Pilates Is an Excellent Way to Perfect Your Posture

Posted by Pilates Physique on July 9th, 2019

When most people think of good posture they may remember their elders telling them as a child to “stand up straight, head up and shoulders back” as if you were a solider standing to attention. This may get you to stand up straight but it doesn’t necessarily mean you have good posture. In fact most people find it quite uncomfortable to stand up straight with their shoulders back. This is because of the different types of postures seen in today’s society. Every posture I come across is different, mainly due to muscle imbalances created through injuries, medical conditions, daily habits and most of all work offices. Many people spend countless hours hunched over computers, steering wheels and now phones, it is no wonder why their posture is out of alignment. But how is it possible to achieve good posture? Through body awareness. I find that if I get a client to become more body aware of their alignment, they will become more conscious of correcting it.

Pilates is an excellent way to become aware of your posture and to understand how to activate the correct muscles you use to perfect your posture. But first let’s identify what type of posture you have and the muscles imbalances created from that type of posture.

There are four main types of postures alignments that deviate from a normal posture. These are Kyphosis, Lordosis, Sway back and Flat back.