I’ve been working on my posture forever. Standing so open and ‘confident’ is so uncomfortable and I feel very vulnerable.. probably why I fall back into poor posture. It is a mindset and it is a mental workout and physical challenge. Thanks for this great video that really encapsulates everything I’ve been struggling with. There is a lot going on beyond ‘sit up straight’ and will take time and gentle practice. First time anyone has ever ‘got’ how I feel about how I carry myself.
Same with me! I fixed my posture during the pandemic. I got my shoulders to naturally roll backwards, strengthened my back and neck, and felt the positive effects. But when I started going out into social situations again I noticed that I would go back to my bad posture. And though I would try to myself to use good posture, it was/is still so psychologically uncomfortable.
@@drs9675 I'm a former gymnast so I knew what kind of posture is proper and which muscles are involved. Basically you want to do what this lady said, where you tilt your chest up (which feels weird and like you're showing off your chest if you're a woman, but it's definitely better for you and looks normal). You also want to roll your shoulders up and back, which takes some back strength so if you want to work on that you can do rows and pull ups. Otherwise just continue to hold that position. It really does get exhausting but after the first week it feels a lot better. You can breathe better and you feel more productive. When you're standing you should tuck in your butt a little bit. You should also slightly bend your knees and lean your weight onto your toes instead of your heels (so much better for your lower back). Doing neck stretches will help your shoulder, neck and back posture. I recommend you do more research if you don't really understand. It's a little bit hard to describe and lots of resources include pictures. This video is really good: ua-cam.com/video/t-_FktIQfp4/v-deo.html. While I disagree with her reasoning and don't think she knows a lot about the body in general given that she's a teenage girl, the exercises are helpful and this posture is really what you want. In terms of motivation, the process of fixing your posture is not something that should take up every single thought of yours every time you're not laying down. Just ease into it. Start with engaging your core and sitting straight. Then work on your chest and shoulders. Then work on your neck and so on. You might feel stiff for a few days but, like I said, it'll get better after about a week and you'll feel much stronger because of it. You are doing this for you, not anyone else. It's just a nice thing to have good posture so don't put too much pressure on yourself (coming from a person who can get unhealthily obsessed and stressed about this kind of thing.)
I used to have perfect posture, nearly all of my life. The past couple of years, though, horrible horrible. And pains. I feel like the weight of all of the bad stuff that happened in my life and to my children pulls me down, and not just emotionally but I feel it in my bones. Hopefully this video will help me create a future more optimistic like I used to be!
Wow, I have bad full body posture, I don't breathe deeply enough, and I have an issue with invasive negative thoughts and memories. Didn't think that these were all connected like a domino chain. This is literally the answer to all my problems
1. Start breathwork, yoga and/or qigong. 2. Non dual spirituality. 3. Live foods and pure water 4. Do it now. Start living truly Today. This life is for freedom.
My grandma used to tell me: "How do you expect to achieve great things in life when you stand like this?" It makes perfect sense now and shows me once again my grandma knows things 😊 Superb video!
I think my poor posture is due to childhood trauma and weight issues. I'm hoping that if I start exercising,stretching and eating better things might line up again
You can rebuild and rewire entirely. Many people have successfully done it. As long as you want that and are doing that for yourself your subconscious mind will take the order and rebuild you. You have all new cells every so often anyways, so it really doesn'tatter how to rebuild you as long as its more or less consistent with your dna.
"Fitness With Cindy'' channel has great 'senior stretch' video. The first time I did it, I just did the first few minutes. Now I do that or Cindy's 'senior strength video almost daily. Even 2-3 minutes will help.
I recommend checking out crappy childhood fairy. For working on you childhood trauma. I'm learning that mental healing is important to long term health and fitness.
Realizing many years ago that deep, slow, abdominal breathing could gradually relax me in the face of an ensuing panic attack has been absolutely crucial. I am very happy to hear the importance of breathing underlined in this video. Seeing the connection between posture and anxiety is somewhat new to me. It’ll be very helpful knowledge going forward. Thank you very much!
I've been fighting with my posture for the last 30 years. Then while browsing UA-cam, I come across "a quick two second tip" (actually about 5 seconds found at at 6:21-26). 24 hours later I'm feeling like this bit of advice might change my life in a big way. Just want to express my thanks.
Same, i've tried many many things, doctors also said many many things, i struggle breathing and existing but this felt so good i even got a bit emotional. WHen i did this exercise that's when i realized how much tension was on my stirnum. The crazy thing is that I feel problems everywhere else but there, but i've never felt so much relief in my life. It's my first time doing this i hope this resolves my most serious problems. Does anyone know how long should i hold the posture?
