Posture

• Center of gravity of each body segment is centered over it supportive base rusulting in maximal physiological & biomedical efficiency
• plumb line

• Breathing
• Joint Support / Comfort
• Energy (muscles work less, weight on bones and ligaments)
• Self Image (more confidense)

• Injury
• Disease (neuro muscular, CP high tone)
• Habit - job requirements
• Muscle imbalance (hip flexor tightness least to ant. pelvic tilt. HD tightness leads to post pelvic tilt)
• Heredity
• Age

• Increase forward head
• Kyphosis
• Decreased bone density
• Decreased Flexibility
• Decreased Strength

• Cervical - lordosis
• Thoracic - kyphosis
• Lumbar - lordosis
• Sacral - kyphosis

a truly vertical line used as reference in assessment of posture obtained by hanging alead weight, establishes a reference

• a mal position tat can be fixed immediately
• tends to be a habit

• Not volunarily correctable
• a change in muscule or none length
• muscle - stretch or strengthen
• bone - brace