Postural Tip of the Week - Stop Leaning!

Our postural tip of the week this week has to do with the way we lean our upper bodies when we are sitting.
Whether you see a driver with his left hand on the steering wheel leaning to rest his arm on the center console...

...Or a "desk jockey" leaning to use his mouse...



Both are doing the same thing...leaning to the right.

Our tip this week is to be mindful of keeping your left ribs down when you are sitting so that the shoulders remain level.  We often notice patients lean to the right, causing the right shoulder to drop.  This problem is not from the shoulders, but from the ribcage due to a lack of recruitment of your left abdominals.  Turn them on to fix this postural problem!