Literally changed my life. I have never said this on any UA-cam video before. But this was exactly what I need to stop my twice-weekly migraines. THANK YOU.
I am a Physical Therapist who's been practicing for over 30 years, and I also had an abusive parent growing up. I have worked on my posture for 30 years, and I have always been convinced that my (and my younger sister's) posture developed out of a subconscious need for self- protection, but also to become less noticeable or to "disappear" when the abusive behavior started. Thank you for confirming my suspicions, and for introducing me to the link between anxiety and Upper Cross Syndrome!
These past few years I have suspected that I walk kind of hunched forward because I developed breasts so quickly when I was young. (Double D by age 12.) It was embarrassing and I didn't like the attention, so I got used to a hunched position to kind of hide. Now I realize how true that really is. It was my anxiety trying to camouflage my body in kind of a standing fetal position. 🤔
I am a Pilates teacher and former dancer ,so of course I look at alignment all the time. I ,and my clients ,have found your videos to be very helpful. We tend to work toward balanced muscle development but sometimes.get busy and don't consider the emotional components enough. Your channel has been really helpful for those of us with anxiety issues. THANKS!
And the way to support lifting your sternum, especially for someone completely unused to this, is to activate and engage your abdominal muscles. If you lift your sternum and engage your abdomen you can feel it act like a support for the sternum and feel how much easier it is to maintain your posture. An activated abdomen will also naturally need to be balanced by an activated back, which together will do wonders to support good posture in all aspects. If you're used to having a forward posture, when you lift your sternum, if you keep your shoulders relaxed you will feel them naturally settle back like they are seated in a chair, without having to pull them back at all.
This is a very well explained video. There is also another little known but surprisingly strong link between posture and anxiety: when the SCMs are put in overwork holding the head in place they can spasm and compress the vagus nerve passing right between the SCMs and the scalenes. This will irritate the vagus and block or dampen their action, which includes things as diverse as lowering the heart rate, relaxing major blood vessels, promoting digestion and gut activity, and many more, the impairement of which is strongly related to stress and anxiety.
Thanks for this video. I have had horrible posture most my life. Was always told at the dinner table "sit up straight". Over the years it has given me shoulder pain. Went to physiotherapist to fix my rotator cuff. I lie on my back with half a pool noodle down my spine. This helps put my shoulder blades back and put my head in proper position. After doing this for a couple weeks I noticed I was happier and less depressed. My anxiety lessened. Never connected the 2 until now.
Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection This is a GREAT book that goes in depth at how our emotions, trauma, stress, etc. directly impact how we feel physically. It describes physical pain you might be feeling due to environmental stresses in our lives. Highly recommend!!
Sarnosk’ book...the method...and actually doing it and following through (even though at the time I was out to prove how ridiculous it was) allowed me to cure myself of 25 years debilitating back pain. Seriously, it was a s is my own experience of an actual miracle. I was so bad sometimes I had to crawl out of my bed on all fours and slide myself to bathroom! One day I’d be fine, then next for no apparent reason I literally screamed in pain and couldn’t move. I did every exercise, took every supplement, saw every physio, chiro, therapist, surgeon....but the method in this book saved me. I have bought many copies over the years and given to friends who all had the same response, IF they completed the work. Sincere application and completion is the key. Thank you for this comment! And thank you for the wonderful video and pointing out the emotional connection to physical issues.
@@SajalKishoreRastogi If you actually read Dr. Sarno's Healing Back Pain, you'll understand that it's very different to The Body Keeps The Score, which is more about treatments for trauma, not treatments for back pain. It is much more similar to Gabor Maté's "When The Body Says No", which is a very good book about this topic - the emotional/psychological causes of physical pain and diseases.
This correction is going to help me so much. Thank you! I'm a very shy person. I work and speak when I have to, but socializing gives me so much anxiety. I was at the grocery store yesterday nervous about speaking to an employee and standing with my computer posture throughout. It helps to know I'm not alone. Glad to hear confirmation as well that my emotions and posture are related. Thanks for this video!
Oh wow! I have always had horrific posture, but in my thirties now (with a lot of mental stress) and I’ve noticed it’s effected my nerves in my hands and arms, causing them to go numb. Doctors said I was in no immediate health crisis, which left me frustrated and frightened! I started sleeping on my back because of it recently, and have noticed an improvement! That’s alleviated some anxiety as well, which really does physically make me feel better. Thanks for this clarifying video- makes perfect sense from my experiences!
