Postural Assessment
Poor posture….. What is it? What causes it?
There are various reasons why one might develop poor posture. There are physical stresses imposed on our bodies during:
- Sport (over-training/over developing muscles or muscle groups)
- Ocupational or General Lifestyle Activities (sitting at a desk or in a car driving all day)
- Emotional and Psychological Stress
- Physical Injury
These activities and stresses place a variety of strains upon our skeleton and soft tissues (muscles, tendons and ligaments). As a result, our bodies adapt to best cope with and manage it’s effects by adopting certain identifiable ways and positions we stand and walk etc (i.e. posture). This in turn triggers a chain reaction in the body where some muscles will become tight and short and their opposing (antagonistic) muscles becoming stretched and weak. This muscular imbalance can lead to an increased propensity to injury or common ailments such as headaches, back pain and other joint problems.
It follows that if we can identify and analyse poor posture we can address the long term correction or management of it in our training programmes. We use our expertise in anatomy, physiology and observational skills to take you through a thorough and comprehensive assessment which comprises of a series of easy and painless functional tests of strength and flexibility. The results from which allow us to assess and identify which muscles/muscle groups have become short and tight and which have lengthened and weakened.
Here at rejuvenating, we provide, in conjunction with the specialised techniques within Sports Massage Therapy, a specific and comprehensive rehabilitation programme, restoring muscular balance and normal posture and alleviating any problems associated with it.