The Effects of Exercise On Body Posture


The aims of this study is to describe the effects of exercise on body posture by reviewing the literature. The health and fitness of the population, is one of the most important indicators in developed countries. Posture is the way our body holds itself in a particular position. Physical activity is essential for normal skeletal health during. Correct Posture: “Position in which minimum stress is placed on each joint.” Incorrect Posture on Man is any position that increases stress on joints. Good posture helps you and your clothes look good. Some common posture problems are forward head, back pain, lordosis, and kyphosis, scoliosis, and hyperextend knees. Sportive activities and regularly exercises have positive effects according to their features on body posture. General Treatment Goals and Plan of Care must be: Relieve pain & muscular tension, restore range of movement and muscular balance, retrain kinesthetic awareness & retrain control of normal alignment, and teach the physical therapy how to manage posture to prevent recurrences. There are high rates of skeletal anomalies in the community. Exercise on body posture has positive effects. The best way to improve body posture is to focus on exercises that strengthen your core, and the abdominal and low back muscles your spine and pelvis. Some of these muscles move torso by flexing, extending, or rotating spine. Others stabilize pelvis and spine in a natural, neutral position. Particularly, exercises to correct postural disorders should be done carefully at every age.


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Posture, Lordosis, Kyphosis, Scoliosis

Author : Bade YAMAK -- Osman İMAMOĞLU - İzzet İSLAMOĞLU - Mehmet ÇEBİ
Number of pages: 1377-1388
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7827/TurkishStudies.13911
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Journal of Turkish Studies
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