I was anxious about nerves & circulation, I've found that sleeping with thick pillows under my head plus a large square pillow under my side helps somewhat, to remove pressure on my shoulder and arm
You’re so good at these videos, your voice, moderate pace that holds attention without going to fast or overwhelming, the amount of information is enough, and not too much. Good vibe, good energy, positive outlook... but still real, natural, organic, not trying too hard to be positive. You make things sound do-able, achievable. I’m impressed. Thanks a lot, I appreciate your sharing.
face position also helps. the trick is to bring eyes in a level position (or slightly looking upward) with what we're seeing. this helps with tight throat and I could adjust body posture more easily. (also be able to think more slowly instead of rushing, putting emotions--especially anxiety--to neutral.)
It can and I often direct people to look up and gaze around the horizon when they have a tendency to stand/walk with their eyes on the ground. However, I've also seen people hold their chests up by lifting their chins and looking upward. So for some people, "look up" simply activates the wrong muscle patterns.
Same here. I've committed to building up muscle and strength in my upper body to correct my posture, which will hopefully remediate some of my heart palpitations/anxiety.
Your video was left in my watch later playlist for months. I simply did not accept that it was more my anxiety and depression causing it. The too at the end is very helpful
I was so lucky to have this video in my recommendations. Wish I knew about this years ago. I wonder why doctors don't even mention that even I have consulted tens. This video is a huge puzzle piece in my self help journey and explained many of issues I have. Can't thank you enough for sharing this with us.
This makes so much sense.. since 8th grade I’ve had that head forward posture and have delt with sooo much anxiety, depression, pain and brain fog. Cant wait to fix my posture permanently. Thank you for your wisdom🙏🧡
Fixing foward head posture is a journey.. it took me 2 years of research and try and error to realise that my body was crooked to one side due to bad diaphragm breathing. I discovered PRI postural restauration. From there I finally see improvement and now I discover you channel and did some vagus nerve exercices... and I think I finally got it. yesterday I could feel my body completly relax in a parasympathic state. My right SCM finally shutdown. I'm so glad youtube exist. Special thank to you and Neil Hallinan.
@@peter-5354 I don’t even need postural exercises now.. and I don’t have tightness anymore anywhere really. I don’t remember which vagus nerves exercises I did..That posture journey led me from a physical one to a spiritual one, and I notice that I had a lot of emotions stored in my body and that led to my poor posture! Physical exercised helped me a lot release some of the tensions, but it was always coming back. But now that I addressed my emotionnal side and understand why I had this posture in the first place and then release it. I feel free in my body now !!
@@corruptqc8334 Thank you for your reply. What do you think helped most in improving your posture? Do you remember? If it was emotions, how did you deal with them to not have tension and bad posture in your body?
@@peter-5354 I think it is different for everybody and there is no cookie cutter answer and solution. For me I had a eureka moment when I read bioenergetics from Alexander Lowen, I stubble over one of his character concept. The schizoid character he is describing was seemingly close to how my body was shaped and what my mindset is. From there I knew more what emotional issues I had based on where the tensions were hold in my body. After that I meditated a lot to feel my body and let go of the tensions and then it released the traumas. Keep in mind that everybody has a different story and if you need help you can see bioenergiticians, osteopath.
I figured this out a few years ago while improvising a kind of "walking Qigong," where I would close my eyes while taking a walk and try to make all my movements with the most relaxed body posture I could get into -- this requires a bit of autogenic training and consciously telling myself to relax each muscle group going up and down the whole body -- and what made the biggest difference was when I pushed my solar plexus up and forward... I had to relax the muscles below that area in order to free them up for this, but once all that was taken care of, it was like I could breathe into areas of my diaphragm that had been almost perpetually cut off for my entire adult life, and that instantly relaxed everything else even more. Still hard to maintain that posture, after a lifetime of bad habits.
ThankYou so much for this information. I am a computer person, i never realized that your posture can affect your breathing which in turns can affect your anxiety levels. Poor posture leads to shallow breathing and then anxiety,brain fog, tiredness are bound to happen. I have been searching reasons for my anxiety, initially i thought i need to breathe more properly so i started pranayam and yoga but then afterwards i would again slouch to that position which again brought anxiety no matter how many times i did breathing exercises. Now i realize proper posture is also very important along with those excercises. Also the point you mentioned about pushing your chest outward, i have tried this and yes its exhausting. I will try other method you mentioned. I will fix my posture no matter what....enough of this anxiety..brain fog and what not. ThankYou for making this video.
