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What causes the Common Posture Problems?

Thursday 19th September 2013

Muscle imbalances due to our sedentary lifestyle are a primary cause. The cumulative injury cycle illustrates how muscle imbalances originate: there is a trauma, which can result from repetitive motion with poor dynamic posture, or poor static posture.

The trauma causes inflammations, which causes your muscles to spasm and develop knots or adhesions. The adhesions decrease the functionality of your muscles which your brain cannot control properly. The inability of your nervous system to maintain proper postural alignment causes muscle imbalances.

If you do not correct your muscular imbalances the cycle will repeat over and over again and get progressively worse.

You don't have to be a personal trainer, doctor or specialist who deals with the human body to see that muscle imbalance is a likely cause of posture problems.

The most common muscle imbalances are due to our sedentary lifestyle. When you are seated for a large percentage of time, you can see which muscles are tight or shortened.

If a muscle is shortened for a prolonged period if time, it will become tight which really means it will become shorter than it is meant to be.

When a muscle is shorter than the optimal length, it not only effects the opposing muscle but can have repercussions on the entire musculoskeletal system. Here are some common muscles which cause the most posture problems.

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