YOU HAVE GOOD POSTURE – if you back up against a wall and your buttocks, back of
shoulders and back of your head all touch the wall with no forced effort.
IF YOU DON’T – you can change it…you see,
Ligaments have mechano-receptors called golgi bodies…they are responsible for
keeping the ligaments from stretching too much and for resuming previous length
if you will.
But if you stretch ligaments with consistency and duration…after 20 minutes
the golgi bodie “Cry Uncle” and receive a temporary new set point and over
time you can help to dictate proper length of postural ligaments from their
ever shortening journey caused by gravity and sitting.
And remember one of the strongest ligament of your body? It is the Anterior
Longitudinal Ligament, and is positioned in the front of our spine. Over time
with the help of gravity, it gets to be like if you were wearing a tie and bent over
and pinned it to your belt….you couldn’t straighten up if you tried.
We are born with a “C” curve (and without intervention) we blossom with posture
and then make a slow decline back to how we started…in the “C” curve.
PS. Age with poor posture can make one’s appearance in some cases, look older
than reality and one who ages with good posture most often appears younger than
their age which also helps with positive reinforcement of YOU.
Take it slow, undoing the forward leaning posture by a backwards stretch on a
fitness ball, little by little, it will also stretch out your whole body giving it many other
countless gems of health.
Yours in Posture – Coach