I found that addressing my anterior pelvic tilt (most likely created along with forward head posture as a protective barrier as a result of a traumatic childhood) has helped correct my forward head posture. Years of ballet also help to keep an even more disastrous posture at bay - we are taught to imagine the top of our head (the highest point of the head in line with the ears) being pulled to the ceiling by a string. It should help to draw the chin down and the neck back in alignment with the spine :)
I appreciate this Sukie! Hello fellow beautiful humans. I held off on commenting for about 5 days because I wanted to see how it worked out. For a few days it was uncomfortable. I think I was moving my sternum up slightly too high and pushing my chest out a bit too much so that there was a slight uncomfortable struggle. It felt boot-campish. I eventually learned that It feels and looks right when I lift my sternum to just to the point before it starts to be a strain. I recommend asking other people how your posture looks.
Thank you so much for your video! This is exactly why simple physio exercises have always felt so useless to me, especially when my brain says being curled up actually protects me. This video was randomly suggested to me and then I see your channel focuses on the polyvagal theory. This is what I’m here for!! Thank you for making this crucial information so accessible!
this is helping me big time! thinking the anxiety was all just randomly appearing out of nowhere, but it really makes sense why id be getting heavy head feeling and other stuff, wow! thanks for this info!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is me 100%. I experienced childhood trauma and as a result I have always struggled with low self esteem and confidence. My posture has always been caved in and I have always slept scrunched up in fetal position. That is until recently when my neck, mid back, lower back, and hips had enough. I have been in severe pain the last two months but I am seeing a chiropractor and rolfer, and only sleeping on my back. Thank you for the help and insight.
Thank you so much,I broke my back and neck and more in accident I'm constantly trying to pull my head back and straighten up(I didn't recieve proper care)and I've been doing it wrong according to your video.Which leads to more pain and exhaustion.Also have an aquired brain injury,so depression , anxiety thru the roof I'm going to start ur way today.Thanks again Wish me luck❤
This just reminded me of the ONE girl at school that walked holding her head up high and was straight and not hunched and crooked like everyone else. That was 30 years ago already when there were no cell phones.
I've had PTSD for decades from a low back injury. I've recently developed severe arthritis in my upper back and neck, and I could just tell they were all related. Excellent info! JfOH
My posture exactly. Plus I have swallowing issues as my tongue pushes my front teeth (ironically I'm speech therapist...) because I stand this way. Indeed general anxiety disorder and neck and back aches. I'm binge watching your channel since this morning! Thank you, so helpful 👋 from France!
Dear Zinila, Being a speech and language pathologist, you have a unique opportunity to learn the myofunctional therapy. This is the therapy that addresses the tongue posture and dysfunctional swallow by a neuromuscular re-education exercises. Go to aamsinfo.org to learn about the myofunctional sciences
Congratulations on an excellent and very informative video. I get anxiety and depression, I'm on the mend and was researching root causes. A lot of what you said made so much sense to me. The research gets deeper. Thank you ☺
Wow all these years I've known my posture was bad and I have always like others try to puppy my shoulders back, you showing and explaining how to actually do this is awesome. It's actually helping my back pain as we speak just sitting properly like this, thanks.
Something which really helped me understanding the exercises you suggest at the end is visualisation of feet pushing down through the floor and head being pulled up through the spine. It really gave me perception of how posture involves the whole-body
Hi Sukie, thanks for this video. I watched it yesterday and have been applying and practicing the little adjustment you explained since then and it has totally changed how I think about standing straight and even breathing when lying down and sitting. At first I thought “wow you’re pushing you breast out military style, I’m missing something”… then I tried it! Thinking about where my collarbone meets , that point you described, actually relaxes that area and pulling it up really really helps balance out everything as well as break up adhesions finally. Truly amazing! I have cervical dystonia from a total thyroidecyomy that was extremely painful and traumatic and if it wasn’t for all the psychological trauma a of the surgery I would be much better today… indeed I am the poster boy of holding tension physically due to how I feel mentally. It’s kind of a gift how connected I am to my body. Oh lastly that collarbone area I never think about. I avoid thinking or putting any attention there since it’s a “bad” part of my body where tons of tension originates… indeed connecting neurologicallly with that area by thinking of it is extremely interesting! Sorry if I am not being clear and sound rambling I am not feeling well today and am using voice diction . Thank you!!
I've been going to an osteopath for the last year and a half or so. I had so many symptoms of pain and such severe migraines that would last for days sometimes weeks and doctors could find nothing wrong with Mr I went for MRI's Cat scans x-rays you name My osteopath said it had to do with my posture, I worked construction so ya it was terrible, her treatment start in my mid section adjusting my organs and lungs, with slight adjustments to my neck to compensate the other movements she made. I was also introduced to the Vagas nerve and how it work. I had never heard of this and thought when I started treatment I thought are you insane it my neck and back that hurt what are we doing? But after 6 months I was feeling 80% better and now I am about 90% with full range of motion for the most part. ALL the videos I've watched of yours described me perfectly. You are spot on 100% in what you share in these videos..THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THEM OUT THERE Doctors want to give you drugs to feel better this what you talk about actual will make you feel better 😀
you are amazing! I've started your "Pain Free at Any Age" videos and I am truly fascinated. Thank you -- I am learning so much and will look at my self and life so differently now with this information.
