Posture Correction in Preston
Do you suffer from poor posture? Dysfunctional movement and compensation patterns are common with poor posture and can contribute to back and neck pain, spinal dysfunction, joint degeneration, rounded shoulders and a potbelly. Without the correct treatment, it can heavily impact your everyday life.
So if you’re in need of posture correction in Thornbury, Northside Chiropractic can assist you with a range of strategies, including spinal adjustments, soft tissue therapy and joint mobilisation. Contact us today to book an appointment.
A chiropractor is a healthcare practitioner that specialises in the spine and nervous system.Conditions Associated with Poor Posture
Posture is the way that the body supports muscle tension against gravity. If you don’t maintain good posture, it can lead to a number of physical conditions and even influence your self confidence and sensitivity to pain.
Associated conditions include:
- Forward head posture
- Hump at the base of the neck (dowager’s hump)
- Rounded shoulders
- Increased mid back curve (hyperkyphosis)
- Tilted pelvis (forward/backward relative to spine)
- Back, neck and shoulder pain
- Scoliosis
- Neck related headaches
Causes of Poor Posture
At Northside Chiropractic, we look at your posture as the foundation of every movement your body makes. Your posture determines how well your body adapts to the stresses it experiences day-to-day.
For example: carrying weight, sitting/standing in an awkward position, and even gravity!
When we don’t have the correct posture, our muscles work harder to keep us upright. You’ll experience inhibition from some muscles, while other muscles will become tight and inflexible.
Over time you can expect these dysfunctional adaptations to impair your body and its ability to deal with the forces braced upon it from everyday living.
Poor posture is likely to inflict extra wear and tear on joints and ligaments and increase the likelihood of accidents. It can also make organs like your lungs less efficient, as bad posture compresses your abdomen, limiting the expansion of the lungs. This reduced expansion means a significantly reduced lung capacity and as such a smaller intake of oxygen to the body.
Without the correct posture treatment, you’re likely to suffer from shoulder pain.Chiropractic Posture Correction Treatments
If left untreated, poor posture can put a great deal of stress on your body. It can put a strain on your muscles, from your feet and legs all the way up to your shoulders and neck. To ensure this doesn’t happen to you, we offer a number of different treatments options for correcting posture at Northside Chiropractic:
- Spinal Adjustments: We can adjust and correct your spine alignment to give you fast and effective relief. Our chiropractor will use their hands or a specially designed small instrument to apply a controlled, sudden force to a spinal joint to correct any misalignments.
- Soft Tissue Therapy: Soft tissue therapy is the management, manipulation and rehabilitation of the musculoskeletal system. It is used to treat and alleviate musculoskeletal pain, as well as improve body flexibility, strength and wellness.
- Joint Mobilization: A joint mobilization is a form of manual therapy designed to relieve muscle pain and tension or improve the mobility of a joint.
Why Choose Us As Your Posture Corrector
When you visit us for your first posture correction treatment, we don’t just provide you with a full postural analysis and a number of spine-related treatments. We also provide you with a custom care plan and all the information you need to ensure that your posture remains appropriately positioned and you minimize the chances of reverting back to bad habits.
Meet Our Chiropractor
Dr Lenče Veljanoska
Lenče is a northern suburbs native and completed her Chiropractic degree at RMIT University. It was there that she founded the RMIT Student Neurology Club and was the vice-president of the RMIT Chiropractic Students Association for 2 years running.
Northside Chiropractic is Lenče’s passion as it provides her with the opportunity to give back to the community that gave her so much growing up. Above all, she wants to help people of all ages reach their full potential through chiropractic care.
Frequently Asked Questions
We hope we answered any questions you had regarding chiropractic posture correction. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you need any more information or to book an appointment. Below you can find our most frequently asked questions that may also provide you with any other answers you’re looking for.
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