8 principles for posture therapy
- Vertical loading, there must be a straight line from the ear to the ankle.
- Dynamic tension dictates that the muscles of front and the back of the body must work equally but opposite.
- Form and function tells us that the muscles tell the bones what to do and how to move.
- Breathing deeply into the belly is necessary for the body to function properly.
- Motion... All movement is good movement if the movement feels good.
- Balance makes sure the right and left sides of the body work together, and are at the same height / face the same direction.
- Stimulus, if the other laws are being broken then more and more of your daily life will be stressful and negatively impact you.
- Renewal, every cell in your body can renew and grow, but the more rules we break the faster the cells will deteriorate and die.