| Recognize your bad posture and correction is sure | | | | going to change how your posture looks. A |
| to follow. Too often I find that most people don't | | | | posture support or a posture belt may alleviate |
| even know they have bad posture. We're not | | | | symptoms initially, but they won't change your |
| talking about a little bit of bad posture either. | | | | bad posture and correction is just not something |
| Maybe when pain starts or they see a particularly | | | | they were designed to do. |
| startling photo of themselves, they'll see things in | | | | Start off with just recognizing where you're |
| a different way. Until then, bad posture is just | | | | having the posture problem. Sitting? Standing? |
| someone else's problem. | | | | Standing up tall is surely something you can try |
| Bad posture starts early in life and can have | | | | and remember. "When I stand up, I will remember |
| some bad things associated with it. Maybe your | | | | to have good posture." This works okay as long |
| mom was always yelling at you about it, or | | | | as you're not required to stand for very long |
| maybe you were very tall and you were looking | | | | periods of time. |
| to hide this fact, or perhaps as a young woman | | | | Sitting is another matter altogether. You can sit in |
| your chest started to develop and you found that | | | | very comfortable, but bad for your posture |
| slouching brought less attention to them. | | | | chairs. You can sit in very good for your posture, |
| Regardless of how it all began, most bad posture | | | | but not very comfortable chairs that you're not |
| can still be corrected. There's just a lot of | | | | ready for yet. You can become more ready to |
| information to sort through out there and you | | | | sit in these types of chairs once your muscles get |
| have to start looking somewhere. This is why I'm | | | | stronger. |
| thrilled (and you should be too) that you at least | | | | Take these first steps and you'll end up at the |
| recognize that not only is this something you need | | | | same conclusion most people do... you're going to |
| to deal with, but you're actually seeking out | | | | have to strengthen those posture muscles if you |
| information to do something about it. | | | | hope to have any chance of long term benefits |
| Continue to hide your spine or worrying about isn't | | | | of changing your posture for good. |