POSTURE TIP
Our head and pelvis are the two attachment sites for your spine. Due to their importance in how the spine translates movement, they can be used as points of control to achieve upright posture.
Notice that leaning your pelvis backwards leads to your head coming forwards. This occurs automatically as a result of the change in mobility through the spine. This means that if one end of the spine is out of whack, it leads to all the curves of the spine being stressed in an unnatural manner (i.e. compression and pain!).
- Sit sideways facing a mirror and position your pelvis so that it is upright and you are sitting tall on your sit bones. Notice where your head is in relation and the effort it took to achieve this stunning posture!
- Now, form a new habit and you're on your way!
Tension headaches gotcha down?
Where is it coming from?
- temporal: the muscle on our foreheads tend to spasm up with tension headaches.
- temporo-mandibular joint: maybe you hold your tension in your jaw...this is the junction where your chin bone meets the skull, right under the earlobe.
- occipital: this is around the hairline at the base of the skull
Next time you are suffering, pinpoint which of these areas are causing you the most grief and instead of digging your fingers in to alleviate the spasms, gently rub your knuckles in a circular motion over the area while taking 5-10 deep breaths and keeping your eyes closed. Gentle massage is sometimes more effective in alleviating muscle spasms than deep tissue work! What are you waiting for!? Give it a go!
Any tips you use on yourself you want to share with us today!?
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7 comments:
I read an article in Mens Health stating that the perfect angle of you spine, where there is the LEAST stress placed up on it, is in the 135 degree angle with your back and hips. In other words, the chair is the worst thing that happened to us. Have you heard about this?
Parth-- not sure I understand what you are saying, could you email me that article if it's available online?
TMJ pain is usually from excessive clenching of the teeth. If you decide it needs treatment, do reversible things first.
I think stress and posture go hand in hand. The way we slouch and lean creates pain. thanks for the tips Rupal.
As soon as I saw the title of this post I straightened up.
Thanks for improving my posture ;)
I really need to work on this wether sitting down or standing up. Thanks for the reminder.
People think I grew since I straightened up. LOL
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