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How to Avoid Bad Pregnancy Posture Recently, while reading a MedHelp Forum, I came across a question about pregnancy posture: “Does anyone else feel like their posture has gotten bad now that they’re pregnant?” Free Posture Video Crash Course! Discover the crazy, simple 3-step formula that will teach you how to improve your posture and flexibility like a pro. You will learn how to hardwire the habit of good posture, reduce forward head and the secret way to stop slouching. It’s 100% free! I kept my answer pretty basic and this is what I said: “This is certainly a common finding. During pregnancy the hormone relaxin ‘softens’ and relaxes ligaments and the walls of the uterus (a very good thing). Relaxin causes less ‘holding’ in the pelvic joints and this can result in kind of hyper-mobility in joints around the lower back and pelvis, resulting in an altered pelvic position. The most common posture type I see during pregnancy is Swayback Posture – when the normal lumbar lordosis (curve) becomes exaggerated and the pelvis tips too far forward. Often, as a result of the posture being tipped forward, our center of gravity travels forward and the head will also begin to move forward (forward head posture).” Learning how to do a simple rib tuck is helpful. It is of course preferable to work on body posture prior to becoming pregnant, but I realize that in practice this may not always happen. https://youtu.be/-vy3CrZXjYE It’s never too late to improve posture, just a little more challenging when pregnant. What postural changes have you noticed since becoming pregnant? Dr. Paula Moore If you suspect you have a problem with your posture, and you can’t stop slouching, because it hurts when you try, we have got the solution you’ve been waiting for. Posture Videos have been helping people correct their posture for a decade. With millions of people viewing our videos, and +25k enrolled students in 90+ countries around the world, Posture Videos is changing the face (or spine) of online healthcare. We are so glad you are here! Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Logged in as Seowithkhizer. Edit your profile. Log out? Required fields are marked * Message* Previous PostNext Post Related Posts You May Like Are Pillows Really Necessary? March 31, 2025 What Is Postural Sway? March 31, 2025 Dupuytrens Contraction (Contracture) March 31, 2025

Do I Have a Scoliosis – 5 Clinical Signs Scoliosis is a curvature of the spine that causes both the spine and ribcage to rotate. As a result of this, the shoulders, trunk and hips are often asymmetrical. This can lead to muscular and/or joint pain, loss of confidence and early wear and tear, or osteoarthritis. Scoliosis comes from the Greek word skolios, meaning twisted or crooked. There are two types of scoliosis – structural (a fixed curve that doesn’t straighten out when bending) and a non-structural scoliosis (a non-fixed curve that straightens with bending and is often due to a leg length deficiency or poor postural habits). The cause of a large proportion of scoliosis is unknown. Approximately 30% of scoliosis appears due to genetic defect (funny shaped vertebra and rib malformations). Many more girls than boys are diagnosed with scoliosis and are usually between the ages of ten and skeletal maturity (around age 21). Other causes of scoliosis include nerve or muscle disease, infection, radiation, trauma, tumour and arthritic joint disease. If you are interested, you can read a more detailed account in my best-selling book, The Posture Doctor. If you are worried that you or your child may have a scoliosis, there are a few signs you should look for: 5 clinical signs of scoliosis 1. One shoulder is noticeably lower than the other. Look in the mirror or have someone else check from behind. 2. Rib prominence causes your shoulder blade to protrude or one breast appears noticeably larger. 3. One hip may appear elevated with asymmetrical body contours. 4. A noticeable difference (asymmetry) in skin creases appear on your flank. 5. Something just doesn’t look right. I can’t stress this sign enough. So many of my clients come to me asking for a Posture Analysis saying ‘something just doesn’t look right when I look in the mirror.’ Human beings are bilaterians. That means that we are the same (symmetrical) on either side of our central axis or center of gravity. We have two ears, two eyes, two arms, two legs, two kidneys, two ovaries etc. This is nature’s clever design. Symmetry is perceived as being more attractive. Symmetry has been extensively studied in relation to attractiveness and what we do know is that symmetry is a visual cue for attractiveness. Chances are that if you think something is really wrong with your posture (which shows up as body asymmetry) when you look in the mirror, you are probably right, because it makes you feel less attractive. This is why we like ourselves in some photographs but not in others. The photos that catch our differences in symmetry are the images that make us cringe. Free Posture Video Crash Course! Discover the crazy, simple 3-step formula that will teach you how to improve your posture and flexibility like a pro. You will learn how to hardwire the habit of good posture, reduce forward head and the secret way to stop slouching. It’s 100% free! Of course attractiveness is only one of many good reasons to improve our posture. Do you think you have a scoliosis? Please share below. Dr. Paula Moore If you suspect you have a problem with your posture, and you can’t stop slouching, because it hurts when you try, we have got the solution you’ve been waiting for. Posture Videos have been helping people correct their posture for a decade. With millions of people viewing our videos, and +25k enrolled students in 90+ countries around the world, Posture Videos is changing the face (or spine) of online healthcare. We are so glad you are here! Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Logged in as Seowithkhizer. Edit your profile. Log out? Required fields are marked * Message* Previous PostNext Post Related Posts You May Like X-Ray or MRI to Assess Posture? April 2, 2025 Mattress in a Box | Sleepovation Review Dr Paula Moore April 2, 2025 Are Pillows Really Necessary? March 31, 2025

Can Your Posture Change Your Brain? How do you explain how some of us will reach the age of 75 and hit the ski slopes while others of us get moved into a nursing home to live out our golden years, when we all have the same access to food and exercise and health care services? Free Posture Video Crash Course! Discover the crazy, simple 3-step formula that will teach you how to improve your posture and flexibility like a pro. You will learn how to hardwire the habit of good posture, reduce forward head and the secret way to stop slouching. It’s 100% free! Ellen Langer (Harvard Psychologist) did a study on hotel maids. She found the maids reported they did no regular exercise (even though they cleaned 15 rooms a day, scrubbed toilets, pushed vacuums, pulled sheets and regularly walked several flights of stairs). Langer took several measures for fitness and discovered these women scored similar results to those with sedentary lifestyles. But when Langer explained to the hotel maids all the daily exercise they were ACTUALLY getting, those same women decreased their weight and body mass index and lowered their BP by 10%. The only thing that changed was their mindset. If you believe you are healthy your body behaves as a healthy body should. So, if its possible that your thinking changes the health of your body as Langer suggests, then could it be possible for your body to change what you think? Well apparently it is. Power posing Most people believe that our mind can affect our physical state, but can the same be said for the opposite? Can you alter your mindset (or brain) by simply changing your physiology? As a matter of fact, you can. Scientific research, like Amy Cuddy’s, has proven that postural expansiveness or power posing leads to a physical and emotional state of power. Testosterone levels actually increased following periods of power posing and testosterone levels have been shown to influence our success in life. Wow! Let’s use smiling. Most of us probably smile when we have happy thoughts. But could this work the other way around? If you choose to perform the physical action of smiling, you almost strangely feel immediately happier. Try it right now and make the muscles of your face curl up into a great big smile. You feel sort of happy (and silly) don’t you? This is no accident. Your physiology has a direct impact on your emotional state. Your body physiology (in this example, a smile) just changed the way that you feel. So what if your body physiology is bad posture? What is that doing to your daily thoughts? 5 ways to change your brain Let the last thing you see in the mirror each morning be a smile (Tip borrowed from Alexa Fischer) Practice breaking negative thought patterns with a silly movement (For example: ‘I look really fat’ could be interrupted by changing your body posture and doing a silly wiggle in front of the mirror). Take up more space (avoid crossing your legs at the ankle and sit expansively – no need to spread your legs to China, but shoulder width apart is good). Give at least one really good compliment a day and notice the change in posture of those you compliment. Remember thoughts alter posture and altered posture can alter thoughts. Sit long and tall (or better yet, stand and smile) before making difficult phone calls. What brain-changing habits do you use? Dr. Paula Moore If you suspect you have a problem with your posture, and you can’t stop slouching, because it hurts when you try, we have got the solution you’ve been waiting for. Posture Videos have been helping people correct their posture for a decade. With millions of people viewing our videos, and +25k enrolled students in 90+ countries around the world, Posture Videos is changing the face (or spine) of online healthcare. We are so glad you are here! Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Logged in as Seowithkhizer. Edit your profile. Log out? Required fields are marked * Message* Previous PostNext Post Related Posts You May Like Are Pillows Really Necessary? March 31, 2025 What Is Postural Sway? March 31, 2025 Dupuytrens Contraction (Contracture) March 31, 2025

