Your Mother was Right

I don't know about you, but for most of my life I have listed to my mother say, "Stand tall, chest out", "Don't slump", "You'll get round shouldered".

I am sure I am not the only one who has heard words similar to these.  As much as I hate to admit it, though, she was right!!

I spend a good part of my day explaining to people how posture can affect their lower back pain, hip pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, etc.  In fact, I plan to spend the next few posts focusing on this very idea - posture as it relates to pain in different parts of the body.

So, what is ideal posture?  It is the middle example in the figure below.