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Best way to avoid bad posture is not to have it in the first place.
Bad posture happens due to inactivity and lack in variety of movement.
That fact is important. It implies that not all movement is equal and that repetitive movements will cause muscular imbalances, compensations, tension and pain.
The best way to avoid bad posture (are you ready?) is to be active and to do variety of movements throughout the day.
Variety is the key word.
If you stick to one type of movement there is a good chance that imbalance will peek it’s ugly head and plant seeds of pain.
Lets take tennis as an example. It is a fun and popular game, yet the movements involved are very repetitive and bring much pain and frustration to unsuspecting tennis lovers.
Constant rotation to one side (we play with either right or left hand) sprouts imbalance, tension, pressure and pain. Ever heard of a ‘tennis elbow’? Very painful and takes a while to heal. Lets not forget torn muscles, knee and shoulder injuries.
Best way to avoid bad posture
- Stay active (move!)
- Engage in variety of activities and movements
- Yoga
- Pilates
- Kettlebell Training
- Play on a playground (I bring my kids as an excuse)
- Hang on pullup bars and do monkey bars regularly
- Hike
- Climb things (rock climbing, jungle gyms, anything else that you can think of)
- Swim
- Relax, think happy thoughts and have fun
Now what?
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1 Best Way to Avoid Bad Posture (and Chronic Pain) // Oct 10, 2008 at 10:58 pm
[…] Random Feed wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptBest way to avoid bad posture is not to have it in the first place. Bad posture happens due to inactivity and lack in variety of movement. That fact is important. It implies that not all movement is equal and that repetitive movements will cause muscular imbalances, compensations, tension and pain. The best way to avoid bad posture (are you ready?) is to be active and to do variety of movements throughout the day. Variety is the key word. If you stick to one type of movement there […]
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