I officially love you!!!! Lol! I have been riddled with auto immune diseases and CFS/Fybro but am dealing with the emotional stuff now and begun to feel grateful for it (seeing it as a blessing instead of being a victim of it) and along with medication beginning to feel great. I'm so excited I've found your channel.
Wooow finally someone that explains that correlation. I got really tired of those videos where they always said the same thing. We sit in front of the computer and look at our phones that why we have bad posture. No there is so much more to it, as you are showing in your video. Really great!! ❤️👍👍
when you suddenly switched to say Tylenol could help the pain of heartbreak -- I thought you were talking directly to me... Sitting here with forward head posture, anxiety, and sorrowful heartbreak.
Thank you so much. I've been noticing these things for a few years through yoga practice, sport and life in general. I had to realize how deeply emotional this is and how mindful, patient observation and movement was the one real cure for it. Thanks!!
Thanks a lot for this video! I am going through a really difficult period of my life and recently feel pretty desperate about everything including my posture and neck pains. But it was such a relief to hear that a person can control own posture by small actions and that this action can make difference for overall mood. Now I intend to watch my body if it helps to feel better. Thanks again!
This is true. A lot of times when my anxiety increases it's because i feel tight in my chest and like im not getting enough breaths in or something. I also get lightheaded throughout the day randomly. Even when driving, there's been times i've had to pull over because i get panic attacks. The panic attacks have sent me to the hospital many times. It's become so debilitating that i don't feel myself anymore and fear doing new things or traveling. When i look at my posture i can see that i'm very hunched forward. I sit at a computer all day. Constantly dealing with this back pain. I also feel like sometimes it messes with my digestion as well and wonder if this is all linked to each other. I'm tired of doctors just prescribing pills and need some real help.
I have a lot of physical pain because of my bad posture. I was embarrassed because I thought it meant I was lazy... but I have two anxiety disorders.. I always suspected something but now I know
Such a great video -- I love how you always give these easy visuals to get the message! This is my daughter through and through (she struggles with intense anxiety), I've watched her develop into this stanceas she's grown, and struggle with what I now see is incorrectly 'correcting' it when trying to help her! Thank you, going to watch this with her!
forward head posture and driving...the hunched over driver's been a cliche since cars became massed produced and stress of driving among loads of other cars.
This video has helped my posture more than 30+ years of trying to hold my shoulders back, or imagining my head is on a string, etc. For the first time, I am feeling my body being able to relax into a natural, non-hunched posture. I’ve struggled with this since I was a teen, and my mom was CONSTANTLY nagging me about it. I know it’s bad - I’ve seen pictures of myself! At my age, I was starting to wonder if I’ve done too much damage to my body to fix it.
A workout consisting of barbell squats, deadlift, bench press, and overhead press, 3 times a week, fixed all my posture problems within a month or two. Standing upright feels natural for me the more I progressed in weight.
Thank you! I have had terrible neck pain for years and recently shoulder pain where I feel my shoulders have suddenly become unstable (they feel like they are coming out of their sockets carrying heavy shopping, or in bed when I am side lying they suddenly roll out of joint or click or pop at really simple movements ... all new the last year, coincidentally the year I became fully menopausal at 43). My neck literally feels so heavy to keep up - I do have a very long neck I don’t know if that makes a difference. This past year I have also had stomach issues along with mental health problems and I swear my stomach problems are linked to constant exhaustion and low mood posture. My lower ribs are very tender and vulnerable to strains. I am being investigated for gastritis, hiatal hernia and ulcers. I’m sure it’s all from that slump. I do try to change my posture and I’ll follow your Chest up tip! Mostly I am just sooooo exhausted but ... determined.
