What is the best time of day for posture correction

In fact, whether it is the clinical follow-up data of sports rehabilitation practitioners or the feedback from enthusiasts who have been insisting on posture adjustment all year round, there is currently no absolute "optimal golden time". You don't have to squeeze in time to make up for the so-called "optimal point" spread online. As long as you choose a time period when you can persist for a long time and your condition is stable, the final effect will not be much different.

I used to know a girl who worked as a new media copywriter. Her shoulders were rounded to almost 40 degrees while typing on the keyboard all the time. Before, she always wanted to go home from work and practice. She would either have to work overtime or slump on the sofa and not want to move. She practiced intermittently for half a year without seeing much improvement. Later, she simply did not get up when she woke up in the morning and did 15 minutes of thoracic spine flexibility training + pectoralis major static stretching in bed. After more than two months of persistence, everyone around her could clearly see that her shoulders had opened up. People who support morning training generally believe that muscle tension is at its lowest after a full night's sleep, and there is no pressure on the joints caused by weight-bearing during the day. There will be almost no compensation when doing adjustment movements at this time, which is equivalent to doing a "factory calibration" for the body. When sitting at work or walking during the day, they will subconsciously remember to sink their shoulders and tighten their core, so that it is not easy to fall back into the wrong posture.

But there are many rehabilitation practitioners around me who prefer to do the training after get off work and 1-2 hours before going to bed. I have met a programmer who had an anterior pelvic tilt and had to rush the morning rush hour in the morning. I gave up after a week, and then changed to changing into home clothes when I got home from work, doing 20 minutes of pelvic repositioning training + deep core activation, and then sitting down to eat dinner. I persisted for three months. I used to have back pain two or three times a week, but now I don’t necessarily feel pain once every half a month. The logic of this school is also very practical: standing, sitting, and walking for almost ten hours during the day, muscle tension and posture distortion have accumulated to the peak. At this time, targeted release of tense compensatory muscle groups and strengthening the weak side that has been underperforming for a long time is equivalent to clearing the day's "postural debt". You will not carry the wrong power generation mode overnight, and naturally it will not be easy to turn temporary compensation into a fixed posture problem.

Of course, not all times are suitable. Don't do it within half an hour after eating, especially if you use your core and twist your trunk. This will make your stomach bloated and uncomfortable, and your range of motion will be reduced. If you don't practice it correctly, it will easily pull your muscles. There is also no need to stay up until one or two o'clock in the morning to watch correction videos and suddenly get up to practice. The body is so tired that the muscle control ability has declined. If the movements are not done properly, it means that the practice is in vain. If it doesn't work, you will get injured.

To put it bluntly, posture correction is actually like drinking enough water every day. You don’t have to drink it on the hour, and you don’t have to worry about whether it is warm water or cold water. As long as you can insist on doing it regularly, it is much more effective than practicing once in the "golden period" and forgetting about it for half a month. The time that allows you to persist is the best time.