Postural Assessment and Treatment
What does Posture have to do with
Pain?
Just for a moment think of a body as a baseball bat being held upright at the handle. We're imagining that the feet are like the thin handle at the bottom and the head is at the top. It's not difficult to hold such a bat upright with one hand (as long as you make small adjustments to keep it perfectly vertical). However, if you now tilt the bat off the vertical even slightly it takes much more effort to keep the bat from falling over. Our bodies are designed to keep all the weight directly in-line over our feet, in order to minimize the amount of energy needed to stand upright. In other words, there's a reason why Nature wants us to have good posture.
Unfortunately, our lifestyles today don't always help our bodies to develop with good posture - perhaps because we are too often sitting at a desk or because we are doing some repetitive activity without proper concern for its impact on our bodies. As a result some of our muscles must work extra hard just to keep us upright, and some other muscles will become weaker because they are not being asked to do the job they were put there for. Eventually, the muscles that are being asked to
do extra work will cry out with pain.
The Therapy
By observing your standing posture and your walking gait, we determine if your body deviates from proper posture. This assessment will lead us to two next steps:
- To check specific muscles on your body for spasms that can be released and
- To discuss with you a specific plan for correcting the underlying postural problem. This plan will consist of specific exercises to strengthen the weakened muscles and to train your body to use them properly.
These exercises are easy and painless.
They won't raise a sweat.
They don't require any special equipment.
Therapy Duration and Fee
We suggest that you make an appointment to come in for a cost-free consultation to discuss your problem, to determine the type of treatment, and to estimate its cost and duration. At that point you can decide whether or not to continue into therapy.
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