Posture correction copywriting is short and concise

The core of posture correction has never been to rely on corrective belts, to hold the waist straight, or to concentrate on training twice a week, but to "turn the correct force generation pattern into a daily habit that is as natural as eating and drinking water." This is the most heartfelt conclusion after spending more than 4,000 yuan on various pitfalls in bone setting, personal training, and corrective belts, and after 4 years of hard work to improve the rounded shoulders and neck, and straighten the mild lumbar curvature.

I was very anxious when I first discovered that my neck was protruding. I followed the trend and bought more than 200 corrective straps. The straps made my shoulders sore. After wearing them for two hours at work and taking them off, my neck went back forward with a "swish", and it had no effect at all. Later, I signed up for a private rehabilitation class, and every time my shoulders were pressed, I gasped in pain. After the class, I felt comfortable for two days. As soon as I sat back at my desk and looked at the computer to change my plan, I couldn't figure out how to tilt it.

Later, after chatting with a rehabilitation practitioner I knew well, I learned that there is no unified standard answer to the idea of posture correction in the industry. Both schools have their own applicable scenarios, and there is no one who is right or wrong: One is the structure-first school, which believes that if you already have obvious bone misalignment, such as a shoulder height difference of more than 2 centimeters, a neck that clicks when you turn your head, or a waist that is so crooked that your legs occasionally feel numb, you must first find a regular top-level rehabilitation department or a certified bone-setter to fix the structure. Adjust it back, otherwise the muscles will always be pulled by the misplaced bones, and no matter how hard you train, it will be in vain; the other is the functional priority group, which believes that most people's mild posture problems are essentially muscle strength imbalances - for example, if you type with your chest every day, your chest muscles are tight, and the middle and lower obliques of your back are too weak to pull your shoulders, so your shoulders will naturally become rounded. This kind of method does not require bone correction at all. You can relax your chest muscles and practice back strength for 10 minutes a day, and you will see results in two months.

My ex-colleague was diagnosed with a straightened cervical spine last year, and he felt dizzy every day. He went to the rehabilitation department for three resets, and then he didn’t take time to exercise. He just did the mandibular movements on the subway to and from work every day, and did YTWL for 15 minutes when he was watching dramas at home. Now, half a year later, the dizziness has basically disappeared, and the problem of forward head extension has been mostly improved. There are also friends who only have mildly rounded shoulders and no bone correction. Every time they watch short videos, they stand with their shoulders slumped and their jaws drawn. Their necks can no longer be seen in ID photos taken after 3 months.

Oh, by the way, some fans asked me before why it was useless for me to stand against the wall every day. When I asked, I found out that when she stood, her neck was pushed back hard, her belly was very high, and her core was completely loose. It was useless no matter how long she stood, and it actually put more burden on her lumbar spine. Don’t believe those nonsense about “correcting XO-shaped legs in 7 days” and “building right-angled shoulders in 3 days”. Last month, I met a little girl who practiced shoulder opening blindly following online videos and developed acromion impingement. It hurt when I raised my arms. It took almost a month to heal.

It’s been almost 2 years since I had my correction, and I don’t deliberately sit up straight like a primary school student every day. Occasionally when I touch my mobile phone, I find that my neck is stretched forward, so I pull it back twice. When carrying a heavy package, I subconsciously bend my knees before picking it up. When I sleep at night, I put a pillow as high as my fist. These little habits that can’t be broken anymore are much more useful than the two hours a week that I used to go to the gym and practice to death.

To put it bluntly, there is so much advanced knowledge in posture correction. You don’t have to buy a bunch of expensive equipment, and you don’t have to devote a lot of time to it. To put it bluntly, “don’t compete with your body.” The premise of how to feel comfortable is to not let a certain muscle remain tense or a certain one idle. When the strength is balanced, the posture will naturally be correct, and the neck will not hurt or the waist will be sore. It is much better than the fake right-angled shoulders during the two minutes of taking pictures.