Advanced Chin Tuck Strength Drill for Better Posture

Advanced Chin Tuck Strength Drill for Better Posture

A while back I shared this great basic chin tuck exercise to help with posture, tightness and pain in the neck and shoulders. Posture and being pain free is important to a lot of my clients. And several of them have really benefited from a progression of this move to build more strength in the muscles that pull your neck and head back to a healthier position. This one was taught to me by the awesome Dr. Mark Bautista of Balanced Beast Physical Therapy.

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#FirstWorldProblems... Is Your Tech-centric Lifestyle Ruining Your Health? These Tips Can Help.

#FirstWorldProblems... Is Your Tech-centric Lifestyle Ruining Your Health? These Tips Can Help.

Most of us got the memo that “sitting is the new smoking”. Chronic sitting, especially with poor posture, slumped over a laptop, iPhone or other piece of posture-wrecking technology, causes tightness in the hips, pectorals and several muscles that internally rotate the shoulders. Those tight muscles can pull joints out of alignment and cause pain and stiffness in the back, neck and legs and give you that oh so chic Hunchback of Notre Dame look. Not healthy. Not cute. But you can make some simple yet impactful lifestyle changes that will have you looking and feeling healthy and confident. 

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