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Key Bullet points:
Poor posture while sitting changes digestion and breathing. Remember when we talked about how important it is to digest and receive our gu qi, or food energy from what we digest?
Remember how important it is to breathe properly to gain ta qi, or air for the functioning of the body?
The reason that your posture is so important while sitting or standing is for the proper functioning of the body`s digestive and respiratory functions.
Posture... sit up
Dr. Teresa C. Hill, For the Journal-Advocate
There are many exercises and stretches that can be given to relieve or improve back pain. Exercises and stretches can also aggravate back pain if not properly prescribed at the right time in recovery. Most importantly, some patients will need very simple exercises while others are happy doing a series of exercises and stretches.
It has been my experience, over the last 25 years, that most patients will only do the very minimum. So, try to focus their degree of activity to their specific needs. The posture is the most important aspect in improving spinal health. Remember when your parents kept reminding you to "Stand up straight?" One of the best and most effective ways to begin your journey to better posture is to use the wall as your plumb line. Most walls are pretty straight up and down, depending on the carpenter. Place your heels against the wall, your buttocks against the wall and then your shoulder blades and back of your head against the wall. Get the idea of what that feels like and try to maintain that posture when you exercise and walk.
Maintain those landmarks (heels, buttocks, shoulder blades and back of the head) against the wall and then add deep breathing to flex and extend the muscles of the spine. Your breathing is an important aspect of your posture. Then, add the arms in an "airplane type" action, out from the body. Hold this position while you breathe deeply and maintain your landmarks for as long as you can. Then when your arms get tired, go one more step and stretch them upwards with thumbs now touching the wall. Hold this position for as long as you can and then when you`re tired bring them all the way down to your side. I consider this as one repetition. You will want to begin slow and work up to five repetitions, three times per day.
For those with a "bubble butt," or hyper lordosis, while you are doing the above exercise gently squeeze the buttock muscles together. Pretend to squeeze a silver dollar between your buttock muscles. This can vastly improve problems in the pelvic region.
Have you ever watched how people will sit in their chairs? Oh my, what a generation of slouches. Watch your children as they sit at the dinner table, or watch TV. Remind yourself, as well as your loved ones, to sit up straight. Poor posture while sitting changes digestion and breathing. Remember when we talked about how important it is to digest and receive our gu qi, or food energy from what we digest? Remember how important it is to breathe properly to gain ta qi, or air for the functioning of the body? The reason that your posture is so important while sitting or standing is for the proper functioning of the body`s digestive and respiratory functions.
Protecting your spinal column with proper posture and exercise will serve you well now and in the future. As always, God bless America and our troops. Yours in good health!
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