Articles about 'posture'

Postural Correction: attentive to view

14/11/11

Catherine Bellwald Correzione posturale: attenti alla vista Another serious problem is often not considered when it comes to posture is the view.

The presence of a severe vision impairment, especially up close, the body produces viziatissima a posture that could be called secondary. That is not itself an attitude due to the character of the person but the answer to a difficulty in reading than usually.

The patient usually does not close the newspaper or the PC to the eyes but approaches the face! In this way, the cervical spine is in kyphosis anteroposizione with a tendency to stretch the lower and upper reaches of rettilinizzazione.

In addition, the axis of alignment of the head is totally lost and the weight of the skull rests entirely on the scalene muscles, cervical, trapezius muscles, and sometimes even on strenocleidomastoidei inevitably contract abnormally.

As a result, at best, a muscolotensiva neck pain and at worst a picture of cervical disk disease is severe with the possibility of multiple protrusions, herniations or extruded fragments which may be accompanied by hernia pain brachialgia called, not only cervical but irradiated in the arms and hands and these symptoms are often very painful and annoying, since they correspond to real neuralgia.

The most logical conclusion is certainly correct the visual defect with a complete ophthalmologic evaluation, but not enough, the attitude remains that in this case is a body memory or psychomotor or even if there are more suitable corrective glasses reminiscent of the body scheme motion an attitude that has become automatic.

The person tends to repeat those patterns so physical, visual disorder resulting from the first, and remain in place even after the visual defect has been corrected, continue to exacerbate the cervical muscles and bones and joints.

The only way to act on them is primarily awareness raising and observe the postural defect acquired, then fix it up constantly to reprogram the body scheme.

And 'wrong to say "I am so" thinking they can not change the situation or even worse offended if someone points out our incorrect position: well there is someone who makes her look; aware of their posture is not in fact, in most of cases, something you're born, but it should be built day by day.

As with everything necessary to engage and work on it maybe using assistance with energy specialists and postural re-education.

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The postural correction: be careful to put

20/10/11
Catherine Bellwald La correzione posturale: attenti alle pose

typical posture

The poses are all the positions that our body takes to look or feel a certain way. In fact many of the poses and positions are also many poses you take out of habit. It is therefore difficult to discern how a pose then is constituted and maintained beyond the look or want to perceive themselves in one way rather than another.

You will not believe but the poses are a number of enemies of a healthy posture.

Seated cross-legged for example is a typical gesture value both male and female, definitely detrimental to the lumbar spine when prolonged and repeated. This is because the crossing easily yields in the lumbar kyphosis. This pose is really hard to believe me off because the cross-legged position is sexy for women and also transmits in a workplace with a sense of ease and friendship sometimes indispensable.

In patients with lumbar or cervical disk disease known and recurrent pains, in addition to performing acupuncture that have a great chance to remove the inflammation without having to resort to corstisonico, great emphasis on postural correction, especially when I recognize the repetition of some poses harmful to the spine .

The recommendations are well known to insiders and outsiders: Do not lift weights, stooping bending your legs, sit with your feet flat on the floor and lower back supported. Therefore, the correction of cross-legged is often the most difficult and escapes to systematically control even the most careful of patients. And 'frequent than in a single session, my correction of this pose is repeated over and over again pecking the patient "knowing" as with the fingers in the cookie jar!

There are as many poses less common but harmful, perhaps even more dangerous among them include that of keeping the head slightly tilted to one side as a sign of listening or sharing, typical of the character of the television series CSI: Miami Horatio just to make a concrete example. This simple and seemingly innocuous installation, when prolonged and repeated systematically over time, can generate a functional scoliosis able to stabilize. It may follow cervical and cervicobrachial pains, sometimes supported by clusters of cervical disk disease more or less marked.

Correct this type of installation is more difficult and you need to activate a system of continuous surveillance and postural awareness to capture the pose and correct it in the bud. To make matters worse happens that the patient does not notice her pose if not through a mirror or a photo. The only way is to take mental pictures and meticulously observed.

Similarly, it is useful to observe what emotion is connected to the installation to locate it more easily. A very complex, often poorly accepted by the patient but in some cases necessary to obtain complete resolution of pain.

Beware then when you see the birth of a pose, then remember that it is not easy to undo the damage that can cause the spine, at least not with the same ease with which you can remove a wrinkle-faced!

