The Best Exercises for Posture Problems (From La Cañada Chiropractors)
The best (and safest) exercises for posture problems, from doctors who treat it every day at Flintridge Family Chiropractic in La Cañada Flintridge.
If you've Googled "best exercises for posture problems," you've probably seen a dozen conflicting lists. Here's what our doctors actually give patients — and, just as importantly, what we tell them to stop doing.
Posture is habit, not personality. The muscles and joints that hold your head, shoulders, and hips in alignment can be retrained at any age.
Rule #1: Move the Stiff Joints, Stabilize the Loose Ones
Most people with posture problems intuitively stretch the area that hurts. The problem is that the painful area is often the unstable segment — it's already moving too much. Stretching it more can make things worse. The area you actually need to work on is usually the joint above or below.
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Exercises That Usually Help Posture Problems
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