Bodies in their most efficient posture, experience better circulation, more effective respiration and, as a result, better distribution of the nutrients your body needs.
Poor posture, on the other hand, causes fatigue, as well as chronic aches and pains
As our lower backs are key to healthy postures and bodily support, poor posture is nowhere more apparent than it is in the back. Also, poor posture is at the root of many other health problems due to the numerous additional efficiencies it introduces throughout all the systems of our bodies.
Fixing problems with our postures may appear hopeless. They feel completely natural to us, even if we are told that they are inefficient and unhealthy. As if that weren’t bad enough, the very changes that are supposed to make things better also seem to tire us even more, and how can we fight fatigue by doing things that only make us more tired? If the very things that can help us feel very abnormal, and only worsen things, how can we ever improve? Fortunately, there is a powerful secret which can eliminate both the pain and the perceived effort quickly, naturally and without as much effort as you might at first think.
Poor posture is a quite common issue, and can be seen to some extent in almost anyone. The biggest cause is muscles that are either weak, or tensed to the point of causing fatigue.
There are two recommended treatments
The easy way employs a posture corrector to force your body into an efficient posture. By supporting your body more efficiently, it tires less easily and the fatigue toxins that cause pain slowly vanish. The more difficult treatment solves the problem on a more fundamental level by strengthening the weak muscles and relaxing those that are tense.
Posture correctors are a great short-term solution, providing the body the support it requires in a way that demands little effort. Also, posture correctors are often recommended by your doctor, another appealing reason for considering their use. In fact, posture correctors are a great deal like training wheels. They’re a great way to begin learning how to ride a bike, but training wheels must eventually come off so you’ll learn to ride naturally.
Unfortunately, posture correctors have many associated problems, ultimately making them a highly unsuitable solution for almost all postural problems. Posture correctors weaken the very muscles that you must strengthen if you hope to ever have better posture. Over time and with regular use, other muscles weaken as well, making your problems even worse. Soon you’ll find your pain increased when the brace is removed, and you’ll likely associate your posture corrector with health and well-being. In essence, you’ve become dependent on the brace, and you’ll truly never be without pain as long as it is used.
Strengthening the muscles required to support back posture is a much better solution. At first this will be painful and tiresome, but you can make a great deal of progress toward strengthening these muscles in as few as ten minutes per day. Because these muscles are fairly small, they should strengthen more rapidly, and as they do your pain will lessen.
In summary
Posture correctors may represent a great short-term solution, though they should never be relied upon as a permanent fix as they create dependence and new problems. An exercise program, on the other hand, can resolve the problems permanently. It is fairly quick, requires little effort and can have you on a path to a pain-free back in no time.