Can A Reversed Neck Curve Cause MS? Recently I attended a conference in London, England: Subluxation, Neurology and Health by Dr Dan Murphy and what I learned about neck posture, may shock you. Why we need spinal curves Early research by Bagnall in the Journal of Anatomy reported that the cervical lordosis (neck curve) begins to develop at just 9.5 weeks in utero and continues to develop when we first begin to hold our heads upright, at the approximate age of 3 months. A newborn’s muscle strength is not sufficient to maintain the head in upright posture. Creating a better mechanical advantage in the neck can compensate for this lack of strength. The forward curving of the neck (lordosis) thus provides new muscle attachments and levers that offer a mechanical advantage, necessary to stabilize and move the head. Reversed neck curves When the ideal neck curve is lost or reversed (cervical kyphosis) – usually through trauma, there are cellular changes within the spinal cord that occur. A 2005 study in the journal Spine, found that: “Progressive kyphosis of the cervical spine resulted in demyelination of nerve fibers,” and that these changes were associated with vascular changes in the spinal cord. Let me explain with a picture. Above you see a cross section of the spinal cord which runs from the base of your brain, down through to the upper portion of your low back. If I were to take a slice out from the cord and look down over the slice, this is what I’d see. Grey and white matter are both types of nerves. The former  made up mostly of cell bodies and is grey in colour and the latter, made up of paler (more white) nerve fibers with their sheaths (covering) called myelin). It is the loss of this myelin that is associated with Multiple Sclerosis. Free Posture Video Crash Course! Discover the crazy, simple 3-step formula that will teach you how to improve your posture and flexibility like a pro. You will learn how to hardwire the habit of good posture, reduce forward head and the secret way to stop slouching. It’s 100% free! In the 2005 study, there was found to be significant correlation between the angle of the kyphosis (how much the neck curve was reversed) and the amount of spinal cord flattening. The greatest compression point was found to be at the apex of the bend (most commonly found on x-ray to be approximately C4-6). The progression of demyelination trauma can cause a reverse neck curve a reversed neck curve compresses the spinal cord compression degrades the anterior spinal artery reduced blood flow leads to demyelination in the anterior (front) spinal cord, which controls motor function loss of motor control found in MS There was severe demylination in the anterior funiculus … which controls posture and muscle tone. Shimizu et al. The conclusion of the study was that a reversed neck curve (a kyphotic deformity) resulted in demyelination of the compressed white matter and affected the front of the spinal cord (supplied by the anterior spinal artery) which controls movement. As compression continued, so did the areas affected in the spinal cord. Posture Analysis One of the reasons that I insist on an x-ray analysis before treatment or exercise programs begin, is because of the potential for a reversed neck curve to influence systemic health. Those of you with forward head posture, neck hump, chronic headaches or neck pain, should get a structural diagnosis (from x-ray) and if warranted, a tailored exercise program should be integrated, to help restore the normal (ideal) neck curve. What is your experience – have you had any of the following signs or symptoms long-term? headaches neck pain visible fatty neck hump significant forward head leaning tingling/numb fingers or hands unexplained muscle weakness difficulty concentrating brain fog Dr. Paula Moore If you suspect you have a problem with your posture, and you can’t stop slouching, because it hurts when you try, we have got the solution you’ve been waiting for. Posture Videos have been helping people correct their posture for a decade. With millions of people viewing our videos, and +25k enrolled students in 90+ countries around the world, Posture Videos is changing the face (or spine) of online healthcare. We are so glad you are here! Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Logged in as Seowithkhizer. Edit your profile. Log out? Required fields are marked * Message* Previous PostNext Post Related Posts You May Like X-Ray or MRI to Assess Posture? April 2, 2025 Mattress in a Box | Sleepovation Review Dr Paula Moore April 2, 2025 Are Pillows Really Necessary? March 31, 2025

