Poor Posture Edinburgh

Poor posture is a common complaint and can contribute to neck pain, headaches, shoulder pain and mid-back pain. Patients sometimes feel self-conscious about their posture and have received comments from friends or colleagues about trying to improve it. You may be experiencing heaviness, tension and stiffness around your neck and shoulders that gets worse towards the end of the day. Stress may also be making it feel worse.

What Causes Poor Posture?

Poor posture is primarily caused by a sedentary lifestyle and hunched positions while working or relaxing. Sedentary lifestyle weakens the muscles of your spine and neck that help maintain an upright position. Sitting in hunched positions while using a laptop or while watching TV places stress on the joints and muscles of your neck and shoulders. Over time they become stiff, tight and painful and can gradually adopt this new position.

How Can We Help Your Poor Posture?

Chiropractors help by restoring motion to stiff and restricted joints in your neck, back and shoulders. This allows muscles to relax so that postural improvements can take place. We have seen many patients whose posture improved significantly in just a few weeks and who were delighted to be receiving compliments about their posture from friends and family. This had a positive on their mood and confidence too.

By gently correcting restrictions and prescribing tailor-made rehabilitation exercises and lifestyle changes, your chiropractor can help you to improve your posture and

Chiropractors are trained to diagnose and treat conditions of the neuromusculoskeleta system (nerves, muscles and bones). There is good evidence to support visiting a chiropractor to improve posture.