Are you
starting to look like this?
Experiencing a rounded back, hip or shoulder unlevelling or maybe even
some rotation in your torso or pelvis?
It seems
obvious that poor posture equals back pain, but how does one develop poor
posture?
From a chiropractic
perspective, poor posture all starts from too many stuck stress responses
trapped in the Central Nervous System.
When too
much stress is perceived from either the internal or external environment, the
body launches a sympathetic stress response to ensure survival.
What happens
to us mechanically during a sympathetic stress response is that we undergo a reflexive, flexion response. Much like a cat arching its back when scared,
we curl up or flex the spine when stressed.
This flexion response causes musculoskeletal changes that lead to
something chiropractors call Spinal Subluxations. These are adaptive responses that the body has developed to deal with the
stresses in the environment.
When we
encounter a major stress or experience prolonged stress originating from
whatever source, the body elicits a physiological, sympathetic stress response
of fight, flight or freeze. The stress
response causes us to adopt a flexion type of posture. The body compensates for the increased stress
in the system with spinal subluxations.
These spinal subluxations adaptations are what pull and rotate the spine
out of alignment leading to hip and shoulder unlevelling. They aren’t bad but subluxations eventually
hurt!
The best way
to correct poor posture is to release the stuck stress responses in the CNS and
engage in regular, proper strengthening and stretching of key postural
muscles.
Starting
Tuesday, March 21 at 5:00 pm at my clinic (located at 10432-123 Street) I will
be teaching a Back Care and Posture Class.
The class is small allowing me to have more one on one time with
participants.
The first ten people to register will receive a complimentary discovery session with me ($65 value). Reserve your spot today to
catch the Early Bird pricing.
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