Most complaints that present to our clinic are posturally related conditions.
The Effect of our Posture
In the almost quarter of a century that we have been seeing patients at Ilkley Chiropractic Clinic, it is quite rare for the patient’s presentation to relate to a trauma or specific injury. Most problems arise due to the posture that one adopts during one’s day to day activities.
Sitting at a desk, in front of a computer for hours on end, will create musculoskeletal problems, whether that be back ache, neck pain, tension between the shoulders or even headaches.
Now the interesting thing is that one might have undertaken this posture for years, without apparent concern, and then, almost all of a sudden, one gets a concerning ache or pain.
Compensations
What has happened is that the continual and persistent repeated posture, day in day out, has caused the body to set up compensations to accommodate the discomfort that one may not even notice. At some stage the body cannot compensate any longer and dysfunction within the musculature, the ligaments and the tendons, as well as the joint system, can no longer compensate, and one feels pain due to the undue stress put upon those tissues.
Don’t Stay Still – the 20 minute rule.
A key simple rule to ameliorate these issues, beyond booking in to Ilkley Chiropractic Clinic for intermittent maintenance care, is to not stay in one posture for more than 20 minutes.
The musculoskeletal system loves being dynamic and being dynamic allows it to heal and “feed” itself with the nutrients that its tissues require to function optimally.
So ensure that you do NOT stay in front of your computer immobile for more than 20 minutes at anyone time.
Ensure that you do not stand still watching your son or daughter playing their sport. Move along the touchline regularly.
24th March 2024