Do you ever notice that your hips feel tight? Or maybe you notice its uncomfortable to squat during a workout, to pick up your child, or even to grab a pen off the floor something doesn't feel right?
We've noticed these patterns can be an unknown culprit:
-Long periods of sitting
- Protection mode
-Forward head posture
1) Long periods of sitting
If you think about it, we sit quite a lot with our current lifestyle. For instance, you sit on the bus/car to go to work (~30 min), sit at work/school (~7-9 hours), sit to on the bus/car to go home (~30 min), sit to eat dinner (~30 min), sit on the couch to watch tv (2-3 hours).
Based on this lifestyle, its ~11 hours of sitting! Wow. If this sounds like you, then we can implement other ways to combat this sitting ordeal.
- Drink more water -> leads to more bathroom breaks -> increases movement
- Utilize a sit /stand desk
- Walk to and from work
2) Protection mode
ng beat up by a gang of people and instinctively you hunker down to try to protect yourself). When the brain/body learn that the environment isn’t safe, it essentially “turtles” to protect itself. If left in protection mode for too long, it memorizes this pattern until taught otherwise.3) Forward head posture
With Chiropractic care, helping your body to find balance influences how the body uses energy to adapt to stressors (structural, chemical, emotional) because its all connected. A balanced body leads to a healthier and wealthier quality of life.