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Postural correction: chairs to watch

19/9/11

Catherine Bellwald Correzione posturale: attenti alle poltrone The sitting position is already in itself the most damaging for the lumbar spine, especially if sustained over time. This is because the physiological lordosis while sitting in the worst case disappears and turns into a wide-ranging kyphosis involving the whole spine.

In the long run without a correction, and a paravertebral muscles and abdominal support, you can determine a rettilinizzazione and sometimes even a reversal of lumbar lordosis resulting in an overloading of the lumbar intervertebral discs and the formation of pictures more or less severe disc disease .

The seats of the chairs are even more in most cases a real damage to their backs because they are almost always antiergonomiche. The worst of all is the dentist's chair where the legs are placed horizontally and the backrest tilted about 45-60 °. You can get the long sitting position or sitting with legs outstretched, the worst ever for the lumbar spine, which in fact tends to give kyphosis.

In many other healthcare settings are often the seats antiergonomiche; armchairs hospital where you are the seats of chemotherapy and nursing homes for example. In summary there are many seats with the requirements wrong. In order armchairs include cinema, trains, planes and many chairs also very expensive and apparently comfortable.

The seats have all objected to the session (the space where one supports buttocks and thighs) very long (often longer than the normal size of the thighs), the worst they can stretch their legs, which is apparently very practical and convenient (you get so The long sitting), but the worst thing of all is that they can only adjust the tilt of the backrest. In this way the entire loading and patient's weight rests inexorably on the lumbar spine.

The ergonomically designed seats instead are those in which the seat and backrest tilt simultaneously, it is said that the whole building or tilting back and seat tilts while maintaining the same degree. We find these criteria in spas, seats in some models of copyright, and in many models of chairs for outdoor garden or even at a low cost. In this way the weight no longer loads on the spine, but towards the ground vertically.

Starting from the old deck than once made of cloth beach chairs to the new plastic criterion is preserved ie the inclination of the backrest is similar to that of the session. It 'important to note that these folding beach chairs are usually low and can not be used by people with motor impairments or joint problems at knees and hips.

Do you understand the difference? It is not an aesthetic but a mechanical criterion: If you choose a chair for us to remain long a person pay close attention to the selection criteria. You can choose very expensive chairs with famous brands or signed, or if your pockets are not as' deep you can go to a good store of garden furniture. There are in this category tilting chairs, stable and of various heights so easily used by people with joint or motor defects. These in their little chairs are able to solve the problem elegantly and without the risk of worse health condition of the spine.

But if you have to adapt their seats as in the case of long journeys and visits to the dentist's advice difficult to wear soft pants, preferably sneakers or shorts and comfortable shoes to bend the legs breaking the pattern of long sitting. Even bending a leg, preferably both, the lumbar spine can more easily support and maintain a minimal lordosis.

When driving a car, multiple joint stiffness and obesity that will not allow movements of antiergonomica adjustment of the position, I recommend a lumbar cushion pressure and disruption of the regular position with small walks and tilting of the pelvis. These steps can reduce lower back pain attacks.

To ensure the health of the lumbar spine of a sedentary person is not enough to generic sports to strengthen the muscles weaker abdominal paravertebral whether it is important to train your body awareness and postural correction and maintenance of the correct sitting position during the hours work but also in the hours of rest or put to another.

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Posture as anti-aging and aesthetic means

22/8/11

Catherine Bellwald La postura come strumento estetico e antiaging There is much talk about bad posture by giving it a large number of painful bone and joint disorders, not only the spine but also at the expense of arms and legs.

They are all ready to declare and confess to have some very bad postural habits or poor posture, spend money to make computerized postural analysis, but there are few people willing to remedy them.

In fact, the posture is not corrected in 10 physiotherapy sessions dedicated, even with targeted exercises, ergonomic chairs, corrective shoes and orthotics, the bite, the benches and busts, not that these instruments are not useful but not enough to correct the postural habits unless there is a willingness of the subject directed and focused on postural correction.

It 'a bit' like trying to lose weight: the individual measures are not enough, it takes a constant and prolonged until it snaps a spring a new way of being and feeling of space. It is not easy because people have a bad posture more often than not make any account of it than is visible and above all, serious problem.

It happens many times to correct the patient over and over again, explaining to them how important it is to pay attention to the alignment of the spine, but almost always seem to give as if the question is not depended on them. The best results I have obtained showing the defect and caricatured. It 'hard to accept an impact but it can be a shock that can provide real change. A little 'as when the patients are shown photos of their obese body taken from angles they do not reach.

