POSTURE CORRECTION
Maintaining Good Posture
- Posture is one of the most overlooked aspects of good health and longevity.
- Research shows a clear connection between poor posture and diminished longevity and quality of life.
“The effect of poor posture on health is becoming more evident. Spinal pain, headache, mood, blood pressure, pulse and lung capacity are among the functions most easily influcenced by posture.“
– American Journal of Pain Management
“YOU ARE ONLY AS YOUNG AS YOUR SPINE.”
- As the head moves forward all measures of health status are reduced.
- Rene Cailliet, Director of the Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehab. at USC, concluded that forward head poor posture can add up to 30 pounds of pressure on the spine and reduce lung capacity by as much as 30%, which can lead to heart and blood vascular disease.
- He determined a relationship between forward head posture and the digestive system as well as endorphin production affecting pain and the experience of pain.
- And your neck as the hand that holds that ball.
- Imagine letting the bowling ball sit in the palm of your hand with your arm tucked tight into your body.
- Slowly move your arm away from your body while continuing to palm the ball.
- The weight of the ball will put more and more stress on your arm as it moves away from your body until the weight causes failure or injury to occur
- For every 1 inch that the head moves forward, it increases the weight of the head on the neck by 10 pounds.
- The typical forward neck poor posture of 3 inches increases the weight of the head on the neck by 30 pounds and the pressure on the muscles 6 times.
- Researchers found that men who lost 3 cm in height were 64% more likely to die of a heart attack.
- Over the 20‐year period of the study, men lost an average of 1.67 cm which was associated with a 42% increased risk of heart attacks, even in men who had no history of cardiovascular disease.
YOU CAN TELL A LOT ABOUT A PERSON FROM THE WAY THEY CARRY THEMSELVES.
- For instance, picture the way someone stands when they are feeling depressed: mid‐back and shoulders rolled forward, head hanging, gaze focused on the ground.
- Not exactly the picture of health and vitality!
A GROUP OF SCIENTISTS LED BY DR. DEBORAH M. KADO WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS A CORRELATION BETWEEN POSTURAL DISTORTION AND A PERSON’S HEALTH.
- They started with the biggest health problem: death.
- They asked: “Was there any correlation between a person having a hyperkyphosis and having a decreased life expectancy?
DR. KADO REPORTED IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY THAT PEOPLE WITH HYPERKYPHOSIS WERE 2 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM PULMONARY CAUSES.
- They were also 2.4 times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than those without poor posture.
- According to a study from the American Cancer Society the amount of time you spend sitting can affect your risk of death.
- Followed 127K people over 21 years.
- Prolonged periods of sitting have a negative influence on key metabolic factors like triglycerides, high density lipoprotein, cholesterol, and a number of other biomarkers of obesity and other chronic diseases.