Omg, me too. I've had the exact same symptoms. I do have hiatal hernia (a small one, 1cm) and because of its symptoms I ended up at the psychiatrist's three years ago, not before my gastroenterologist put me on Xanax and Rivotril, which cleared up everything in two days! However, last year I lost my mum and of course Covid has affected all our lives, but it wasn't until six months ago that I started downspiralling. Taking up exercise helped for a few months but now I'm a wreck. Constant muscle tension (neck, between the shoulder blades, ribs) that is turning into pain and immobility/rigidity, tension headaches, vibrations, difficulty swallowing b/c of tight neck and spasmy esophagus (my whole digestive system is our of whack), anxiety over the symptoms leading to depression, rumination and hopelessness, all the while being slumped at the computer as my work station. Have lost a lot of weight and although my GP, physiatrist et al convince me it's all down to anxiety (I'm seeing a psychiatrist, currently on around 1mg of Rivotril), it's all extremely debilitating and panic-inducing. I hope we'll both get through this! 🍀
I had to check and make sure that I didn’t write this without remembering. I’m experiencing every single thing you’ve mentioned, including the joys of being menopausal at 43, which is when everything got worse. There is a link between the lack of estrogen and joint and muscle issues, digestion getting worse, etc. I also wonder if there’s a link with lack of oxygen to the brain because cognitive issues have also become worse. It seems like all my unresolved traumas have taken a driver’s seat, too. I just wanted to tell you I hear you and you’re not alone. I hope we both find some answers. This video has been a huge light bulb moment for me.
I inherited my dad’s kyphosis so I now have degenerative disc disease in my lower cervical spine and thoracic outlet syndrome (painful!!!). On top of this, I was in a car accident (got T-boned at 60mph) so I have lateral whiplash! Fun! You are SO right about it causing stress and limiting breathing! It used to be that my normal way of breathing was the three-part breath, or whole-lung breathing. Now, I find myself chest breathing! It’s frustrating! I find it actually difficult to breathe the way I used to! My neck and shoulder muscles are so tight that they feel like rocks!
Mine is also about my eyes. I didn't get my nearsightedness corrected until my twenties. One thing I've noticed, whenever I get a new pair of glasses, is that my posture automatically improves. My head raises and goes back towards a more natural posture. Otherwise,the forward posture seems natural to me, and I keep moving my eyes forward to see better. The automatic improvement doesn't work for long, but I find myself changing my posture without thinking, while it lasts.
I have always been diligent to keep good posture - I simply can’t slump it feels heavy and strained - one observation is that I actually lean on my spine - if I slump forward my spine feels strained as my internals are hanging off instead of resting on - many people say standing up straight hurts but I’m sure it only hurts in the same way if one crouched down for long periods then when standing up feel quite a lot of pain. Hunched shoulders are tense shoulders which will lead to neck pain and respiratory problems
Idky you showed up in my suggestions. But I’m glad you did. I’m working on my posture. But I have never searched for videos on this 🤷🏻♀️ Thx so much 😏🙏😉☀️🧎🧘♀️
Hello, I tried several of your other routines, and one or more of them opened a sinus cavity that was blocked. for. months. I feel air flowing along the ethmoid (?) bone. Months of Epley Maneuvers, drugs, saline rinses, other stretching, all helped reduce vertigo and in other ways, but nothing opened the sinus until today, when I did somatic stretching, some ear work, took a nap, and woke up with this open sinus. Thank you. Now for the left side.
I was honestly surprised how I started to feel better in general when I fixed my posture. I still feel insecure lol but it’s improved a bunch since I stopped slouching. I’m not quite there yet but I’m still working on it
@@MrInterpriser Try posture exercises like chin tucks. There’s some videos on how to do them so just look up exercises for posture. It is definitely a conscious effort to keep good posture so you have to make sure u don’t go back to slouching throughout the day lol. It can be uncomfortable at first and it doesn’t happen right away but if u keep trying it’ll be easier ^^
This is incredibly interesting. I didn’t know how much posture contributed to anxiety aside from power poses or confident body posture tricking the brain into being calm. I suppose I didn’t understand the biological function and reasoning behind this idea. Very interesting! I am happy to see this video and to work towards being anxious
“Act your way into a new way of thinking, instead of thinking your way into a new way of acting” or something like that. Excellent vid.
I absolutely love what you said.
Or fake it till you make it!
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I’ve been working on my posture forever. Standing so open and ‘confident’ is so uncomfortable and I feel very vulnerable.. probably why I fall back into poor posture. It is a mindset and it is a mental workout and physical challenge. Thanks for this great video that really encapsulates everything I’ve been struggling with. There is a lot going on beyond ‘sit up straight’ and will take time and gentle practice. First time anyone has ever ‘got’ how I feel about how I carry myself.
Same with me! I fixed my posture during the pandemic. I got my shoulders to naturally roll backwards, strengthened my back and neck, and felt the positive effects. But when I started going out into social situations again I noticed that I would go back to my bad posture. And though I would try to myself to use good posture, it was/is still so psychologically uncomfortable.
@@ashleyrocke4144 can you give more info on how you fixed your shoulders and posture!?
