Assuming a good posture would not only helps in the management of pain but whatever happens, your risk of injury is reduced

Figure showing Good and bad sitting postures

Figure showing Correct and incorrect postures in diverse positions.

Figure showing the correct and incorrect posture when typing

Fig. From google.

POSTURE

Posture is the position in which we hold our bodies while standing, sitting, or lying down. Good posture is the correct alignment of body parts supported by the right amount of muscle tension against gravity. Without posture and the muscles that control it, we would simply fall to the ground.

Assuming an abnormal postures may cause structural and physiological changes in the body, thereby resulting in skeletal deformities and chronic pain.

Chronic pain can be of different forms, that mostly can affect the neck (chronic cervical pain), upper back (thoracic pain), lumbar(low back pain), shoulder pain, wrist pain, knee pain etc.

These pains mostly arise as a result of poor posture.

Posture must be of much concerned in as much as chronic pain remains as a socio-economic burden.

Bad postures can result in the numerous skeletal deformities such as scoliosis, kyphosis, lordorsis, and sway back.
A good posture would prevent these deformities and chronic pain. Hence, functional activities done with good postures would create a serene environment for the body structures,thereby maintaining their function.

With all these awareness created on the impact of posture on the body, if due to bad posture, one develops any of the deformities and or chronic pain, then, physiotherapy is the best option to looking forward to in the treatment.

Avoid the use of opioids for managing pain; as this would have negative impact on human life.
Impact such as those of mental problems, addiction, recurrence(treat symptoms) than the root cause.

With Physio exercises, the body releases enkephalin, which is a component of pain killer medications free for the pain management with no side effect.

Contact any nearest physiotherapy centre for an exercise under supervision of physiotherapy technician, if you have chronic pain or skeletal spinal deformity that may trigger pain.

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