Anyone who is going through Egoscue University to become a Posture Alignment Specialist (PAS) or Advanced Exercise Therapist (AET), attending The National Posture Institute to become a Certified Posture Specialist (CPS), taking classes at the American Posture Institute to become a Certified Posture Expert (CPE), anyone wanting to become a Certified Posture Exercise Professional (CPEP) from PostureZone.com, or someone attending the Posture Restoration Institute with the goal of being Posture Restoration Certified (PRC) needs to understand posture. Anyone doing postural alignment analysis needs to understand what good, correct, or ideal posture looks like, what common posture imbalances are, and what causes those posture imbalances.
What can looking at someone's posture tell us about their movement, function, and chance of injury?
Look at the picture below and think about how this person's posture is going to affect her life.
Put your answers to the following questions in the comments section below this post to start a discussion about this posture and how it is affecting this client.
What can looking at someone's posture tell us about their movement, function, and chance of injury?
Look at the picture below and think about how this person's posture is going to affect her life.
Put your answers to the following questions in the comments section below this post to start a discussion about this posture and how it is affecting this client.
From this picture can you predict with any certainty what the rest of her posture looks like?
If yes, what do you predict and why?
If no, why not?
What injuries might she be susceptible to based on what you see of her posture in this photo? Why?
What would you have this client do to improve her posture and why?
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If yes, what do you predict and why?
If no, why not?
What injuries might she be susceptible to based on what you see of her posture in this photo? Why?
What would you have this client do to improve her posture and why?
Related articles/videos:
10 design perfections in the human body
Bad posture equals bad form
Stop youth sports injuries
You don't have to play the blues
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