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Does Posture Truly Matter?

Written on June 8, 2024 at 7:33 am, by Eric Cressey

You typically discover individuals who declare that static posture doesn’t matter. In lots of circumstances, their argument is predicated on analysis that doesn’t show a definitive relationship between posture and ache. Whereas I’ve obtained an in depth rebuttal to this opposing viewpoint, the simplest strategy to reply is to say that posture alone doesn’t completely relate to ache or performance. Relatively, it’s the interplay of posture with each positions and cargo that issues.

Take this downsloped clavicle, for instance. Somebody with this posture would possibly dwell a totally regular life as a monitor and subject runner, or somebody who sits within the desk all day. Nevertheless, throw this posture (scapular/clavicular despair) into the overhead athlete group, and the positions and hundreds encountered change dramatically.

If you happen to’re acquainted with the Postural Restoration Institute faculty of thought, it shouldn’t shock you that this presentation was half of a bigger left AIC/proper BC sample in a proper handed pitcher, however let’s simply deal with this particular location for the sake of constructing a degree with this text.

You’ll be able to’t inform me that the neurovascular bundle isn’t compromised between the clavicle and first rib on this state of affairs. Or, it might occur extra distally, underneath the attachments on the coracoid technique of the scapula.

There’s a motive we see thoracic outlet syndrome way more in baseball gamers than different athletic populations.
Posture hundreds the gun, however positions and hundreds particular to an athlete’s sport pull the set off. Click on To Tweet

That is one motive why I went to nice lengths to dig in on posture in my “How Posture Impacts Ache and Efficiency” webinar as a part of my Sturdy Shoulder Options useful resource. If you wish to perceive motion and its position in dysfunction and ache, you’d be loopy to miss the place folks begin.