You sacrifice so much to be and feel more beautiful, many people are willing to do anything about risking their health to feel more beautiful. Well, showing the figure is as ugly hump can touch the critical point that triggers the spring.

"It would be a nice guy if it were not so hunchback", "in this way seems much older than her age", "when another person is straight seems to know?", All phrases such shock right time to make their effect . And then you can add truchetti, like "you look in the mirror often," or "you look often reflected in the windows of shops when walking or when sitting at the bar, and adjust." "We shot a photo and look imaginatively at what position it is placed and adjust quickly and do it over and over again." You can watch movies and photos in which we have not made a pose of course!

Personally, I insist on the significance of the posture that the body of the message, to others but also ourselves and how intimately the posture conditions we then also in the way of thinking and vice versa. The posture of the curve itself indicates an attitude of closure to the outside, of renunciation, of defense. It is not necessary to take a course in behavior or acting to know and recognize.

Have you ever watched children around 6-10 years as they are rights and how they walk with a natural pride similar to that of animals? It is easy to see in adults, and when you see it is always aesthetically pleasing and harmonious.

On the beach with the bodies stripped from normal clothing is even more obvious and easier to see defects in all their glory more than the accumulation of excess fat. White streaks on the belly, where the sun can not tan, due to the curved spine, and the same is true for the breast. The fabrics with the passage of time tend to relax then a proper upright posture limits the damage dell'incedere the years and gravity. The breast and belly can only remaining benefit more toned and aesthetically better appearance.

Patients with upright posture will seem younger beyond the aesthetic touches, even walking denotes the age of the subject, much of the wrinkles. With all the attention I think the aesthetic care and postural correction continues to remain in first place rejuvenate the subject of many more cosmetic surgery and no doubt the cost and risks are not comparable.

We must start from a feeling and an internal image of himself that must speak out, yoga, pilates and dance body awareness are great tools, especially if the teacher or teacher is careful and correct it individually. We must start to look and observe the correct posture in others and in oneself continuously, pausing perhaps less on clothing, hair and wrinkles but expresses what a person as a whole and what we want to express ourselves with our bodies and our way of being.


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Walking around with sore feet

21/7/11

Catherine Bellwald A spasso col mal di piedi The foot pains are very common diseases, a bit like pains in the hands of their presence strongly influences the people who are affected tend to have a life increasingly sedentary. A beautiful walk for them becomes a source of great suffering. So give up travel, go out and outings. Many sports are definitely set aside, including hiking and skiing because of the terribly uncomfortable shoes.

The pain in the feet can be the classic heel pain sometimes in the presence of bursitis and sometimes in the presence of heel spurs, which is nothing but the result of prolonged inflammation in this area and not the other way. Another characteristic of the onion that pain is the first metatarsal head. The pain in big toe is usually accompanied by the common deviation of the finger or hallux valgus is present, but also in terms of alignment. The pain here is thought to be also due to the displacement of two small bones called sesamoids on which the first head metarsale otherwise known as the "darling of the big" rests as on a track.

But it is not over; explanations of pain may be due to the overload of this area of ​​the foot as a result of an improper attitude of the knee in valgus (inward) typical of women, but also to excessive use of heels, and can then be a hereditary predisposition to the deformation of the first toe valgus and even a constitution moisture that eases pain here because the humidity tends to be located at the bottom and in the summer is also easier to expose the feet to look for a cold refreshment from the heat.

It 'also good to know that the first finger, and in particular the nock of the big toe is the site of the shu point of the spleen, the spleen channel source point then. A localized pain in this area can also have a deeper meaning and not just mechanical noise indicating a weakness of this body that can be constitutional, or a sign of excessive fatigue in progress, as an alarm bell that tells us "is now to rest! "

Other typical pain of the feet are located on the sole of the foot between the first and second metatarsal bone, or between the second and third bone, these cases often present a fall or delll'avampiede the turn of foot, with the weight of the body, Slowly over the years gives this specific overloading. Here it is easy to find an area of ​​greater callousness. In other cases when the knee or hip varus is the body's weight on the latest charge more metatarsal heads or the ends of 4 and 5 will be more calloused finger than the other fingers.

What to do? first the pain in the feet such as pain in the hands do not start unless there is a severe inflammation acutely, but are felt gradually. The secret is in listening as in all things and promptly take care of our body that speaks to us. And not reach the limits and then resorts to drastic surgical or pharmacological treatment.

