Does your mother tell you to “Stand up straight,” because you have bad posture? Poor posture can be a result of asymmetrical muscular weakness and joint stiffness, usually caused by a long term pattern of behavior. Osteopathy aims to diagnose and treat specific muscular weakness, and to restore joint mobility.
Your osteopath can assist you to understand the causes of the postural compensation and weakness, providing ergonomic advice and specific exercise/stretching programs to restore better posture and overall strength. It takes time to change long standing poor posture, but it is never too late to increase awareness of good posture.