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Posture Information | Straight Back Posture

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If your goal is to develop a straight back posture, you should know that your spine is supposed to have curves. Your neck and low back have the same kind of curve, called the lordotic curve.

Your mid back (also called your thoracic spine) has a kyphotic curve. Kyphosis has gotten a bad name, because it's associated with the dowager hump, really a hyperkyphosis. That is, too much of a kyphosis.

The opposite extreme is to develop a straight back posture, one that has lost the normal curve of the mid back. You don't want this either, called hypokyphosis. 

Your spine has curves to help you resist gravity properly, to help your spine act as one big shock absorber. If your spine is in its optimal position, your body's strain from gravity is minimal.

The more your spine moves forward, loses it's curves, or gets too much curve, the worse your posture and the greater the amount of strain and pressure on spinal joints and discs.

Let's not aim for straight back posture when seeking to improve posture. Just aim for strong postural muscles that can keep you standing up straight looking your best. 

 

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