If you are not satisfied with your posture, maybe your shoulders are rounded forward, your upper back has a strong curve (kyphosis or ‘hunchback’) or you have a forward head posture, then this course is for you. Suffering from this anatomical conspicuity can have a tremendous impact on people’s confidence and behaviour. The ‘simple’ act of pushing our backs straight and pulling the shoulders back gives us both an instant feeling of confidence and also affects the people around us. It makes an impression. Sadly, modern everyday life forces us to sit in front of computers and smartphones most of the time. This leads to both weakness and shortness of certain muscles and myofascial tissue. In this course you will learn why there is never a ‘Quick fix’ for a postural problem and consistency paired with the right motivation is the only true way to make a change on your posture. The author is a German physical therapist with vast experience in the field of Manual Therapy, Sports physiotherapy, Ergonomics, Myofascial treatment and neurologic impairments. Among his clients he mainly counts ordinary patients who suffer from back pain due to sitting and office work. The author created a well thought out concept to guide you through this course: Introduction of the courseDiscussion of the theoretical basics which are important to make you understand how the body is built up and connected by myofascial tissue why you have to release certain muscles/tissue firstwhich strength exercises and mobility exercises are highly effective, and whySelf assessmentThe student analyzes his/her current posture in order to determine main impairments Individual diagnostic findings (like stiffness in particular tests of the spine or shoulder joint) will be used throughout the curse to document progressIncreasing postural awareness, which is a basic tool for the whole coursePositioning of the pelvis as a key movementSpine and head Shoulder blades and shoulder jointsStretching/mobilization of shortened musclesStretching is crucial to allow the posture to change. Without stretching, strengthening is much less effective You learn to stretch ‘muscle chains’ that are influencing the posture negatively Specific Yoga stretches will be taught to target the shortened tissue effectively Mobilization of the spineEffective exercises to increase the mobility of the thoracic and lumbar spineFoam roller as a useful equipmentStrengthening of weak muscles at homeAll exercises that can be done right away at homeApart from using the body weight a light resistance band can be usefulStrengthening in the gym (Advanced)Learn how to implement the gained knowledge into your gym routineUse weights and machines for a bigger variety of exercisesIntroduction of exercises you might have skipped in the gym before.
