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“The IPT Posture Exercise”, Our Gift to
Your Health
Posture What?
 Most of you have been told at one time
in your life to, “Stand up straight”
have you not? Or
perhaps you have had the thought that
your posture is not so good, and you had
an intention to correct it, yet didn’t
quite follow through. Perhaps your back
or neck pain begs you to sit and stand
correctly. And did you know that feet,
knee and hip pain; as well as rotator
cuff injury’s, shoulder – elbow – wrist
tendonitis and many other musculo-skeletal
problems have their origin and their
remedies in understanding proper
alignment and posture?
Yes, Posture Therapy!
Actually we like to refer to it as
Postural Therapy and it can lead to
pain relief and healthier bodies.
However, it is not simply a matter of
sticking your chest out tall every now
and then. Rather it is learning about
the body’s ideal position and then how
to use your muscles in a balanced way to
achieve and sustain that posture.
The Not Too Technical Reasons…
The health and integrity of your
tissues, joints and spine depend upon
the balanced forces placed upon them.
Think of it this way: if the tire axle
on your vehicle is off, then after a
while everything in the system is worn
down prematurely. The bearings, the ball
joints, the tire tread is all in
tension, worn down and worn out. It is
no longer a smooth ride.
This is exactly the same scenario with a
body. We can call the spine (the core)
or the axle for the whole system. For
the body to move easefully and smoothly,
the axle or spine/pelvis must be in
proper alignment. However, if there is
muscle tightness or weakness anywhere in
the body then this will ultimately
change the position of the spine; and
then the whole body works under tension
to compensate. At first, it may seem
like no big deal. But with time, the
damage adds up. If there is weakness say
on the front part of the joint compared
to the back side causing the forces of
motion on the “ball joints” to be off,
then the wear and tear occurs. This
could be cartilage wear and tear, disc
deterioration, joint capsule
injury-inflammation, osteo-arthritis
formation (bone spurs, also known as
degeneration) or ligament/tendon
inflammation (sprains or tendonitis).
The list of consequent injury
possibility is countless.
Did you know that studies
indicate more than 70 percent of adults
suffer back pain at some time in their
lives? One report quoted 8 out of every
10 people has some form of back pain. A
2004 Duke Medical study showed that back
pain patients consume more than $90
billion annually in health-care
expenses, with approximately 26 billion
of that amount directly attributable to
treating the back p ain.
One has to wonder, with such a high
prevalence of debilitating back pain and
so much money going out, why it is that
our medical doctors, school systems,
work places and health care are not
educating us all on prevention of this
epidemic, and teaching us proper
management of our bodies so we can avoid
such pain?
We here at IPT don’t know the full
answer to that question. We do know
however, that chronic poor posture and
alignment is one of the leading causes
of back pain. And weakness, tightness
and muscular imbalances, as well as poor
standing and sitting habits, cause much
of the poor posture. And, it can be
corrected today!
The good news is prevention and healing
begins with understanding and some
attention. The healthy long lasting
vitality of our tissues and bones
depends upon the structure’s proper
alignment (bio-mechanical integrity).
Integrative Physical Therapy (IPT) is
dedicated to educating, assessing and
offering this crucial postural therapy.
There are some quick and easy answers to
being in correct alignment with good
posture, and you should know them. Let
IPT equip you with the knowledge you
need to support your health.
Get “The IPT Posture Exercise” FREE, on
Friday June 22nd from 8:00am to 1:00pm
at Integrative Physical Therapy: 1
Barney Rd (The Barney Road Clubhouse
building) in Clifton Park.
Seniors,
children, athletes, mothers, office
workers, manual laborers…no one should
miss this opportunity to be healthy
through motion and posture.
Please
call ahead to reserve a time slot:
373-0735.
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