Importance of Proper Posture
Aside from looking bad, an improper posture can lead to pain and other negative long term effects on your body. Maintaining a proper posture while standing, walking, or sitting is very important for the health of your bones, joints, ligaments, and muscles. Maintaining a proper posture during pregnancy can help avoid common aches and pains, as well as keep the mother and baby more comfortable. Proper Posture helps keep bones, joints, and ligaments aligned so that the muscles are able to work properly, and to avoid misuse, which can lead to pain. Maintaining a proper posture prevents fatigue, strain, overuse, and muscular pain. During pregnancy, a woman’s posture changes due to different factors: -Growing belly shifts weight forward and alters center of gravity -This may cause undercorrection or overcorrection of posture -Hormones cause joints and ligaments to loosen -This may cause incorrect posture due to end range changes -Women may adapt different postures to offset pressure on other joints -Various aches and pains alter how a woman stands and walks -Depending on where the pain is, women may adapt pain avoidance postures Expand for visuals and Posture Correction
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Elina Skripochnik PT, DPT, CSCSElina is a Physical Therapist with experience in women's health and pediatrics. She aims to educate women on the importance of becoming and staying active during pregnancy, as well as to provide safe and easy exercises that can be done throughout pregnancy and beyond. Archives
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