THINK “POSTURE” NOT “PAIN”
Why the Site of your Pain isn’t the Problem
You have pain. Let’s say it’s in the knee. It makes sense that you’d
want to do exercises that would strengthen the knee, right? Not
necessarily.
Although there may be underlying issues in the knee, it is more likely
that the knee pain is only the result of an overall postural imbalance. If
this is the case, the knee is not to blame. Some simple posture
exercises that treat the body as a unit are the key. Very often, the
symptom is not where you should focus your attention.
TREAT THE BODY AS A UNIT
You cannot affect one part of the body without changing the entire
body. Look at the pictures to the right. See how the knees drop in
toward each other? They do not look this way because there is
something specifically wrong with the knee. Therefore, the way
to change this compensation is not just to do knee exercises. We must
find the cause, and correct that.
In this particular case, this postural dysfunction is coming from the hips
and feet. To focus on the symptom of the knees would do nothing to
correct this. But if we were to address the cause, then we would be
able to change this dysfunction. The exercise I would recommend for
this particular postural imbalance would be foot circles. Of course
there are other dysfunctions in the body that we also need to address.
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE DYSFUNCTION IS COMING FROM?
To help you out, I have added over 25 new Posture Identification pages
to the website, each detailing a specific postural dysfunction and giving
you tools to begin to correct it. Compare your posture to the pictures
online. Then you can get a general idea of what exercises you may
need.
This is a great educational tool that I am excited to be able to offer.
After using it, come in for an in depth evaluation to get a specific
“menu” that addresses all of your postural dysfunctions in one quick
sequence.
In Health,
Chris Janke
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Why the Site of your Pain isn’t the Problem
You have pain. Let’s say it’s in the knee. It makes sense that you’d
want to do exercises that would strengthen the knee, right? Not
necessarily.
Although there may be underlying issues in the knee, it is more likely
that the knee pain is only the result of an overall postural imbalance. If
this is the case, the knee is not to blame. Some simple posture
exercises that treat the body as a unit are the key. Very often, the
symptom is not where you should focus your attention.
TREAT THE BODY AS A UNIT
You cannot affect one part of the body without changing the entire
body. Look at the pictures to the right. See how the knees drop in
toward each other? They do not look this way because there is
something specifically wrong with the knee. Therefore, the way
to change this compensation is not just to do knee exercises. We must
find the cause, and correct that.
In this particular case, this postural dysfunction is coming from the hips
and feet. To focus on the symptom of the knees would do nothing to
correct this. But if we were to address the cause, then we would be
able to change this dysfunction. The exercise I would recommend for
this particular postural imbalance would be foot circles. Of course
there are other dysfunctions in the body that we also need to address.
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE DYSFUNCTION IS COMING FROM?
To help you out, I have added over 25 new Posture Identification pages
to the website, each detailing a specific postural dysfunction and giving
you tools to begin to correct it. Compare your posture to the pictures
online. Then you can get a general idea of what exercises you may
need.
This is a great educational tool that I am excited to be able to offer.
After using it, come in for an in depth evaluation to get a specific
“menu” that addresses all of your postural dysfunctions in one quick
sequence.
In Health,
Chris Janke
(back to top)
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