phyncke

So I have been doing chiro treatments all week and yesterday my doc (she is a doctor of chiropractedness or whatever it is) analyzed my posture to see if that might be the root of the current back and neck tension/pain. Well slap my ass and call me Betty! It sure as hell was!

I am a sloucher. I slouch forward and my head and neck go forward. It is common for those of us who are on the computer of course. We tend to lean into the monitor and strain our necks. This can cause all sorts of problems.

So we did the elocution thing and she corrected my posture. Shoulders and head back, spine straight. And slap my tush agin again, I felt 80% of the pain and tension leave the enflamed areas. This actually really *bleeping* works. She said I should visualize the shoulder blades touching together in my back, really get my shoulders back...and then I would be about right.

She advised using my break software as a check in about the posture thing. Everytime I do my stretches, I realign my slouchy self so that I am sitting upright and aligned. I feel the tension and pain leave and I try and keep myself straight.

So check yourself and your posture...you will avoid injury this way.