MSI Pillar 3: Posture - Rate Yourself
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• Good posture is a good habit that contributes to the well-being of the individual…Conversely, bad posture is a bad habit.” “The ideal alignment of the body may not be attainable in every respect, but it is the standard toward which efforts to attain it are directed” - Kendall, McCreary and Provance, 1993.
• The third pillar, and one of the most important pillars, is posture.
• The greatest thing about posture is that we have the ability to control our posture and our postural habits.
• Do you use good or bad posture?
• Do you focus as much on your posture at work as you do when you golf or play other sports?
• Do you try to maintain a good low back curve in most working situations?
• Do you avoid twisting by keeping your hips and chest facing the same direction when turning?
• Do you take the time to set up your work to allow you to work in good posture?
• When you must work low to the ground, do you wear a kneepad(s) to kneel on one knee for a stable, more neutral working position?
• Do you bend properly from your hips? Or do you collapse your low back into a slouch (see picture above).
• When you look back on the past few months or year, how do you rate yourself? Do you choose to do better?
