it is presentation on body postures and different bad body postures which effect the physical appearance of a person.

1. BODY
POSTURE
S

2. BODY POSTURES MEANS KEEPING YOUR BODY UPRIGHT
AND BALANCED GRAVITY WHILE STANDING,SITTING OR
LYING DOWN.IT DISTRIBUTES OUR BODY WEIGHT EVENLY
TO BOTH LEGS.
WHAT IS BODY POSTURES?

3. NEED OF A GOOD BODY POSTURE:
• KEEPS BONES AND JOINTS IN THE CORRECT
ALINGMENT THAT MAKES YOUR MUSCLES TO
WORK PROPERLY.
• DECREASES THE STRESS IN THE LIGAMENTS
HOLDING THE JOINT OF THE SPINE
TOGETHER.
• PREVENTS FATIGUE BECAUSE MUSCLES ARE
BEING USED MORE EFFICIENTLY,ALLOWING
THE BODY TO USE LESS ENERGY.
• PREVENTS STRAIN AND RELATED PROBLEMS.

4. WHAT IS BAD BODY POSTURES?

5. BODY HAVING
INCORRECT ALIGNMENT
OF SEGMENTS IS
TERMED BAD
POSTURES. IF THE
NATURAL CURVES OF
THE VERTEBRAL
COLUMN ARE NOT
MAINTAINED PROPERLY,
BAD POSTURES MAY
OCCUR.

6. COMMON BAD POSTURES

7. KYPHOSIS:
IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS HUNCH BACK. IN
GENERAL TERMS, IT IS COMMON CONDITION OF A
CURVATURE OF THE UPPER SPINE. IOT IS ALSO
CALLED ‘ROUND BACK’.
CAUSES OF THE POSTURES ARE THAT THE
PERSON MAY HAVE SHORT EYE SIGHT, HARD OF
HEARING WEAK MUSCELS QUICK DEVELOPMENT OF
THE BODY ETC..
EXCERCISES LIKE PERFORMING
DHANURASANA, BENDING YOR HEAD BACKWARD
INB STANDING POSITION MAY HELP TO OVERCOME
THIS.

8. LORDOSIS:
IT IS A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE AN
INJURED CURVATURE OF A PORTION OF THE
VERTEBRAL COLOUMN.IT IS INWARD CURVATURE
OF SPINE.
POOR MUSCLES, IMBALANCED DIET,
OBESITY AND DISEASES AFFECTING VERTEBRAE
AND SPINAL MUSCLES,GIVING BIRTH TO MANY
CHILDRENS.
DOING FORWARD BEDING
EXCERCISES,PERFORM SIT UP
REGULARLY.PERFORMING HALASANA CAN BE
RECOMANDED AS REMEDIES FOR THIS.

9. SCOLIOSIS:
IT IS A MEDICAL CONDITIOPN IN WHICH
A PERSON’S SPINE IS CURVED FROM SIDE TO
SIDE, SHAPED LIKE ‘S’.IT IS AN ABNORMAL
LATERAL CURVATURE OF SPINE.
IT CAN CAUSE BECAUSE OF PARTIAL
DEAFNESS, UNHEALTHY CONDITIPON,
DISTURBED WEIGHT BALANCE.
FOLLOWING THE EXERCISE LIKE
BENDING EXCERSICE SHOULD BE PERFORMED
IN OPPOSITE SIDE OF SCOLIOSIS AFFECTED
CURVE IS SUGGESTED AS THE REMEDY FOR IT.

10. FLATFOOT:
FLAT FOOT OR FALLEN ARCHES IS A MEDICAL
CONDITION IN WHICH THE ARCH OF THE FOOT
COLLAPSE WITH THE ENTIRE SOLE OF THE FOOT
COMING INTO COMPLETE OR NEAR COMPLETE
CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.
GOING BAREFOOT,THROUGH BEACHES IS A
GOOD WORKOUT FOR THIS,WALKING ON HEELS
WALKINH IN INNER AND OUTER SIDE OF FEET CAN
ALSO BE RECOMMANDED.
THE REASON BEHIND SUCH A BAD POSTURE
MAY BE WEAK MUSLES, WEARING IMPROPER
SHOES,QUICK INCREASE IN BODY WEIGHT ETC.

11. BOWED LEG:
BOWLEG IS A CONDITION IN WHICH THE
KNEES STAY WIDE APART WHEN A PERSON
STANDS WITH THE FEET AND ANKLES
TOGETHER.IT IS OPPOSITE OF KNOCK KNEE
POISITION.
BOWLEG MAY BE CAUSE BECAUSE OF
BLOUNT’S DISEASE, BONE
DYSPLASIAS,RICKETS ETC.
REMEDIES ARE VITAMIN ‘D’ SHOULD BE
TAKEN IN REQUIRED AMOUNT, BALANCED
DIET,WALKING BY BENDING THE TOES
INWARD.

12. KNOCK-KNEE:
IT IS A CONDITION WHERE THE KNEES ANGLE
IN AND TOUCH ONE ANOTHER WHEN THE LEGS ARE
STRAINGHTENED. IN THIS DEFORMITY BOTH THE
KNEES KNOCK OR TOUCH EACH OTHER NIN NORMAL
SATDING POSITION. THE GAP BETWEEN ANKLES GOES
ON INCREASING.THE PERSON FACES DIFFICULTY IN
WALKING AND RUNNING.
THIS CAUSES BECAUSE OF THE INJURY OF THE
SHINBONE, OSTEOMYLITIES, OVERWEIGHT ETC.
REMEDIES ARE HORSE RIDING,DOING
PADMASANA AND GOMUKHASANA REGULARLY, USE
OF WALKING CALLIPERS ETC.

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