All You Need to Know About Spinal Symmetry and Range of Motion

1. All You Need to Know About Spinal Symmetry and Range of Motion Spinal symmetry is a vital element of your body. It helps to ensure that no area in your body is receiving unnecessary stress and thereby resulting in severe pain and joint immobility. Since it is so important, it’s crucial for you to learn how to perform a self-symmetry check to and maintain good posture to ensure that you do not have any spinal misalignment issues.

2. How to Perform a Symmetry Check Close your eyes and walk forward for a few seconds, before coming to a stop. Then, open your eyes and look at yourself in the mirror. When you’re reviewing your symmetry and balance, ask yourself these questions: • Are my eyes, shoulders, and hips level? • Are the resting angles of my palms similar on both sides? • Is my hip or head tilted to one side more than the other? • Do I have a visible shoulder or back hunch? • Are my ears in alignment with my hips and head? • Is the resting position of my pelvis squared or tilted in any direction?

3. Range of Motion Another crucial element that you will certainly have to check is your range of motion. An issue with your posture often leads to a joint being restricted in some way. For example, if there’s a misalignment in the vertebrae in the neck, it may cause your shoulder to lose some of its mobility as well. If you leave this issue untreated, it will exacerbate the condition, turning it into something more concerning.

4. How to Check the Range of Motion in Your Neck Tilt your head to the side in either direction while maintaining around a 45-degree angle. Slowly rotate your neck in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction to see if you experience any stiffness or pain. Once you complete a full rotation, repeat the movement in the opposite direction. From there, try touching your chin to your neck, then point your chin towards the ceiling. Additionally, try shrugging your shoulder as high as you can and hold the position for a second or two, then slowly push it down to see if you can engage the upper portion of your pectoral muscles. All of these motions should be smooth and painless, so if you’re experiencing any reason why you have decided to see a chiropractor. You may have been experiencing back, shoulder, and neck pain, you will have to bring it up with your doctor or chiropractor.

5. Additional Concerns About Spinal Alignment Poor posture will have a significant long-term effect on your spinal alignment, which will have an effect on every physical activity that you do, be it exercise, sitting, lying down, or even standing up. When you have poor posture, more pressure will be put on your spine and muscles, causing your body to tense up in a way that it shouldn’t. Therefore, you need to learn how to properly position your body for all of your daily activities and be mindful about maintaining them throughout the day to ensure a high level of well-being. In addition to poor posture, skeletal disorders such as osteoarthritis and osteoporosis can affect your spinal alignment as well. The conditions are more prevalent in the older demographic, so if you’re at risk of these diseases, you will need to talk to your doctor about it.

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