@@drs9675 I'm a former gymnast so I knew what kind of posture is proper and which muscles are involved. Basically you want to do what this lady said, where you tilt your chest up (which feels weird and like you're showing off your chest if you're a woman, but it's definitely better for you and looks normal).
You also want to roll your shoulders up and back, which takes some back strength so if you want to work on that you can do rows and pull ups. Otherwise just continue to hold that position. It really does get exhausting but after the first week it feels a lot better. You can breathe better and you feel more productive.
When you're standing you should tuck in your butt a little bit. You should also slightly bend your knees and lean your weight onto your toes instead of your heels (so much better for your lower back).
Doing neck stretches will help your shoulder, neck and back posture.
I recommend you do more research if you don't really understand. It's a little bit hard to describe and lots of resources include pictures. This video is really good: ua-cam.com/video/t-_FktIQfp4/v-deo.html. While I disagree with her reasoning and don't think she knows a lot about the body in general given that she's a teenage girl, the exercises are helpful and this posture is really what you want.
In terms of motivation, the process of fixing your posture is not something that should take up every single thought of yours every time you're not laying down. Just ease into it. Start with engaging your core and sitting straight. Then work on your chest and shoulders. Then work on your neck and so on. You might feel stiff for a few days but, like I said, it'll get better after about a week and you'll feel much stronger because of it. You are doing this for you, not anyone else. It's just a nice thing to have good posture so don't put too much pressure on yourself (coming from a person who can get unhealthily obsessed and stressed about this kind of thing.)
I used to have perfect posture, nearly all of my life. The past couple of years, though, horrible horrible. And pains. I feel like the weight of all of the bad stuff that happened in my life and to my children pulls me down, and not just emotionally but I feel it in my bones. Hopefully this video will help me create a future more optimistic like I used to be!
Physical therapy for shoulder helped my pasture alot
6:18 is where she tells you how to properly fix your posture
Plus deep breathing helps!
Thanks
I wish I read this comment earlier
Wow, I have bad full body posture, I don't breathe deeply enough, and I have an issue with invasive negative thoughts and memories. Didn't think that these were all connected like a domino chain. This is literally the answer to all my problems
Same!!!
1. Start breathwork, yoga and/or qigong.
2. Non dual spirituality.
3. Live foods and pure water
4. Do it now. Start living truly Today. This life is for freedom.
breathwork is great but look up Dr Pete Walker
facts, this solved a lot of problems indeed
@@Liloldliz I know his name but have a brain injury and can't remember why
My grandma used to tell me: "How do you expect to achieve great things in life when you stand like this?" It makes perfect sense now and shows me once again my grandma knows things 😊 Superb video!
I think my poor posture is due to childhood trauma and weight issues. I'm hoping that if I start exercising,stretching and eating better things might line up again
You can rebuild and rewire entirely. Many people have successfully done it. As long as you want that and are doing that for yourself your subconscious mind will take the order and rebuild you. You have all new cells every so often anyways, so it really doesn'tatter how to rebuild you as long as its more or less consistent with your dna.
"Fitness With Cindy'' channel has great 'senior stretch' video. The first time I did it, I just did the first few minutes. Now I do that or Cindy's 'senior strength video almost daily. Even 2-3 minutes will help.
Highly recommend intermittent fasting and emdr work. This has helped me and continues to help me 😊
They will, trust me i know. Dont give up
I recommend checking out crappy childhood fairy. For working on you childhood trauma. I'm learning that mental healing is important to long term health and fitness.
Realizing many years ago that deep, slow, abdominal breathing could gradually relax me in the face of an ensuing panic attack has been absolutely crucial.
I am very happy to hear the importance of breathing underlined in this video.
Seeing the connection between posture and anxiety is somewhat new to me.
It’ll be very helpful knowledge going forward.
Thank you very much!
Yes I agree!!! Weight lifting with good form has also helped me a lot. Even though I don't do it enough lol
I've been fighting with my posture for the last 30 years. Then while browsing UA-cam, I come across "a quick two second tip" (actually about 5 seconds found at at 6:21-26).
24 hours later I'm feeling like this bit of advice might change my life in a big way.
Just want to express my thanks.
How has it been for ya?
Same, i've tried many many things, doctors also said many many things, i struggle breathing and existing but this felt so good i even got a bit emotional. WHen i did this exercise that's when i realized how much tension was on my stirnum. The crazy thing is that I feel problems everywhere else but there, but i've never felt so much relief in my life. It's my first time doing this i hope this resolves my most serious problems. Does anyone know how long should i hold the posture?
Literally changed my life. I have never said this on any UA-cam video before. But this was exactly what I need to stop my twice-weekly migraines. THANK YOU.