The overweight is essential and must be kept under control. But obviously not enough: even the stiffness of the foot is often neglected. The feet are touching too little, maybe because they are far away or maybe because there is a kind of shame to expose them. The feet hold a lot of physical tension and extensor tendons of the fingers are often shortened, the result is that the back of the foot and the back of the fingers are rigid on palpation to mobilization in flexion.

Must move around the back of the foot and toes down and massage them. Very useful and therapeutic massage center or even the sole of the foot that posturologists considered as a defined area of ​​postural resetting. This area, if massaged vigorously. working well all the metatarsal heads of the fingers, or the ends, the support of the foot and improves local blood circulation and avoid stagnation.

This massage is useful whenever you have sore feet and every time you make efforts or long walks with shoes do not fit. Even walking on a cobblestone to be a mountain stream or a beach is an excellent massage and stimulation of vascular plants are able to limit the swelling of the feet.

Much attention to shoes, especially if we're very feet, in summer I would say that attention should be increased. But I happen to see everything, the shoes with the heel should be used for limited times and for short distances especially in the summer to avoid the swelling of the feet due to the warm moisture. The slippers are too low or no heels are just as harmful and can not be used for a long walk especially in the absence of back closure.

In this regard I consider it dangerous for those who have an unsteady walking, especially if elderly. Along with rugs, slippers are the main cause of falling to the ground in the elderly population. If defects are very useful load custom insoles or orthotics magnetic depending on the severity of the case and of course the suggestion by an expert posturologist.

Finally the feet especially in the evening and discovered too wet as the sea or mountains may further increase the pain to store cold joint moisture. The feet should be treated not only aesthetically beautiful with a pedicure to make them pleasing to the eye and to the touch but must be viewed as one of the main parts of the machine that brings us around and that, if left untreated over time, can severely hamper our quality of life.

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Let oneself go

25/6/10

Catherine Bellwald Lasciarsi andare The summer, especially the summer holidays, for many people represent an opportunity to let go, but not in the positive sense of the term.

In Italian and in French "let go" connotazine also has a positive, intended as a surrender to and enjoy space and carefree. No, I do not mean letting oneself go, I talk about the sense of neglect themselves with a fantastic excuse that it's easier this way!

It 's something that affects men and women in the same way, it is possible for men to shoot into the house with shorts and tank tops with obscene slippers at the foot of the terrible. For women the opportunity to wear aprons and slippers as well as, of course, an intimate unwatchable without a hint of makeup and without placing hair because "the hair dryer is hot." The heat and the holidays are no excuse to be even more sloppy.

What to look for a light dress cost and easy to wash and a shoe comfortable yet attractive? In addition, a layer of makeup and hair is not adjusted in any way incompatible with the heat ... and in fact may be an opportunity to get more attention for the feet and legs are always open and in plain sight.

Even the simplest and most humble sarong with colorful flip flops are enough tools to make an elegant woman with nothing. The hair collected with some tweezers, a delicious glaze on foot and a touch of make-up eyes and lips, a bit of perfume to the season and you're done. Nothing could be easier and, above all, pleasing to the sight and smell.

I grew up with a father who made me famous Ascoli the Aznavour's song "you loose yourself aller" and a mother who always gave me a good example, presenting herself in an elegant and attractive in all occasions and not just to hang out with friends. She was always in place without excess with the simple, always loved and never too much good taste.

And this way of doing the house with him and his way of preparing food, nothing, nothing was ever thrown them, a well-cooked roast chicken, along with his salad, however, was served with grace and always seemed to be the Riz.

A great lesson that only now I appreciate the real value and I realize how important it was for my growth and the formation of my character.

I took the liberty to present Aznavour's song entitled absolutely not random "you yourself laisse aller". The French sung maybe it is not easy to understand, but it deserves to be heard. In this version there is also a preamble in English to facilitate understanding of the text. And 'the story of a man who after five years of marriage no longer recognizes his wife whom he married, he compares it to his mother, totally incapable of inspiring love, soft socks, hair in curlers, unwatchable, unbearable.

He invites her to resume her place ... a bit of sport to lose weight, a smile, a little makeup and time in front of the mirror but also to let go on his chest again ... back to being the little girl was. The text and the song does not move me because I know a little more.


