POSTURE
Is Posture important?
Many of our patients arrive at the McMullin & Stark, Los Alamitos, CA office with an awareness
of their posture, either good or bad. Some say, “I know I slump over
when I sit down”, or “I can see my head sticks out in front of my
shoulders”. As Chiropractors, we are acutely aware of posture and
realize that looking at your posture closely often reveals that bad
posture results from misaligned or subluxated vertebrae.
The structure that supports our whole body is the skeletal system.
Central to that is our spine and skull which protects our brain and
spinal cord. The brain sends nerve impulses down the spinal cord and out
through the nerves. It is this system that controls literally every cell
and tissue of the body. If our spine becomes subluxated, the rest of the
body compensates under control of the brain with a series of tight
muscles strategically cinched up on either side of the neck, back and
pelvis. If the misalignment or subluxation is not corrected the
supporting posture is maintained which can result in a “hunched” back or
unlevel hips, shoulders or skull (seen by the level of the ears).
On the first visit to our office we observe posture and range of motion.
We often check your weight distribution by having you stand on two
separate scales to see if half your weight is on each scale, (for many
people it is not). We often take x-rays to see the exact detail of your
posture, vertebra-by-vertebra. If yours looks like a chiropractic case
similar to what we’ve had success with in the past, we will explain the
cause of the problem and outline the best way to solve it.
In our office we teach our patients to observe their own posture and
that of their family and friends. An easy check is to look at the level
of your ears, your shoulders, and hips or beltline. If you can’t tell,
have someone look at your posture from behind.
Contact :McMullin & Stark
located in Los Alamitos, CA for chiropractic treatment.
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