How to Improve Your Posture Effectively

Last Updated on January 7, 2021

Remember when your mom used to scold you for not sitting straight? She was totally right! Posture is essential to human health, just like eating, getting a good night sleep, and working out regularly.

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Actually, posture, as a body language, can have a positive impact on your physical and mental performance. Good posture can help you feel disciplined and in charge of your own lifestyle by choosing to stay fit and healthy.

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#1 – Do Yoga and Pilates

An unhealthy posture can result in spinal complications like a permanent hunchback or loss of bone strength.

Fortunately, Yoga and Pilates can help you regain a good posture with positions such as the tree pose, downward facing dog, and even the plank pose can make a great difference.

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The best part is that all these positions are pretty simple and you can practice them every day at home.

#2 – Shoulder and chest exercises

Shoulder and chest exercises are a great way to improve your poor posture. If you remain in one sitting position for a long time, you can have tightness in the chest area which can bring about poor posture.

A fantastic and easy shoulder and chest exercise is to hold your arms out horizontally and turn them around ten times for two rounds. To help relax tense muscles and maintain a good posture, keep practicing shoulder and chest exercises on a daily basis.

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#3 – Uncross your legs

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Sitting with crossed legs can cause spider veins. Usually, when people suffer from neck or back pains, they naturally slouch away the pain by poor posture and thus develop this bad habit.

In fact, science revealed a link between back and neck pain and crossed legs. So just uncross your legs whenever you cross them until you get used to sitting straight.