We find that this time of year that people are less active and stiffen up!
During the winter months, we are often a little less active with our muscles and ligaments getting repetitive load from a lack of movement. This will often be the time when people will need more of an adjustment!
Some simple movements!
We recommend you “drip feeding” regular different movement activities to activate your nervous and musculoskeletal system. Feel free to ask us for some suggestions that will suit you personally, but such movements such as squats, lunges, reaching up and tilting side-to-side all help combat “static loading” (overloading muscles and ligaments in your nervous system with inactivity).
Engage your core and maintain forward curve in low back.
Push your hips back and stick your glutes up.
Do not let your knees go far in front of the other foot.
Keep your front knee aligned with your ankle and lower your back
knee toward the ground without touching.
Engage your core and maintain forward curve in low back.
Do not let your knees go far in front of the other foot.
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart.
Reach both arms overhead, and gently lean your upper body to the opposite side.
Stretch along your waist and the side of your body.
Kids aren’t typically prone to be less active over the colder months as we adults are. However, as technology becomes more available, poor posture has been adopted in our kids from a young age.
Zero screen time is unrealistic, lets face it! An attempt to get the kids outside being active as they should is clearly the best thing for their muscle strength, growth and posture.
However, implementing a simple postural change in having them lying on their stomach, propped up on their elbows, is a simple and effective way of unloading those slumped postures. Particularly wen they are engaged in screen time, homework or even arts and craft time! Every small change can have a positive cumulative effective on their growing bodies.
