HEALTHY BACK AND POSTURE
Posture at the ankle, knee, pelvis, spine and shoulder girdle has a huge influence on back pain and other pain caused by movement dysfunction. Learning about your own posture deviations can help you improve your success and comfort in your workouts and your day- to-day activities. In the Healthy Back and Posture series, we will identify your weaknesses in form, alignment and posture, and then introduce exercises and specific corrections you can make to relieve pain and increase exercise effectiveness and functional strength and flexibility.
Deviations such as foot and ankle pronation can cause foot, shin and knee pain. The tracking of the patella or “knee-cap” is affected by the side to side alignment of the lower leg bone and upper leg bone. The positioning of the knee then affects the hip joint. Pelvis tilt can affect the spine and back strain.
As you can see, the whole body’s kinetic chain can be affected by a single posture deviation. Over time this creates pain and/or dysfunction in one or more locations. During this workshop we will address some of the proper and improper ways to perform common exercises in the gym. The focus will be on including exercises that will improve your own postural alignment while contributing to your fitness goals.
Workshop with Kari A. Hall, BS, HFS, CLM Sept 15 – 24 tu/ thur 11 am (OR) Oct 2-23 Friday 11 am Postural Assessment and Exercise Gold’s Gym Wenatchee 12 N Worthen Wenatchee, WA 98801 509 663 4965
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