How To Improve Your Body Posture

Most people are not aware that their body posture has a significant impact on their physical and psychological wellbeing. When your posture is good, you sit and move with more confidence, feel healthy and have an overall positive attitude. Unfortunately, once we enter teenage, we start neglecting the advice our parents and teachers instilled into us. Once bad postural habits set in, chronic shoulder and back pains become a part of life by we hit our thirties. Besides health issues, improper posture can also impact your self esteem and your social life and activities.

The human body is a dynamic system, it constantly shapes and modifies itself according to the stress it is subjected to. Bad posture, if not corrected early, can cause permanent bone and tissue deformities. Muscular and bone degradation, weakness, impaired organ function and chronic pain are some of the consequences of these deformations. Major postural issues sometimes even have to surgically corrected.

However, if your case is not that severe, you can surely benefit from regular exercise. Basically, bad posture is a matter of habit more than anything else. And correcting it is about undoing those habits. First and foremost, strengthen your core muscles that provide support to your entire body. Mainly the back, neck, abdominal and shoulder muscles. When starting with the exercises take it light and slow and consult your physician before you begin the program. Free body exercises are best for beginners, graduate to weights only when you are comfortable pushing against your body weight.

For conditioning your body to a neutral and effective posture you can also try wearing posture corrective brace. In its simplest form, a posture corrector brace is a wearable device that forces your body to maintain a particular posture, i.e. it prevents bending by providing support. You'll benefit from posture corrective braces only when you wear them for the prescribed period regularly, and for the recommended time period. Additionally, you can also use postural exercises for better and faster results.

Posture corrective braces are comfortable to wear and are relatively inexpensive. Moreover, you can wear them under your clothes, they are not conspicuous. Braces are use and size specific, there are separate shoulder braces and back braces, you can choose as per your requirement. Don't forget to consult your doctor before you start wearing a posture corrector brace.