The Role of Posture in Achieving a Healthy, Active Lifestyle
Maintaining good posture is more than just sitting up straight—it’s foundational for a healthy and active life. Poor posture can hinder your ability to breathe, move, and exercise effectively. Based on our experience with thousands of patients, here’s what we’ve learned:
Why Many Struggle to Stay Active
- Unresolved injuries: Many people start exercise programs before fully recovering from previous injuries, leading to setbacks.
- Prolonged inactivity: After long periods without exercise, it’s challenging to know where to start.
- Lack of posture awareness: Posture, breathing, balance, and movement are often overlooked as critical elements of fitness and rehabilitation.
Why Exercise Matters
Exercise is a cornerstone of healthy living. Studies link it to numerous benefits, including reducing the risk of chronic diseases. For example, Johns Hopkins highlights that exercise helps control key risk factors for heart disease. (1). However, only 24.2% of adults meet recommended exercise levels. (2) This raises the question: Why is staying active so difficult?
Introducing Our Posture-Based Program
We’ve developed a posture-based health system designed to bridge the gap between recovery and advanced fitness. Whether you’re recovering from an injury or looking to enhance performance, our program addresses your unique needs.
Key Features of the Program
- Breathing and balance integration: Maximizing posture to improve health and performance.
- Comprehensive recovery: Addressing injuries—even those deemed “resolved” years ago.
- Beyond traditional care: Elevating posture and health through correction, not just pain management.
Why Posture Matters
Posture impacts more than just movement—it affects breathing, focus, and overall performance. For example, poor posture can reduce your ability to breathe deeply and concentrate. Studies also show that pain competes for attention, affecting cognitive function and quality of life. (6)
Steps to Improve Posture
- Chiropractic adjustments: Enhance mobility, correct misalignments, and activate the nervous system.
- Functional orthotics: Stabilize the spine and pelvis, reducing postural stress and back pain by 34.5%. (8)
- Home exercise program: Build core strength and alignment to prevent injuries and enhance fitness.
The Benefits of Posture Building
Good posture can impact the 3 major forms of stress, physical, mental and chemical or metabolic. Each form of stress can undermine our expression of health.
- Physical health: Stability through better movement and respiration.
- Mental health: Enhanced focus, memory, and cognitive function.
- Metabolic health by supporting better respiration to support our energy needs.
Unlock the Benefits of Posture-Based Fitness
Our posture-focused program helps you gain the full benefits of exercise, improve metabolism, and reduce stress. Over 25 years, we’ve established a safe, proven track record by minimizing reliance on high-risk interventions like surgery and drugs.
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By prioritizing posture, you’ll unlock a healthier, more active life with fewer setbacks. Ready to start your journey? Contact us today!
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References
- https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/exercise-and-the-heart#:~:text=A%20number%20of%20studies%20have,exercise%20with%20a%20healthy%20diet.
- Elgaddal N, Kramarow EA, Reuben C. Physical activity among adults aged 18 and over: United States, 2020. NCHS Data Brief, no 443. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:120213.
- Clinical Utilization and Cost Outcomes From an Integrative Medicine Independent Physician Association: An Additional 3-Year Update Sarnat, Richard L. et al.Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics, Volume 30, Issue 4, 263 – 269
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- Baliki, M. N., Geha, P. Y., Apkarian, A. V., & Chialvo, D. R. (2008). Beyond feeling: chronic pain hurts the brain, disrupting the default-mode network dynamics. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 28(6), 1398–1403. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4123-07.2008
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- Cambron J, Dexheimer J, Duarte M, Freels S. Shoe orthotics for the treatment of chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2017. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2017.03.028