Posture improvement at the workplace | Posture school

Posture improvement at the workplace

A posture school begins at the workplace. As a rule, 40 hours a week are spent there and under certain circumstances only sitting. With the right rules of conduct, permanent pain can be controlled at the workplace.

Not only correct sitting and standing is important for prevention, but also a balanced relationship between muscle tension and relaxation. Daily integrated exercises at the workplace do not cost a lot of time, do not disturb the person sitting next to you and can be carried out without much effort. The Brügger School of Posture describes a holistic concept, i.e. exercises relate to the entire body and also to the individual environment.

The exercises are individually adapted to everyday situations and the individual patient. Posture correction is used in the concept as a general basis for all functional disorders. Some of the exercises of the Brügger Concept are presented below.

1) To train body awareness, body control and mobilization of the spine, the patient is sitting in a chair. One hand is placed on the navel, the other on the sternum. Now the first attempt is made to keep the chest hand still while the abdominal hand approaches and removes it again through controlled pelvic tilt.

Then the abdominal hand is held calmly in position and the chest hand approaches and removes. Later, the movements can be practiced without hands and also in a standing position. 2) For a further exercise, stand with the back against a wall.The arms are spread to the side, the backs of the hands press against the wall and the chest rises while the pelvis remains against the wall.

Do this movement slowly a few times and then move the arms a little higher and do the same exercise again. 3) To strengthen the back muscles, use the quadruped position. The upper body is lowered towards the floor, the fingers crawl forward until the arms are stretched and form a diagonal with the back.

The palms of the hands lie on the floor. From this position, one arm is lifted straight forward, held for a few seconds, lowered and the other arm lifted. Repeat both sides a few times.