The DIYPT Posture Exercise
Each one of us has a unique way in which we hold ourselves up against gravity while sitting, standing, and walking. Like John Wayne, some of us are distinguished by our way of moving. At my father’s work, they referred to his stance as “The Pete lean” In fact, once when I stopped by my dad’s office and I was standing in the waiting room, his colleague came up and asked me if I was related to Pete DelVecchio. I said, “how did you know” and he replied, “you stand just like him”. That was before I herniated a couple of discs simply bending over to pick up a tissue, and before I became responsible for my alignment.
Though unique as they may be, our different ways of moving, sitting or standing are often part of the root cause of pain and injury. Herniated or bulging discs, back strains, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, sciatica, osteoarthritis, bursitis, rotator cuff tears or tendonitis, carpal tunnel, knee wear and tear, plantar fasciitis and so many other common diagnoses are all biomechanical breakdowns resulting from mal-alignment. It is true that a traumatic accident or force could also result in any of the above; nonetheless, most injuries are a result of subtle and cumulative micro-trauma that one day gives way into a pain that gets your attention.
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