POSTURE AND POSTURAL DEFORMITY

WHAT IS POSTURE?It means position or pose.

The way an individual carries himself while sitting, standing, walking and lying.

TYPES OF POSTURE

ACTIVE POSTURE INACTIVE POSTURE

CATEGORIES OF POSTURE

SITTING POSTUR

E

STANDING

POSTURE

LYING POSTUR

E

WALKING POSTURE

SITTING POSTURE

STANDING POSTURE

WALKING POSTURE

LYING POSTURE

CAUSES FOR POOR POSTUREHEREDITARY

ACQUIRED INJURIES DISEASES UNHYGENIC CONDITIONS OVERLOAD LACK OF EXCERCISE

POSTURAL DEFORMITY SCOLIOSIS : It is an exaggeration of lateral

curvature of the spine.

KYPHOSIS : It is an exaggeration or increase in the amount of the normal convexity of the spine.

LORDOSIS : It occur as a compensatory adjustment to the deviations in the spine above the lumbar region.

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