Posture Archives - Sort Your Posture Out

Why your turned out duck feet are trashing your body

January 21, 2016 Sort Your Posture Out 73 comments

Duck feet is a term used to describe out-toeing (flat turned out feet). In their normal alignment, your feet should be parallel with each other and pointing straight ahead. This may not seem important, but as I have said before, the human body is very much like a house of cards. Bend or remove a card and the whole structure becomes unstable.

Will duck feet cause your knees to explode or prematurely end your life? Does turning the foot out very slightly matter? No, of course not. If however, you stand like the guys in the picture above, you will slowly wear your joints out. It may also impair your sporting performance and increase your likelihood of injury.

Bad posture; common examples of poor posture.

December 12, 2015 Sort Your Posture Out 4 comments

Bad Posture. Thanks to Gamsiz for the use of this picture flickr.com photos gamsiz

This article has been written to highlight some of the more common examples of bad posture that I see almost every day. It gives a brief description and example of each type and lists the effected muscles (when applicable).

Body Alignment: What does perfect posture look like?

November 4, 2015 Sort Your Posture Out 3 comments

Body alignment refers to the position of our joints relative to each other. Simply put, its the way our body parts are stacked! Checking static standing posture is a way of assessing the body when in a semi resting state. I have written this article to provide an idea of what perfect posture looks like. This article is not however, a guide showing you how to assess yourself as this is pretty tricky to do yourself (more on this at the bottom of the page). It will highlight some of the key things to look for and provide some pictures to help illustrate some of the body’s landmarks.

Human beings are designed to move. When it comes to health and performance it’s movement that matters. Checking static body alignment is important as the position of our joints often dictates where a movement begins and ends. This in turn effects how efficient and safe that movement is. Read more

Sort Your Posture Out: The Mission

March 11, 2013 Sort Your Posture Out 9 comments

The primary goal of this site is to help you try to sort out your posture before you experience pain or damage yourself.

Although the chances are that you found this site because you already have!

In which case I will provide some tips on; who to see, what to ask, and what you can do about it.

I will also try to:

Help you try to identify what went wrong in the first place.
Help you to work out how to restore your posture.
Help you to learn more about how your body works.
Show you some exercises & stretches that may help.
Dispel a few myths.
Babble on about anything else I find interesting!