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Title: Posture


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Posture
  • Position of the limbs or the carriage of the body
    as a whole

2
Posture
  • Posture is defined as "the position or bearing of
    the body" (Websters Medical Dictionary ) and
    refers to the overall alignment of the various
    body parts to each other when the person is
    standing in a relaxed stance.
  • Posture is the result of many underlying
    processes and tensional relationships throughout
    the body.
  • As such posture becomes a measure of the overall
    balances in the body and can be used as a tool to
    assess if interventions have resulted in a change
    in overall body balance.

3
Optimal Posture vs. Faulty Posture
  • Optimal posture
  • State of muscular and skeletal balance that
    protects the supporting structures of the body
    against injury or progressive deformity
  • Involves the positioning of the joints to provide
    minimum stress on the joints of the body.
  • Faulty Posture
  • Increases stress on the joints.

4
Ideal Posture
  • The ideal posture is assumed to be when the
    earlobe, tip of the shoulder, hip joint and
    outside bump (malleolus) of the ankle all lined
    up on a plumb line.
  • Variations from this ideal give the therapist
    clues as to areas of the body that do not permit
    the full mechanical ability for which they are
    designed.

5
Poor Posture
  • One of the first indicators of poor posture is a
    slouching or forward head posture.
  • This posture closes down on lymphatic drainage in
    the neck and will cause more strain on the
    posterior neck muscles.
  • It also increases the weight bearing on the discs
    and can lead to premature arthritis of the neck.
  • There are many causes of this type of posture
    including car accidents, sports injuries, working
    with computers and loss of bone density.

6
Causes of Poor posture
  • Structural Causes
  • Permanent anatomical deformities not amenable to
    correction by conservative treatments
  • Positional Causes
  • Poor postural habit--for whatever reason, the
    individual does not maintain a correct posture
  • Psychological factors, especially self-esteem.
  • Respiratory conditions
  • General weakness
  • Loss of the ability to perceive the position of
    your body

7
Tests for Postural Faults
  • The Mirror Test- (Anterior View)
  • Stand facing as full length mirror and check to
    see if
  • your shoulders are level
  • your head is straight no chin deviation ears
    are level
  • the spaces between your arms and sides are
    equally spaced
  • your iliac crests and hips are level
  • kneecaps face straight ahead
  • a 5 foot flare is shown
  • arches are not flat
  • no evidence of scrunching of the toes

8
Correcting Poor Posture
  • There are many therapies or treatments on how to
    treat posture and the alignment of the body
    parts, some of them are
  • Alexander Technique
  • CranioSacral Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Tai Chi
  • Yoga
  • Osteopathy
  • Feldenkrais Method
  • Chiropractic
  • Rolfing
  • Somatics
  • All of them try to find the way in which good
    posture is achieved with the less effort applied.

9
Orthotics and Posture
  • Orthotic devices are employed to correct and
    support posture.
  • An orthosis is an external appliance worn to
    restrict or assist motion or to transfer the load
    from one area to another.
  • Adjustments allow all joints to function under a
    proportionate weight distribution.
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