Posture is the coordination and positioning of our body parts like our head, arms and feet against the forces of gravity. When a part of the body is moved, our posture changes with it. Typically our posture while sitting, standing or while laying down creates a body language. Our body language which is nonverbal can reflect our health condition, or our mental condition or attitude.
Whether at work or rest proper back posture is a balance of our bones and muscles working together to support and prevent injury to our body. The opposite like a hunched back posture is considered bad. Bad posture generally causes increased stress on the joints and effects muscles low back pain and causes other symptoms which can leads to potential damage and changes to the surrounding tissues.
Our body operates like a machine that is linked together by its parts. When there is a problem with one of its parts the entire body tries to compensate for this particular problem.
Examples::
Upper back neck and shoulder pain can be caused by the head leaning too far forward or rearward in front of a computer. Because the computer is such an integral part of of our modern life, safety concern for computer ergonomics and guidelines for an ergonomic computer desk and office environment have become more important subjects regarding posture wellness.
Causes of lower back and hip pain can be causes by the muscles becoming stiff from the use of a traditional office task chair that lacks workplace ergonomics posture support.
Causes of poor posture
over reliance on off-balanced support from a non-ergonomic task chair
poor posture habits—the person does not maintain a correct posture
emotional factors, self-respect issues
general deterioration of the bodies framework
weakness or damage in the body parts
overweight
loss of the ability to maneuver the body
muscle fatigue low back pain
respiratory conditions
Posture Correction
Corrective ergonomics posture excercises:
Massage (including alternative executive office chair with heat massage) stretching; strengthening exercises; supportive measures to treat ligaments, bones, and nerves; cold therapy techniques and chiropractic care are great exercises to improve posture and should be seriously considered.