Help Trivago Guy Find Posture Doctor Last night I was watching the CBC national evening news and was absolutely inundated by Trivago advertising. Ah, the thrills of North American TV – not! After reading up on the Trivago Guy, it is apparent that he has become somewhat of a scruffy spokesperson for Trivago, helping to build their brand awareness. Well, I looked him up too, so I guess it’s working! Free Posture Video Crash Course! Discover the crazy, simple 3-step formula that will teach you how to improve your posture and flexibility like a pro. You will learn how to hardwire the habit of good posture, reduce forward head and the secret way to stop slouching. It’s 100% free! What really struck me though was the Trivago Guy’s horrible neck posture – poor guy. What’s up with Trivago Man’s neck?  There is a lot wrong with his head and neck posture. I did a mini Posture Analysis on the man: Right shoulder inferior to left (very!) – can suggest scoliosis Head translated or shifted right – his right Neck laterally bent left (his left ear sits lower) This kind of posture pattern in the head and neck could be a compensation for a problem lower down in the pelvis (anatomical short leg for example), but more than likely the Trivago Guy had a past trauma that injured the supportive structures in his neck, causing altered alignment over time. Common traumas include: car or motorbike accident hit on the head fall from a height (includes horses, off bikes, down stairs) The Trivago Man or anyone with this kind of asymmetrical head and neck alignment may experience some of these symptoms: headaches tense, painful shoulders neck pain sinus trouble brain fog tingling hands or fingers depression and/or anxiety difficulty concentrating vertigo Please help Trivago guy find me! What is your experience of head or neck trauma?  Dr. Paula Moore If you suspect you have a problem with your posture, and you can’t stop slouching, because it hurts when you try, we have got the solution you’ve been waiting for. Posture Videos have been helping people correct their posture for a decade. With millions of people viewing our videos, and +25k enrolled students in 90+ countries around the world, Posture Videos is changing the face (or spine) of online healthcare. We are so glad you are here! Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Logged in as Seowithkhizer. Edit your profile. Log out? Required fields are marked * Message* Previous PostNext Post Related Posts You May Like Are Pillows Really Necessary? March 31, 2025 What Is Postural Sway? March 31, 2025 Dupuytrens Contraction (Contracture) March 31, 2025

Posture: Finding The Right Doctor There are very few healthcare professionals who have studied the geometry of the spine in any great detail. Most who learn about posture learn about a low shoulder, the forward head, the sway back, the weak core, but few correlate these observations with what lies beneath – the spine and central nerve system. To understand the running of your car, you wouldn’t make a diagnosis by studying only how the car drives or how it looks on the outside; you would look under the hood at the engine. If you want to understand a long-standing posture issue that refuses to change, you must look to the structure or alignment of the spine. Posture Analysis The only way to fully understand the structure of the spine (regardless how gifted your practitioner is with touch) is to take a picture and study that picture using mathematics. An x-ray or MRI is preferable and a Posture Analysis an excellent option for understanding the bony alignment of your spine and ultimately your body posture. Not everyone needs a Posture Analysis, especially if you have good body symmetry, but if you have had ongoing trouble, despite seeing numerous healthcare practitioners and trying various exercise regimes, then it is more than likely you have a structural problem and may benefit from having an analysis. Free Posture Video Crash Course! Discover the crazy, simple 3-step formula that will teach you how to improve your posture and flexibility like a pro. You will learn how to hardwire the habit of good posture, reduce forward head and the secret way to stop slouching. It’s 100% free! Choosing a practitioner Choosing a healthcare professional to help you with your posture is complicated. Most people out there talking about posture, have no or little experience taking and/or reading/measuring x-rays. So although a personal trainer or fitness instructor may offer great support and a challenging exercise program, it’s important to recognize that they are using a functional approach. Functional vs Structural A functional approach focuses mainly on body function. Daily function and mobility is very important, but it doesn’t address the underlying cause of chronic postural issues – the structural alignment of the body and spine. If you want to understand what has happened to the alignment of your body, it may be wise to choose a healthcare practitioner: who understands spinal structure (ideally radiology was part of their university education) who is a qualified primary healthcare physician/practitioner and not a trainer or therapist or instructor – although I have met many brilliant trainers and therapists! who is trained to offer neurological spinal examinations (MDs, Chiropractors, Osteopaths for example) who challenges you to do the things you say you’ll do, and is not necessarily the most sympathetic Remember, a one-size-fits-all approach is fine, if you have good body symmetry. But for those of you who – despite having tried various treatments and exercise regimes – still have pain and dysfunction, you need a structural solution. Ideally a qualified healthcare practitioner who truly understands spinal alignment. Someone qualified to look under the hood of your car and know how to interpret what they find.   Dr. Paula Moore If you suspect you have a problem with your posture, and you can’t stop slouching, because it hurts when you try, we have got the solution you’ve been waiting for. Posture Videos have been helping people correct their posture for a decade. With millions of people viewing our videos, and +25k enrolled students in 90+ countries around the world, Posture Videos is changing the face (or spine) of online healthcare. We are so glad you are here! Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Logged in as Seowithkhizer. Edit your profile. Log out? Required fields are marked * Message* Previous PostNext Post Related Posts You May Like Are Pillows Really Necessary? March 31, 2025 What Is Postural Sway? March 31, 2025 Dupuytrens Contraction (Contracture) March 31, 2025

