Core exercises – Case Study
Six months ago a patient of mine brought her 15 year old son in to see me with dorsal pain (pain between the shoulder blades). He had the worst posture I had ever seen in a normal adolescent. He was very tall 1.88cm and thin with a severe slumping posture. After a couple of treatment sessions sorting out his pain between the shoulders I gave him our clinics core exercise program to do after explaining to his mother that his serious postural problem needed to be addressed as a posture this poor could have a marked impact on him in later years. I photographed him and as you can see below his posture was very, very slumped.
The core exercise program at Peverell Chiropractic clinic is simple to do and extremely effective. The pictures above show this. Remember if these simple exercises can actually alter your posture how much strengthening must they be doing to your core muscles which support your spine….Answer – A tremendous amount.
Please view our video demonstrating these exercises http://www.peverellchiropracticclinic.co.uk/videos/
How best to sit at the table to reduce stress on your back
When sitting make sure your back is against the chair and you are tucked right up to the table, this helps to support your back and reduces the stress on it. For any further information about back pain visit:
Sleep….Does and Don’ts
Don’t sleep on your stomach. Sleeping on your stomach causes you to put excess stresson the neck for hours at a time resulting in strain to the small joints of the neck. It also increases the curve in your lumbar spine putting stress on the joints and ligaments of the low back. Over time this can cause permanent damage. Try sleeping on your side with a pillow or the duvet tucked between your knees.
