My Posture Story

I came into chiropractic 20 years ago. I was living in Toronto and suffering daily headaches after a minor road traffic accident. I found Dr Brian Sher (a burly hunk of a man) and his chiropractic adjustments made my headaches disappear.

I was so impressed  that  I up and left Canada (and my then relationship) to study chiropractic in the UK. I graduated in 2001 (3 degrees in the bag). There was one issue, one bugbear, one total frustration throughout my chiropractic training and many years that followed. I hated my posture. No matter what I did, I could not shift my forward head posture. This drove me to distraction. I was ashamed to be a chiropractor with bad posture. This is me in 2006 at the opening of my chiropractic clinic. I’m embarrassed to show you.

I tried everything. I qualified with a fellowship in the Chiropractic Biophysics (CBP)- a qualification only a handful of UK chiropractors have. I had x-rays taken of my own neck and back and they horrified me even more as they confirmed what I thought: I had horrible neck posture. I was worried I would have posture like MY MUM (I love my mum).

I must have attended every seminar going on posture. I trained with top posture experts like Professor Stuart McGill. I learned about techniques inside and outside of chiropractic and still my forward head posture plagued me. I woke one morning and I looked at my posture in the mirror (something I was accustomed to doing daily). This day I saw something different. The penny dropped. How could I have been so stupid? All along I’ve have been telling my patients to look at the whole. To understand that they didn’t have a low back problem, a shoulder problem,  a knee problem but a problem with their body as 1 whole. I had forgotten my own Golden Rule.

This moment may just have changed my life (cue the violins) because it was at this moment I began creating PostureVideos. I wanted to teach the secrets to great posture and ageing well. I decided I only want to work with people who want to be well. Really well, not just quick fix out of pain. I decided to help people by creating videos so they could learn what I know.

So this is me. I help people regain confident, youthful posture so they age well.  As my videos grow in popularity, I have begun creating programs and products. My posture obsession is now my full-time devotion-PostureVideos.