A Personal Perspective: I’ve always had bad posture. Here’s what happened when I tried to change that.
It was certainly boring. To restore mobility after breaking my back, a physical therapist told me to walk around the house with a walker for 40 minutes, a few times a day. “Forty minutes is the average length of the talks you give,” she said. “So let’s start this training.”
Easier said than done. I corrected my posture by telling myself, “Stand up straight.” It lasted for a minute or two and then my monkey mind hopped to other things. I took charge and reminded my back about posture. I straightened up for a few minutes and then the monkey got busy again. Finally, after weeks with me and my walker doing the house circuit, I caught a glimpse of a woman in the mirror who was standing up straight for the first time in her life. It gave her moreBut then, on another round, I saw that the same woman with a straight had shoulders that were raised up or hunched forward. Once again I asked the physical therapist if it was worth it to change that too. She said it definitely was.
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