorite area to exercise. So hoping that helps! I should definitely get a stability ball for the computer desk. It's one of my most slouchy places.
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