Fortunately, there are ways to manage your posture and maintain good physical alignment. These practices can help keep your bones, joints, muscles, and spine healthy.
Ideal postural alignment causes the least amount of musculoskeletal pain and strain.
Select a class that is conducted on a level that feels comfortable for you.
Many people deal with this type of back pain by getting a massage.
Once you find a qualified therapist with whom you feel comfortable, you may find that relaxing muscles with massage goes a long way toward restoring your postural alignment.
When done properly under the guidance of a qualified, experienced instructor, Pilates may be an excellent way to reduce pain related to posture and alignment issues. With each exercise, Pilates develops strength, flexibility, coordination, and balance. It uses a mind-body approach.
Feldenkrais is about micro-movements. The emphasis is on the way your brain interprets the instructions to perform a specific movement.
The Franklin Method places a lot of attention on becoming an expert at what you do most of the time: sitting, standing, lying, or walking. In the Franklin Method, you learn how the bones move during everyday actions such as bending or walking, and then apply imagery to help improve ease of motion.
The Franklin Method sees imaging as creative, that is, the effects of any one image will vary from person to person. So the process can be open-ended—you find images to which you respond, by noticing the changes they make.
Consider doing stretches while watching television, or paying attention to how you are holding your phone while you’re browsing social media. A little effort to take care of your body can prevent aches and pains later—while building good posture habits.
The format of the lesson is a lot like a coaching session and is aimed at changing the direction your head and neck go when you are not thinking about it. In an Alexander lesson, participants relearn (by doing) ways of moving from sitting to standing. But the focus remains on the neck the whole time
The Alexander teacher is there to guide and remind you to lengthen your neck in a “forward and up” direction, which results in a subtle movement meant to affect your entire spine in a positive way.
