| Some well-meaning adults may have told you | | | | vertebrae of the lower back. A good compromise |
| more than once to sit up or stand up straight to | | | | is to use a lumbar support cushion like the ones |
| make a nice impression and they were right. | | | | chiropractors recommend. Use a back support |
| Then, they went about telling you how to sit and | | | | cushion to sit up straight, to make a great |
| stand, and did a lot of harm! Read this article and | | | | impression and protect the discs that are prone |
| find out how to stand and sit correctly. If you | | | | to damage through sedentary lifestyles. |
| stand and sit well, you will become more | | | | Your Mom Was Wrong! |
| attractive and avoid damaging your spine. | | | | If your mother told you to hold your shoulders |
| Our past presidents understood the power of | | | | back and stick your chest out, she was very |
| posture. The most charismatic ones developed a | | | | wrong. This distorts the spine and causes the |
| presence that electrified rooms when they | | | | muscles on both sides of the middle back to |
| entered. They appeared larger than life because | | | | develop knots. Scientists and doctors call these |
| of the way they stood and moved. They | | | | knots "trigger points." Habitually tightened muscles |
| attracted people because the way they moved, | | | | create pain as they force vertebrae of the spine |
| told the world they had a special quality. | | | | out of alignment. Many people push their shoulders |
| Two examples of how posture communicates to | | | | so far back they look pretentious. If you were |
| the world our identity are former Presidents | | | | told to stick your chest out, don't! Let your |
| Clinton and Nixon. Clinton's posture is impeccable. | | | | shoulders hang like two wet overcoats on hooks. |
| Even when his presidency was under siege and | | | | Relax, and draw your head slightly back as you lift |
| threatened by scandal, he seemed poised. When | | | | your chin about a quarter of an inch. If you're |
| Nixon was challenged however, he could not help | | | | unsure you're doing this right, ask your |
| but show the world how distressed he was. He | | | | chiropractor. Chiropractors are experts in body |
| cowered and every movement and gesture | | | | mechanics and posture. A little coaching from a |
| revealed resentment toward anyone who | | | | doctor of chiropractic can have you looking and |
| questioned him. He kept his shoulders hunched up | | | | feeling much better. |
| and looked uneasy. In the end Clinton lost little, | | | | Everyday at my center I work with clients on |
| and Nixon, everything. | | | | their posture and in seconds I can enhance their |
| Posture is that powerful. Like a magnet it can | | | | impact on others. Just a slight shift in the head or |
| attract or repel. Here are some do's and don'ts to | | | | shoulders will change how the world treats that |
| create a dynamic image that people will find | | | | person. People judge us by what they see and |
| themselves attracted to. | | | | treat us accordingly. |
| Recent studies of the lower back show that | | | | If you are at all concerned about the impression |
| workers who sit leaning back, actually have | | | | you're making on people, or wonder if you're |
| healthier spines. It seems that sitting upright puts | | | | standing or sitting correctly, call a local doctor of |
| great stress on the discs that separate the | | | | chiropractic and schedule a "postural analysis. |