If you have good posture and no one has ever said to you : "Do not slouch , straighten your back! " - Do not think that you can’t read the article further. You will find a interesting test to check whether a stoop . Check yourself ! Is it time to start preventive exercises to maintain or improve your posture?
Today we continue our series of articles on posture , namely, today we will touch on the position of the upper back and shoulders. I know for myself that it is a problem for many! I'm also not escaped this fate because of his height . It has now turned out that the 168 cm - this is not the growth model , and there was nothing to try and complexes appear below. And then ... I wanted so much to be small in stature ! It was only later , with age, I realized that it is better to be high , and people with short stature problems much more! But the deed was done , and my back just froze hunched position. We had to do something! I walked with books on the head with a stick over his shoulder, carried out various exercises for the back of the fitness facilities , but as soon as I stopped to control their posture - everything came back to normal. What's the problem ?
What makes a man hunched over when he offered to straighten up ? That's right, tries to stretch and expand the shoulders. In the end, it moves from a first position (see image) - the third, straightens his shoulders, taking them back, that too is not true. Before giving the basic exercises from the stoop, the loan has a moment of your attention. So ...
The weight of our head about 5 pounds, and shoulders should hold the weight safely , without strain, and chest should remain the expanded .
You know that the position of the shoulders is very important for a beautiful face! Even the most beautiful eyes in the world will not attract attention to himself, if the shoulders are drawn back or hang on. Right?
In fact the shoulders must be aligned with the back ( not front and rear!).
To understand whether you have the correct shoulder position will help a little test.
Test to determine the stoop (or a predisposition to it):
Lie on the floor, legs bent at the knees and placing the foot on the floor. His head rests on the floor, arms along the body and also lie on the floor.
Now look, there are and your shoulders on the floor? If the arms are raised and not touching the ground, then turn your hands palms down, fingers and describe a semi-circle hands , fingers gliding across the floor. Reaching a peak , take a deep breath and hold it by stopping movement of the hands. Exhale and relax your arms and shoulders. Do not make any effort to ensure that the lower the shoulders - otherwise there is tension in the back of the neck and upper back. It is the accumulation of stress may experience pain in the area, headaches, breathing problems and even digestion.
Or you can spend here is the test whether you need the exercise of the stoop:
So, to make the shoulders flexible enough to hold them in place without any effort on our part to prevent the accumulation of stress in the body, I propose to perform in front of the mirror a little exercise to help you understand how the upper back can straighten themselves without any effort on your part.
Correction stoop - stoop to exercise:
- Stand before the mirror. Starting position: right thigh in the position, and the foot parallel to each other, one foot slightly in front of the other. Keep your back loose, do not try to straighten it and straighten your shoulders back. Notice, in what position are your shoulders and back.
- Allot right arm back and forth (up to 8 times) , trying each time to hand movement was more sweeping.
- We perform the same hand wide circles - just first back, then forward. Rotate the hand to light tingling in the fingers . Do not pinch your fingers into a fist, on the contrary - rastopyrte them .
- Now do all the movements of his left hand. Do not forget to make a circular motion until a tingling sensation in the fingers! Breathe evenly.
- Raise the hands up and shake the brush to the blood drained from them by the shoulders.
- Change the position of the feet and spend the whole cycle again exercise.
- Now look at the position of the shoulders and back. Small enough effort to ensure that the upper part of the back straight, on its own! Remember this position : the back is straight through the correct position of the spine, but not at the expense of shoulder abduction back!
How to fix a slouch exercise? But one of the exercises from the stoop will not be enough to fix the stoop and make your beautiful posture, if for many years used to be your back is hunched . But there is another perfectly working.
