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We are obsessed with losing weight. We marty ourselves with "calorie calorie" routines to devour the fat but then we spend hours sitting at the computer with our shoulders rotated forward and our chin forward as if we were human gargoyles . We walk hunched over and looking at the mobile, punishing our cervicals and trapeze. In short, we forget one of the wisest advice that grandmothers and mothers gave us when we were little. "Walk straight and with your head high . "

Why is it so important to maintain good body posture? "It benefits us in all organic functioning, but specifically in these three factors that I detail in my last book 'Back School': flexibility, strength and mobility, " explains Ata Pouramini, director of Quiropractic Valencia.

Pouramini adds that, as much as we crush ourselves in the gym, "we will not take full advantage of these physical qualities that are enhanced by exercise if we go through life with an ungainly body attitude, showing a column that maintains a natural mismatch."

This specialist warns that " the back should maintain its harmonic shape for health, since the vertebrae should be aligned so as not to rub nerves or other tissues. The impingements and contractures are usually produced in most cases by repeated poor postures."

To what extent can this postural neglect influence us psychologically? "Everything is related: physical, mind and emotions. It's like the attitude towards age: there are no old people, there are people without spirit or attitude ."

Pouramini recalls that "the so-called positions of power raise us above the circumstances, since they have to do not only with how others perceive us but with how we perceive ourselves."

Good posture, he continues, "improves mental and emotional state and emotional language influences the way we think, feel and act." And he gives us an example to understand it better: "Let us think of a person who crosses the finish line of a race in the first place: he enlarges, raises his arms, becomes taller."

It is no coincidence that leaders work conscientiously on the postural attitude: "There are studies - such as that carried out by Amy Cuddy, a Harvard professor - that relate the postures to the segregation of various hormones: testosterone and cortisol. More power in the testosterone, more testosterone; unless more cortiso l ".

SITTING AND FOOT

"When walking, it is not convenient to carry your back completely straight, because you have to respect the natural curvature of the spine. The right thing is to stand up , which means with straight shoulders, aligned to the rest of the body, but without forcing. the sternum, but not the abdomen. "

The challenge is to maintain that posture "but not in an artificial way, because if we stretch a lot we can hurt ourselves in the cervicals."

To avoid it it is better to walk "with strides not too long, legs slightly apart and at a good pace." In this way, "we will not force the hips either and our attitude will be perceived as something elegant and natural."

If we talk about sitting, the stance in front of the table is essential. "Nothing to be pushed forward. Not only does it not aesthetically favor us, but it is not good for back health and also makes us seem insignificant ."

How do we do it then? "You have to sit at the bottom of the chair, not be in imbalance on one side or on the tip of the chair. The back, again elongated, the shoulders aligned with the hips, the head also high. The eyes should take us at the height level of the document that we are reading. The feet resting on the floor and the chair raised to a height that also allows the arms to be placed on the table. "

Do you want to know what your posture says about you?

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Ata Pouramini deciphers the meaning of these 'emotional' postures:

-Arms behind the head and legs raised: safety.

- Arms in jugs and open legs: safety.

- Sitting and protecting your neck: weakness.

-Fetal posture: weakness.

The secret to doing abs while you work

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"There are several techniques to strengthen the muscles of the abdomen, but there is one that gives optimal results because it connects with breathing and that helps us to our well-being in general. I mean hypopressive abdominals, which reduce swelling, by repositioning the organs of the area. They tone the muscles of both the abdomen and the pelvic floor and by practicing them we are reeducating posturally, "Pouramini recommends.

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