NEWSLETTER September 2019
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Improve Your Health By Strengthening Your Core
How is your posture? Posture is an important part of everyday life that many of us tend not to focus on – Do you slouch in your deskchair, or slump at your computer while you do work? When you stand for prolonged periods of time, do you notice your stomach stickingoutabit?Theseareallsignsof coremuscle weakness that can affect your posture and cause pain in your back or neck. Your core muscles help you do a lot – from sitting, to walking, to doing a large number of physical activities. If your core muscles are weak, you may unknowinglybecausingsomedamage to your body. Contact Advantage Physical Therapy today to figure out how we can help you strengthen your coremusclesand improveyouroverall health. What exactly are the core muscles? When most people think of core muscles, they immediately think of the abdominals. However, the core is made up of much more than that! In fact, your core muscles include your abdominal, lower back, pelvic, and gluteus muscles. The group of muscles that make up your core help with stabilizing your body, constructing your posture, and allowing your skeleton to move
properly. When any of the muscles within that group become weak, your body experiences an instability that makes it difficult for your body to function properly. As a result, you end up compensating by straining different areas of the body, most commonlythebackandneckmuscles. As a result, this leads to undesirable consequences, such as poor posture, fatigue, inflammation, or pain. How can I strengthen my core muscles? When you are experiencing pain,sometimes it isnecessarytoseek theassistanceofatrainedprofessional in the field of human movement. At Advantage Physical Therapy, our licensed physical therapists will conduct a physical evaluation to determinewherethepain isrootedand what muscles must be strengthened in order to correct it. Whether you are feeling pain in your back, neck, shoulders, or legs, we will perform a thorough analysis of your posture, movement, and strength to pinpoint exactly what is causing your pain. From there, we will create an individualized treatment plan for you based on your specific needs, aimed atstrengtheningyourcore, improving your posture, and alleviating your pain.
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How You Can Strengthen Your Core
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