#posture-correction

#posture-correction

The brain is the conductor of the orchestra, the muscles are the instruments. When your body is out of alignment, the orchestra is playing out of tune. Misalignment in the musculoskeletal system is frequently the root cause of chronic pain and the resulting poor posture.

Most posture gadgets target office workers hunched over laptops, buzzing when your shoulders curl forward, or your neck drifts too far from neutral. Meanwhile, people doing physically demanding jobs, like young farmers, quietly rack up back pain and joint strain from long hours of bending, squatting, and lifting in fields. That strain is often treated as just part of the job until it becomes a serious problem threatening long-term health and livelihood.

You're probably familiar with the aching feeling of stiff neck muscles. Whether you chalk it up to accumulated stress or hours of leaning forward over your devices, you probably assume your yoga practice is an obvious way to remedy that situation. And it is. But there's a chance you're making your muscles even crankier by falling into some common mistakes related to your neck in your yoga practice.