Posture

Good posture enables you to express yourself. More beautiful, more powerful, when you stand up straight you achieve the finest point of balance both mentally and physically. 

Postural abnormalities need to be corrected early before they become permanent.

Many of us still carry ourselves as we did when we were children. Girls taller than their classmates slouch to appear shorter. Boys carrying extra pre-puberty baby fat slouch to hide their chests. Carry those behaviors into today’s work environment. We sit slouched in front of a monitor for extended periods of time, in positions that do not promote good spinal health and posture. Many people sit with forward head posture (look for the telltale dowagers neck hump) and rounded shoulders. Treatment for these muscle imbalances should begin as early as possible before they become permanent and create pain.

 

Good Posture for Adults

We correct posture in adults to: 

• avoid dowagers hump
• alleviate episodes of back and neck pain
• reduce the risk of repetitive strain injury

 

Good Posture for Kids

We correct posture in children to: 

• strengthen the back and neck for sports and backpacks
• minimize slouching and rounded shoulders
• rebuild self-image and self esteem 

 

Good posture involves efficiency:

Do we carry ourselves in such a way that all of our actions are easy and effortless, with grace and poise? Or do some actions feel clumsy or cause pain?

The posture of man is unique in the entire animal world. The head, trunk and pelvis are stacked one above the other, bringing the center of gravity all the way up to the hip joints. The pelvis is tilted neither forward nor back, and no unnecessary effort is required to keep the head up or shoulders wide. This good posture is easily attainable for both children and adults.

The ultimate aim of good posture is to move the whole body together in harmony. After a short analysis of your gait and stance, a lesson will be designed to connect the skeletal elements together into an elegant equilibrium. Instinctively, your muscles and limbs will begin to seek the correct postural relationships they had when you were born. The Feldenkrais Method helps the body remember how it feels to function effortlessly, before the self-esteem issues of puberty, and before the long hours spent behind a computer monitor, or a painful accident.