Upright Posture and Tetter-Totters Today’s post is all about levers. Remember those from high school physics? If you had to take physics, you definitely covered mechanical levers. If you didn’t but have ever been on a teeter-totter then you will understand the importance of today’s post. Upright posture, works just like a child’s teeter-totter (aka seesaw for those in Europe). In order to balance, the weight of each child needs to be similar. If your head sits directly over top of the spine, then the weight of the head (roughly 10 Ibs) requires little muscular effort from your neck muscles. In other words, when you have good posture, your head sits directly over the fulcrum. Your spine – made up of vertebrae, discs and joints is considered the fulcrum (your center of gravity). Your head needs to sit right on top of your spinal column, or your neck and upper back muscles begin to work overtime, to support the increased load. Let me use a diagram to explain this concept: Forward Head Posture In this example a 10 pound head is the weight, the vertebra is the fulcrum and the muscle contraction is the effort needed to support your head. When the head sits out in front of the body, instead of overtop of the spine where it belongs, we call this forward head posture (fhp). Further Resources >> How do You Correct a Forward Head? Using physics we work out the effort required by multiplying the weight (head) by the lever arm (the distance from the fulcrum) – the forward head measurement. If you have 1 inch of fhp, your muscles require 10 Ibs (10 x 1)of extra effort to maintain your head in this forward position. If you have 2 inches of fhp, your muscles require 20 Ibs (10 x 2) of extra effort. NOW, DO YOU NOW UNDERSTAND WHY YOUR SHOULDERS ACHE?! Body weight If this example the fulcrum once again, is the spine; the weight this time is the extra abdominal fat and the effort, the lower back muscles (the erector spinae muscles). If you are lean, then your body is directly in line over top of your center of gravity – found in the center of the vertebra – and your body is balanced. This requires minimal muscular effort. As your body weight increases, gravity pulls your body forward and down (over tipping your pelvis forward). In order to offset the weight the muscular effort increases, often leading to chronic lower back pain. Short Leg If you have a long history of one-sided lower back pain, you may have an anatomical short leg (as I do). In the above example, the fulcrum is your sacrum (the triangular bone to which your spine anchors). The weight is your leaning body caused by a right-sided short leg (the subject is facing you) and the effort is the increased muscular contraction (in green) of the quadratus lumborum muscle (known as the QL). This is a very common source of one-sided lower back pain. This brought me to see my first Chiropractor in my early 20s. So the moral of this posture story? Upright posture is a first class mechanical lever – to use mechanic’s speak. Postural distortions like forward head posture, being over-weight or having an anatomical short leg  lead to chronic muscular contraction, which leads to tissue ischemia (cut off blood supply), inflammation, fibrosis (scar tissue) and disability – reduced range of motion, inflexibility, chronic pain and eventual wear and tear – aka osteoarthritis. These are only the physical effects. There are also neurological effects. I’ll save that story for another day.  I really want you to understand that poor posture is so much more than how you sit or stand. The effects are very real. You can’t afford to ignore your poor posture for even one more day.   Dr. Paula Moore If you suspect you have a problem with your posture, and you can’t stop slouching, because it hurts when you try, we have got the solution you’ve been waiting for. Posture Videos have been helping people correct their posture for a decade. With millions of people viewing our videos, and +25k enrolled students in 90+ countries around the world, Posture Videos is changing the face (or spine) of online healthcare. We are so glad you are here! 1 Comment SeowithkhizerApril 1, 2025 at 6:56 pm | Edit good post Reply KhizerApril 1, 2025 at 6:54 pm | Edit Your comment is awaiting moderation. very good post Reply Leave a Reply Cancel Reply Logged in as Seowithkhizer. Edit your profile. Log out? Required fields are marked * Message* Next Post Related Posts You May Like X-Ray or MRI to Assess Posture? April 2, 2025 Mattress in a Box | Sleepovation Review Dr Paula Moore April 2, 2025 Are Pillows Really Necessary? March 31, 2025