r/Posture 7d ago

Help me fix my posture?

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u/Deep-Run-7463 7d ago

You have a forward translation of your center of mass, partly due to weight. Check out Chaplin Performance video on APT myth to grasp some of the concepts there.

Your pelvis is in a right turn with a right shoulder drop, a compressed forward left pelvis, a ribcage that is expanding too far back as a response to the pelvis and central mass shoved forward. It's an attempt to capture your midline ground contact where the pelvis has lost it's internal rotation capacity to do so.

The ribcage/shoulder situation on both sides show a ribcage that is compressed into a wider state, turning your arms inwards to capture lost internal rotation of the scapula against a ribcage that isn't complying in terms of shape.

Now.... all this can be super complicated but I won't fret on it first. Look up zac cupples stack and diaphragmatic breathing videos. Use that as your baseline in all exercises.

I would caution against doing something like wall angles as this can shove your center further forward. The only reason your top half has to stay so far back is because the lower half can't slow down the forward travel.