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L' evitamento del dolore e la rigidità

3/3/10

Catherine Bellwald L evitamento del dolore e la rigidità E' frequente osservare che in seguito ad un trauma acuto senza lesioni tessutali, il dolore percepito dal soggetto in questione, per lo più causato dalla presenza di un ematoma spesso interno, è responsabile di una sorta di isolamento della parte traumatizzata.

E' come se la nostra macchina corpo, una volta percepito un possibile danno strutturale, avesse abbassato le paratie per salvare l'intera nave.

Questo meccanismo di isolamento produce in prima istanza un totale o parziale evitamento di numerose manovre fisiche che possono coinvolgere la parte colpita dal trauma.

Dal punto di vista mentale esiste poi una fitta protezione volta a non percepire dolore fisico. In sostanza si crea un marcato rallentamento della circolazione sanguigna, e quindi energetica, in corrispondenza della parte danneggiata con rallentamento della guarigione.

Questo meccanismo ha una partenza prevalentemente mentale e nasce per lo più dalla paura di sentire dolore, questa è molto ridotta negli animali, limitata nei soggetti forti e sicuri e molto più marcata nei soggetti ansiosi, insicuri e timorosi.

Ecco che lo stesso trauma, lo stesso intervento chirurgico, avranno un impatto completamente diverso non solo perchè è diversa la struttura fisica traumatizzata, ma lo è anche la struttura mentale di protezione messa in campo.

Ecco perchè in riabilitazione non è importante solo il cosiddetto “potenziale fisico”, che chiaramente considera la differenza tra il tessuto osseo di un giovane e quello di un soggetto anziano, tra il recupero di un soggetto sano e il recupero di un paziente con patologie metaboliche e ovviamente tra il recupero di un soggetto allenato fisicamente rispetto ad un soggetto che non ha mai eseguito attività motoria.

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The abs: pros and cons

29/1/10

Catherine Bellwald Gli addominali: pro e contro The reinforcement of the abdominal muscles is a very interesting topic, because there is no gym or physical training or fitness center that will not propose.

The belly is by far the most physical point where we would like to be in shape to show the beautiful turtle for men and a belly masterfully tonic for women.

But the abdominal wall is not only important aesthetically, but knowing there is no question at all!

It 'also important for posture, which helps to maintain correct posture, both sitting and standing during any dynamic physical movement.

The belly, on closer examination, is the center of our body.

From health and tone of the intestine depend on the tonicity of the abdominal wall and vice versa. We say that a swollen and distended gut may influence excessively relaxing the abdominal wall. And a relaxed abdominal wall can not sufficiently support the viscera slowing and altering the function.

Postural education was born in early childhood conditioning and EFORT dala personality. There are many different sports, martial and military who educate to maintain an upright posture characterized by a well-controlled belly. Think of the position of attention, stomach in and chest out.

To get an idea, try to re-enter the womb a little thinking of bringing the navel to the spine, lift the rib cage by opening the sternum, and listen as the spine is magically lightened, both at the cervical spine. It is not necessary to inflate the stomach or the chest, shoulders seeming to raise it in plaster, the movement is actually very small and inconspicuous, but affects the whole system as postural lifting upwards.

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The flaw comes to school

23/1/09

Catherine Bellwald Il vizio nasce a scuola Now we can say that the postural defect begins to take shape during early childhood, when the body is still growing and not very structured in terms of muscle, begins to appear at the forefront of social life and the child begins to address its first war, his first fears, his first failures.

Posture is defined as a body position maintained for a long time through the tonic contraction of several muscles, called antigravity muscles. The antigravity muscles act through reflex pathways, contrasting so long the force of gravity. The sitting and standing, are two typical postures. There is talk of postural defect or fault when you have poor posture.

These, if not constitutional, in most cases arise as a response to insecurity or emotional instability which results in the physical plane with an initial inability to effectively counter the force of gravity. Questo stato psicofisico produce in alcuni distretti una progressiva debolezza muscolare, talora accompagnata da accorciamento o ispessimento del tessuto muscolare o tendineo.

Inoltre, occorre ricordare che la postura è anche fortemente condizionata proprio dall'aspetto squisitamente meccanico. Ed è proprio da questo che deriva la frase titolo di questo articolo: avete mai osservato un banco di scuola? Al confronto, i banchi dei primi del '900 erano più ergonomici: almeno il piano di appoggio era inclinabile! Oggi, dopo più di un secolo, sembra quasi che delle nostre conoscenze tecniche non ci importi nulla!

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