Name: Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Address: USA

June 21, 2011

"Stand up straight. Walk straight. Sit up straight." Can you just hear your mother's voice? Posture is important. The spine is made for balance and stability, and posture control improves balance.

How does posture affect spine health and back pain relief in La Grande?

Posture Education Relieves Back Pain Better Than Exercise

The effectiveness of a Global Postural Reeducation program as compared to a Stabilization Exercise program in subjects with persistent low back pain at 3 and 6 months was studied. Postural education is more beneficial than stabilization exercises in controlling persistent low back pain. (1)

Furthermore, a disturbing paper appeared stating that young people with non-specific low back pain display a reduced capability to switch to a more multi-segmental postural control strategy during complex postural conditions. This leads to decreased postural vigor. They also have more trouble balancing due to reduced spinal input for balance control. (2)

Posture Even Affects Incontinence

Posture affects vaginal pressure and subsequently incontinence for women. Pelvic floor muscle activity is affected more by posture - sway back posture activates more muscle activity - than by the activity being performed (standing versus laying). (3) Another strong reason to work on your posture.

What to Do about La Grande's Posture? Incorporate Both Exercise and Posture Education.

Teach yourself to consciously sit and stand. When you must sit, sit properly with a straight back. While sitting in the bleachers at a little league game in La Grande or in the chairs in Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC's waiting room, resist the temptation to slouch. Slouching magnifies the pressure in your spine. You want to decrease spinal pressures or at least keep them to a minimum when your back hurts. Same with prolonged standing like waiting in line at the La Grande grocery store: don't slouch. If you need to stand for an extended period of time, take a break to walk a little. Share these postural tips with your children in La Grande, too. Good posture is a habit that takes time to develop.

abdominal exercise on ball to improve posture

Exercise for Better Posture. Strengthening your spinal muscles and abdominal muscles go far to support your upright posture when moving around La Grande. Simple exercises like standing on one foot and abdominal strengthening on a stability ball re-establish nerve endings' sense of position and promote the up-right posture needed for low back pain relief and prevention.

La Grande Posture and Back Pain Relief with Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC

Contact La Grande's Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC for posture education and exercise as well as a chiropractic treatment plan to relieve back pain with Cox Technic which is research-documented to reduce intradiscal pressures in the spine as well.

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