Injuries like falls, car accidents, sprain, strains, etc., and surgery can directly and immediately affect your flexibility. We will look at these in the future and their effects on walking, balancing, exercising, breathing, and flexibility.
There are some key elements we must include in our everyday life to maintain flexibility if we have had a history of injury or not.
Today, we will look more closely at our posture. From the time we were small, we may have heard, 'sit up straight.' You also may have heard from your elders and later from well-meaning fitness professionals, 'pull your shoulders back or lift your chest.' Other popular postural cues or commands include 'suck in, pull in your abs or pull your belly button to your spine. Last but not least, 'squeeze your glutes.'
One or all of these likely sound familiar. So, you might be thinking, what is wrong with these? I want to have good posture.
Here are three reasons to change these posture habits:
So what are the alternatives?
Yes, any or all of these may feel weird. You may feel like you are leaning forward. You think this way because you have been leaning back for so long.
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