5 Tips to Help You Improve Posture, and Your Health

Last Updated on November 24th, 2020

Good posture is more important than many people recognize, and an incorrect posture can lead to a number of health problems. Your spine is much more than a structural element in the human body; it is also an information superhighway, as a conduit for information that comes from all over the body to the brain. If the spine becomes compressed or restricted, this can slow or disrupt the flow of information from our bodies to our brains, affecting the functions of our body. Hence you need to improve posture of your body.

We’ve put together these five simple tips that should help anyone improve posture, and with it, their body health.

Identify Areas for Improvement

If you have become concerned about your posture, you’ve made a positive step forward. The next step is to identify where your posture needs to be improved, and what you can do about it.

If you sit or stand with your shoulders hunched forward, then this is an area that needs to be improved. Keeping your shoulders back is better posture, and sets the tone for the rest of your spine.

Do You Spend Too Much Time Sitting?

Regular exercise and movement are good for your health and good for your posture. Is sitting bad for you? Is sitting harmful to your health? An article from yalemedicine.org suggests that prolonged periods of sitting can lead to a number of health issues, including cardiovascular disease and lower back problems.

Don’t spend too long sat down; make sure you spend a few minutes of each hour active and moving. When you do exercise, you can do movements and exercises that will help improve your posture and build the muscles in your back that you need. Planks, squats, and deadlifts all help improve posture.

Change Your Sleeping Position to improve posture

This may sound strange, but how you sleep at night can affect your posture during the day. The best way to sleep for your posture is on your back on a firm mattress. Sleeping on your stomach is the worst position for your posture.

If you sleep on your side, experiment with sleeping with a pillow between your knees and only one pillow under your head, to give your spine a better alignment while you rest.

Stretch Often, and Try Daily Yoga

Stretching and yoga are great for posture. Yoga is a discipline of poses that help build and tone the muscles you need for better posture and stretching daily warms your muscles and releases tension. This is best done at the end of the day before bed, not when you get up, contrary to the belief of many people.

Consult a Professional

If you have very bad posture or are experiencing health problems as a result of your poor posture, then you should consult a medical practitioner for advice or help. There may be exercises specific to your condition that can help, or you may need some physiotherapy to build the muscles you need before you start working on your posture for by yourself.

With these five tips, you should have all the information you need to make a start to improve posture of your body, and enjoying a healthier and more active life.

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Amanda is a certified nutritionist and fitness yoga trainer, and writer in the areas of health, fitness and nutrition.

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