Posture Practice Seminars teach professionals posture assessment, therapy & exercise for patients and clients.
StrongPosture™ exercise protocols are taught by professionals nationwide for helping postural back and neck pain as well as for performance and wellness.
Dr. Steven Weiniger's book, Stand Taller~Live Longer is the 10 minute a day posture exercise program for everyone.
The BodyZone.com website provides posture info and tools for consumers as well as posture practice tools for professionals
More About Posture Practice Online
Video lectures with detailed focused motion exercise will teach you protocols to progress patients from:
- AcuteCare (passive therapy + posture awareness) , and through
- RehabCare (less passive therapy + increasing active rehab care training posture control exercises), and then onto
- WellnessCare and coaching (daily posture exercises combined with periodic passive therapy to maximize the bio-mechanic benefits of all activities of daily living (ADLs) and other exercise)
- RehabCare (less passive therapy + increasing active rehab care training posture control exercises), and then onto
The StrongPosture™ program builds postural awareness by teaching patients' simplified postural bio-mechanics combined with a sequential progression of posture exercise along three tracks (Balance-Alignment-Motion) in a patient friendly, research based framework of bio-mechanical concepts.
Chiropractors, massage therapists, personal trainers, physical therapists and other professionals can learn to practically integrate passive and active techniques with a progressive protocol designed to strengthen posture and retrain motion. Strengthening a patient’s posture creates perceived value with demonstrably improved function as well as pain relief and injury prevention and also promotes continuing effective exercise to help people move, feel and be well.
The unrecognized opportunity: Keeping the 77 million boomers moving well.
As boomer approach their elder years and increasingly suffer from back pain and arthritis, the research showing we not only move better but actually age better when we stand taller with strong postural alignment will grow the often neglected importance of posture.
Especially in an era of declining insurance reimbursement, strengthening posture is an unrealized niche to build perceived value and help people stay healthy by keeping them moving well
As boomers age and their posture slumps, many won't be content to fold over into "Old Posture". Helping Boomers Stand Taller is an opportunity for wellness practices focused on helping people stay healthy and moving well. Conventional wisdom and current research shows the benefits of improving posture
A 20 year University of London study looked at over 4,200 men aged 40-59 and found strong correlation between losing height and mortality. The authors speculated that slumping over postures caused a physical restriction of breathing which significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and respiratory mortality1.
...in other words...
Stand Taller to Live Longer
How do you start BodyZone Online Learning?
1. Click "New User" link in the top right hand corner of this page to register.
2. Once you are logged on, go to the Course Catalog on the left of the screen, then choose a course.
3. Take the class and any applicable test.
4. Click "My Transcript" from the Navigation bar on the left for an immediate e-mail confirmation that the course was successfully completed!
CE hours provided by New York Chiropractic College
VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS for registration Click here.
1Height Loss in Older Men- Associations With Total Mortality and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease S. Goya Wannamethee, PhD; A. Gerald Shaper, FRCP; Lucy Lennon, MSc; Peter H. Whincup, FRCP, PhD, Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:2546-2552.
2Motor Control Learning in Chronic Low Back Pain, Magnusson ML, et al. Spine. July 15, 2008; Vol. 33, No. 16, pp. E532-E538.
