How Bad Posture Affects Your Body

Bad Posture Affects Your Body More Than You Realize

Just as your body adapts to a change in climate, altitude, and certain foods you intake, your body adapts to the way in which you carry it. However, your body adapting to improper posture is harmful to your health and well-being.

Poor posture can alter the natural curves of the spine and cause damage to the discs and nerves. As a result, this causes Subluxation throughout the spine.

Livestrong.com explains, “The World Health Organization makes a distinction between medical subluxations and the vertebral subluxation that is used in Chiropractic. The WHO states that medical subluxations display significant structural displacement, which is visible on x-ray, MRI or CT scans, whereas the vertebral subluxation is a syndrome involving inflammation, reduced motion and compromised blood flow and nerve transmission.”

Subluxation from poor posture creates inflammation and pressure on nerves that run through the spine and branch off to the rest of your body. Stress on the nervous system from bad posture has the ability to cause a large range of symptoms throughout the body, from headaches due to a lack of blood flow, to serious deformities such as scoliosis. Many, if not all, of these symptoms, can be treated naturally through Chiropractic care, physical therapy, and massage therapy.

Bad posture sincerely affects your body in an adverse manner. Dr. Richard Keuhn describes posture as the “window to the spine”—which is a key component of how your nervous system functions. Consequently, poor posture can lead to many undesirable effects including decreased circulation, Subluxation, inadequate breathing, fatigue, poor range of motion, bone spurs, disc damage, arthritis, growth and development, nerve constriction, hormone regulation, and the all too common, neck and back pain.

Bad posture can also have major impacts on pregnant women and womb development. Unnecessary force to the musculoskeletal system can cause problems to the fetal spine. Repetitive stress syndrome to the baby may also occur.

Start, and maintain good posture by creating a posture friendly environment at work and home. Be aware of the way in which you hold your body while performing various functions throughout the day. Proper ergonomics has been studied and implemented throughout the world. For tips and instructions on appropriate ergonomics visit The MayoClinic.com for proper at-home lifting techniques and how-to guides on office ergonomics.

“Your posture is the base of your support of standing, sitting and lying down,” Livestrong.com advises. 

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Good posture is essential for maintaining a balanced and supportive frame. It helps protect against injury—providing shock absorption, and preventing various forms of stress and pain.

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