Posture
Posture is the position in which an individual holds their body upright against gravity while standing, sitting, or lying down. A proper posture visually reflects an individual’s health, ensuring the joints and muscles, as well as other structures of the body, are working properly. Throughout a collection of articles, Dr. Alex Jimenez identifies the most common effects of improper posture as he specifies the recommended actions an individual should take to improve their stance as well as enhance their overall health and wellness. Sitting or standing incorrectly can happen unconsciously, but recognizing the issue and correcting it can ultimately help many individuals develop healthier lifestyles. For more information, please feel free to contact us at (915) 850-0900 or text to call Dr. Jimenez personally at (915) 850-0900.
Expectant Mothers Benefit From Chiropractic Care
Expectant Mothers: Pregnancy is an exciting, precious time in a woman’s life, full of new experiences. Unfortunately, the baby’s development brings about bodily changes that often wreak havoc on the back and joints, and end up causing pain. These issues...
Working At A Desk: 4 Chiropractic Tips
Working: There are dangers in everyday life, from slipping in the shower to getting mowed down by the next door neighbor’s teenage driver. The risk doesn’t end once we are safely behind our desks, because… sitting is killing us! Seriously, while not really...
Text Neck: 5 Things Chiropractic Patients Should Know
Remember how your mom always said, “Nothing in life is free”? Well, she was right. High-tech gadgets and smart phones advancing at the speed of light are a modern convenience unlike little else, but the advantages of communication at our fingertips come with a price: text neck.
Here are 5 things chiropractic patients ought to know about text neck, the epidemic that is taking the world by storm:
1. Text neck is caused by poor posture.
Specifically, habitually looking down at a phone or laptop puts extra pounds of unwanted pressure on the cervical spine, causing wear and tear and even degeneration over time. Additionally, in
Does Poor Posture Cause Chronic Back Pain? | Eastside Chiropractor
You slouch in your chair as you finish a report while at the office. When you get home, you want to unwind, so you spend a couple of hours weeding your garden with your back hunched forward. Then, at the end of the day, you end up experiencing back pain. Why? As it turns out, your posture may be contributing to back pain.
Can Chiropractors Help With Posture?
Question: I work at a desk all day and have started to feel pain in my neck, back, shoulders and arms. Can chiropractors help with sitting posture and general posture? El Paso, TX. Chiropractor, Dr. Alexander Jimenez provides insight into proper sitting posture and...
Backpacks & Back Pain In School Kids
Backpack pain is an all too common condition of school-age children. While back pain is a known and widely-studied issue in adults, its prevalence in school-aged children has received relatively little scientific attention. Elementary, middle, and high school students...
How To Nail Every Big Lift In Your Workout
Be honest, you don’t know how your car works, do you? And despite spending most of the working day lashed to a QWERTY, if someone asked you how update their modem, you wouldn’t where to start (or what the modem even is). And that’s fine. Other people...
Why Kids Should Stand (and Sit) Up Straight
Does your child slouch? Maybe it’s due to a too-big backpack, or from a too-low computer. In some cases, slouching is a tall kid’s adaptation to life with shorter friends. Nearly every mother has said “Stand up straight!” And while good posture will help the child...
Best Chair For Posture
Dr. Alex Jimenez takes a look at new concepts on posture and sitting. Fact: Sitting is the new smoking. It is highly destructive to the body on many levels. Here are some good choices that may assist in reducing postural issues as a result of prolonged sitting. 15...
The Simplest Way to Correct Back Posture
Thousands of Americans work in jobs that afford them the privilege of sitting for the majority of the day. But being on your rear all day comes with some health concerns. Unsurprisingly, the best way to counteract these issues is to get up and move — as frequently and...
4 Principles For Pain-Free Workdays
Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Alexander Jimenez shares some insights about a pain free workday.
#1. Use Healthy Posture & Movement Patterns
Considering all the emphasis on how little or much we should sit or stand at work, there is almost no discussion of technique in standing and sitting. Inferior technique slumpsitting, archsitting, parking weight is used by many people so on, and poorly on joints.
As long as this is actually true, any place is going to stack up badly in the research—we are starting to see it for standing and ’ve seen this for sitting. Sitting has been much maligned as “the new smoking”; and now standing as a replacement is being demonstrated to cause increased hospitalization due to varicose veins, atherosclerosis that is increased, etc. A good starting point is stretchsitting, to start the journey back to a pain free workday. Stretchsitting is simple, safe, comfy, and therapeutic.
Work with flannel, a towel, or a Stretchsit pi
How Chiropractic Treatment Helps Posture
Posture is position of the body while standing, sitting or lying down. Good posture, also referred to as neutral spine, has many health benefits, including the avoidance of injury back pain. Chiropractic can help improve and maintain posture.
Why is Posture Important
Appearance benefits with good posture are obvious, but there are many less-obvious health benefits you should know. Good posture can:
- Maintain correct alignment of bones and joints
- Reduce stress on ligaments, minimizing risk of injury
- Prevent muscle strain, overuse and pain
- Conserve energy as muscles are used more efficiently
- Decrease abnormal joint wear
Research has shown that poor postures may increase feelings of depression, affect your digestive tract and influence confidence and stress levels.
Signs You have Poor Posture
This No-Equipment Workout Will Ignite Parts of Your Body You Didn’t Know Existed
Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Kathryna Hancock There’s so much to love about a strong midsection — most importantly, it’s essential for a healthy body. Fact: strengthening the core helps improve posture, prevent everyday injury, and combat chronic...
How Improper Posture Affects Overall Health and Wellness
Poor posture is an incredibly common problem in today’s world. With the increase in technology and decrease in physical exercise, many people find their posture slipping more than ever before. While we know that good posture certainly looks better, is it really cause...
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