Fix Your Posture! - How Pilates Helps Strengthen and Straighten Your Back.
Do You Have “Tech Neck?”
When hunched over a computer, book, or phone, you could be damaging your posture. Unfortunately, we spend most of our time doing so which causes “tech neck”, when your upper back and neck begin to curve. Your head weighs down your upper spine, applying over 10lbs. Aside from vanity reasons, bad posture could be contributing to many chronic pains. Luckily, improving your posture is achievable with the right techniques.
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How does improving your posture work?
You want to start reducing the amount of weight your spine endures. This can be done by strengthening the center muscles in your body which includes your abs, pelvis, and core. Doing so will straighten your back, allowing for weight to distribute throughout your spine evenly. Pilates is a great way to successfully straighten your spine through muscle workouts
Pilates Does Miracles to Your Spine!
According to research published by Pogo, pilates corrects spine curvature by improving joint flexibility and strengthening shoulder, lower back, and abdominal muscles. The hunched spine is medically defined as kyphosis which is avoided through pilates use of “reinforcing efficient movement patterns and strengthening” in its repetitive and muscle contracting exercises. Author, Beer included a study that showed adults with spinal curvature to decrease after only a few weeks of pilates.
Core Burn Pilates (with locations in Manhattan, Greenwich CT, Rye NY, New Cannon CT, and Darien CT) incorporates tons of spine straightening exercises with our classes. One of our favorites is the Pilates Barrel.
Doing planks is a great way to build your core muscles. Our pilates equipment successfully and quickly strengthens your muscles by increasing the complexity of the plank. Pilates accelerates the results of muscle building and posture correcting.
You can start correcting your posture and getting stronger by visiting PilatesAllDay.com. This platform hosts hundreds of workouts by certified trainers that aim to spine correct. Aside from core building, there are countless workouts specializing in all areas of the body, difficulty, space availability, and more.
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