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Forget perfect posture – this matters more

Written by Janne SakkinenOMT Physical Therapist, University InstructorUpdated 2024-07-24
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Argues that there is no single "correct" posture — citing large cohort research showing no correlation between spinal curves and pain — and that consistent movement matters far more than static alignment.

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What is good poster really? Probably you have heard the stories when you were younger that you need to be in certain alignment from the front and the from the side lumbar and chest and the neck curve should be somewhere bui or in midline that you would be normal. Frankly there is a loads of variations from the lumbara curve to thoratic curve to cervical curve and it doesn't matter in all we have this cohort 66 and 86 where the n is 10,000 so 10,000 peoples are participating that study the purpose of the study is to find the things what effect on the health in the long run and they have gained a loads of MRIs and uh pictures wait when they sumize the pictures findings for example those lumbar curves do they equal pain there is no correlation good poster is not static or stiff the most important thing about for the uh common health is to get the moving going all the time once you start moving your body you will going to be good but when you lose ability to move Then you are on the rocky road and your uh physical capabilities goes down really hard. There is no one single good poster because the anatomy on the background and everyday activities and our work and our free time activities also affect on the poster.

What good posture enables? It enables moving and breathing. If we think about the diaphragma muscle, so that is the big muscle underneath our chest cavity. When we inhale, the diaphragma needs to glide down making space for the lower bottom of the lungs to be filled up.

If we are sitting in really forward bent position then the pressure from the abdominis area comes to top and then during that the diaphragma cannot glide downwards and then we are starting to restrict the breathing and after that when we are not able to change the air to carbon oxide then we are getting into the trouble. So we need to get the inhalation to bed. Then we are using the accessory muscles in the neck area scalinous muscles what start increasing the capacity of the lungs. So we want to be in that way that it's easy to breathe and easy to move.

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Argues that there is no single "correct" posture — citing large cohort research showing no correlation between spinal curves and pain — and that consistent movement matters far more than static alignment.

Q: How are the instructions in "Forget perfect posture – this matters more" applied to cervical and musculoskeletal rehabilitation?

The video demonstrates specific movement patterns and clinical exercise progressions: What is good poster really? Probably you have heard the stories when you were younger that you need to be in certain alignment from the front and the from the side lumbar and chest and the neck curve should be somewhere...

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If symptoms relating to "Forget perfect posture – this matters more" persist for more than 1–2 weeks, interfere with sleep or daily function, an in-person OMT evaluation is recommended to identify the root cause and ensure proper rehabilitation.

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