The importance of posture

[Maz]

When my RSI was at its worst I focused pretty much all of my energy on having the perfect posture. No matter how perfect my posture was, my symptoms continued to persist. I thought my having great posture I would reduce my symptoms, but I now understand that worrying about it was what was distracting me from my emotions. I now have terrible posture and continue to be pain free.

But wouldn't you prefer to have a great posture even if you aren't in pain?

 

[Amber]

I try to walk the way I've seen British and German people walk. Their shoulders are back and
they keep their arms and hands behind them which forces the shoulders back.

They often walk with "walking sticks" which were called "staffs" in olden times.
I'm begun walking with a walking stick and like it,
and others may like one because it's a great substitute
for a cane which makes one look and feel older or infirm.

A walking stick makes me look and feel younger and more robust.

I love that! I have been curling my shoulders down from Tension (the family with 5 horrendously loud kids that just moved in nextdoor ). So 2 days ago when walking on the beach, I put my hands behind my back and it felt soooo good and took lots of the tension and pain away! Thanks soooo much.