Building a Robust Back The idea of maintaining an upright posture while standing, sitting or walking is as intuitive as it is visually appealing. Aligning your spine to most efficiently accept the force of gravity is a good idea. But being able to reverse that spinal alignment while squatting down to pick up your kid or pick something off the floor is just as important. That fact is if we rigidly hold any position, correct posture or not, for an extended amount of time, our neuromuscular adaptation to that position will have some negative consequences. The standing desk solution is a real world example of this concept. The trade off between standing for 8 hours vs. sitting for 8 hours is just an exchange of one set of neuromuscular problems for another, the relative posture in those positions is irrelevant. The goal should be movement adaptability. The starting point to movement adaptability is a robust back.
Building a Robust Back
Building a Robust Back
Building a Robust Back
Building a Robust Back The idea of maintaining an upright posture while standing, sitting or walking is as intuitive as it is visually appealing. Aligning your spine to most efficiently accept the force of gravity is a good idea. But being able to reverse that spinal alignment while squatting down to pick up your kid or pick something off the floor is just as important. That fact is if we rigidly hold any position, correct posture or not, for an extended amount of time, our neuromuscular adaptation to that position will have some negative consequences. The standing desk solution is a real world example of this concept. The trade off between standing for 8 hours vs. sitting for 8 hours is just an exchange of one set of neuromuscular problems for another, the relative posture in those positions is irrelevant. The goal should be movement adaptability. The starting point to movement adaptability is a robust back.