“Straighten up and don’t slouch” doesn’t work!
Improving posture means teaching your body to move in new patterns. Nobody thinks about their posture all day---the trick is programing yourself into creating new habits.
Strengthening posture is for people who are:
Out of shape- A few minutes a day of aligned and strong posture exercise helps you start right, avoiding injury so you benefit most.
Regular exercisers- Adding posture exercise to your workout re-trains your posture and improves your form- You'll feel the difference!
Athletes- Top Golfers to winning tri-athaletes, pitchers to pool players know strengthening posture is a powerful edge.
Better Posture = Better Form = Competitive Advantage
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Neck Posture Stretch/ Cervical Retraction
Stand up against a wall and face straight ahead. Gently pull your headback towards the wall. Keeping yourface level, without looking up or down, jut your neck forward. Then bring it straight back as if were on railroad tracks. You shouldfeel like a turtle pulling his head back into his shell. Repeat five times.
Always consult your doctor before participating in any exercise program. All posture exercises should be performed pain free. If you experience pain or discomfort, stop the exercise and consult your physician.
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People develop habits of motion, and posture can feel “right” but not be balanced.
Like a fold in a piece of paper, posture patterns are created when we move in uneven patterns.
Uneven motion works some muscles more than others. Then, some joints tighten as others stretch, and the body is trained to move with "weak" motion.
When there is a weak link in how your body moves, that's where injury and breakdown occur.
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Postural strengthening exercises MUST address three elements of posture:
- How you BALANCE your body
- How You ALIGN the 4 PostureZones ( Head-Torso-Pelvis-Lower extremity)
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How you MOVE your body
The 7 week program of StrongPosture™ exercises from Stand Taller~Live Longer are designed to build posture awareness while strengthening weak posture muscles and stretching muscles, ligaments, and other tissues that shorten with poor posture.
Stronger posture not only helps back and neck pain, but it also helps you feel better in general as you breathe deeper, reduce stress, and have more energy. Arranged in 3 exercise tracks (Balance, Alignment and Motion) StrongPosture™ exercises help people stay active and combat health issues from degenerative joint disease to cardiovascular and respiratory problems. People who regularly do StrongPostureTM exercises report improvement with problems ranging from knee pain to headaches, and say they even feel, and sometimes look, taller and thinner.
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Strengthening posture with 10 minutes of StrongPosture™ exercise a day can help you stand taller, feel better, and yes, actually live longer. StrongPosture™ exercise creates an awareness of posture and, when performed daily, can stretch muscles, ligaments, and other structures that shorten with poor posture; strengthen muscles that weaken; and help people stay active, thereby combating a litany of health issues from degenerative joint disease to cardiovascular and respiratory problems.
Stronger posture not only helps back and neck pain, but it also helps you feel better in general as you breathe deeper, reduce stress, and have more energy. Patients like doing their StrongPosture™ exercises, and report improvement with problems ranging from knee pain to headaches, even saying they even feel, and actually look, taller and thinner.
Young or old, athlete or couch potato, maintaining StrongPosture™ with daily StrongPosture™ exercise is an intelligent LifeHabit for aging well.
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Twenty first century life has created the 21st century posture. Modern conveniences at home, such as prepared foods, washing machines and dishwashers means less physical work at home. Workplace automation, robotics and computers mean most of us use our bodies less, and in less balanced ways, than our grandparents did.
Over time, the habit of less activity in general, and much more unbalanced motion by sitting, creates muscle imbalance. Muscles that are used repetitively over-strengthen, while the unused muscles weaken. Joints begin to move unevenly, causing stress, and ultimately joint breakdown.
Performing Posture Exercise as a daily LifeHabit helps the body to move in ways it would not otherwise move, strengthening the body’s ability to move in balance.
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