I am a Physical Therapist who's been practicing for over 30 years, and I also had an abusive parent growing up. I have worked on my posture for 30 years, and I have always been convinced that my (and my younger sister's) posture developed out of a subconscious need for self- protection, but also to become less noticeable or to "disappear" when the abusive behavior started. Thank you for confirming my suspicions, and for introducing me to the link between anxiety and Upper Cross Syndrome!
Interesting insights. Thank you for sharing!
These past few years I have suspected that I walk kind of hunched forward because I developed breasts so quickly when I was young. (Double D by age 12.) It was embarrassing and I didn't like the attention, so I got used to a hunched position to kind of hide. Now I realize how true that really is. It was my anxiety trying to camouflage my body in kind of a standing fetal position. 🤔
super super common
Me too
omg i did the same thing when my breasts grew! that's where my slouch originated
Yup same here!
I thought you were talking about me ! Same, word for word.
I am a Pilates teacher and former dancer ,so of course I look at alignment all the time. I ,and my clients ,have found your videos to be very helpful. We tend to work toward balanced muscle development but sometimes.get busy and don't consider the emotional components enough. Your channel has been really helpful for those of us with anxiety issues. THANKS!
THIS IS EXCELLENT! I've been seeing a physical therapist for weeks & this topped him in 7 1/2 minutes!🤗
try a chiropractor!
@Jason Hardin find a PT who is holistic. Insurance dictates how much time they get to spend and how much continuing Ed they can get.
And the way to support lifting your sternum, especially for someone completely unused to this, is to activate and engage your abdominal muscles. If you lift your sternum and engage your abdomen you can feel it act like a support for the sternum and feel how much easier it is to maintain your posture. An activated abdomen will also naturally need to be balanced by an activated back, which together will do wonders to support good posture in all aspects.
If you're used to having a forward posture, when you lift your sternum, if you keep your shoulders relaxed you will feel them naturally settle back like they are seated in a chair, without having to pull them back at all.
Should I always keep my sternum high or should I do it only for the exercise
I can tell you are legit. Hard to believe you only have 16k hits! This is gold Jerry. Gold!
Their will be more hits coming
It's going to be the summer of george
This is it, Bania. This is the meal.
Kenny Bania in the house :-)
Well her numbers look a lot different now. 535K Wow!
This is a very well explained video.
There is also another little known but surprisingly strong link between posture and anxiety: when the SCMs are put in overwork holding the head in place they can spasm and compress the vagus nerve passing right between the SCMs and the scalenes.
This will irritate the vagus and block or dampen their action, which includes things as diverse as lowering the heart rate, relaxing major blood vessels, promoting digestion and gut activity, and many more, the impairement of which is strongly related to stress and anxiety.
Promoting digestion? But anxiety does the opposite with digestion, doesn't it? I don't completely understand what you are saying
Thanks for this video. I have had horrible posture most my life. Was always told at the dinner table "sit up straight". Over the years it has given me shoulder pain. Went to physiotherapist to fix my rotator cuff. I lie on my back with half a pool noodle down my spine. This helps put my shoulder blades back and put my head in proper position. After doing this for a couple weeks I noticed I was happier and less depressed. My anxiety lessened. Never connected the 2 until now.
As a HUGE thank you, I sat through ALL ads including the 22 minuet one! 💕
Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
This is a GREAT book that goes in depth at how our emotions, trauma, stress, etc. directly impact how we feel physically. It describes physical pain you might be feeling due to environmental stresses in our lives. Highly recommend!!
I couldn’t agree more! If you’re reading this please considering checking this book out 🙏
The divided mind, also by Dr. Sarno, is next on my list!
Isn’t that what Annie Grace used to treat alcohol use disorders!
Sarnosk’ book...the method...and actually doing it and following through (even though at the time I was out to prove how ridiculous it was) allowed me to cure myself of 25 years debilitating back pain. Seriously, it was a s is my own experience of an actual miracle. I was so bad sometimes I had to crawl out of my bed on all fours and slide myself to bathroom! One day I’d be fine, then next for no apparent reason I literally screamed in pain and couldn’t move. I did every exercise, took every supplement, saw every physio, chiro, therapist, surgeon....but the method in this book saved me. I have bought many copies over the years and given to friends who all had the same response, IF they completed the work. Sincere application and completion is the key. Thank you for this comment! And thank you for the wonderful video and pointing out the emotional connection to physical issues.
The Body Keeps The Score is a very good book about this topic.
@@SajalKishoreRastogi If you actually read Dr. Sarno's Healing Back Pain, you'll understand that it's very different to The Body Keeps The Score, which is more about treatments for trauma, not treatments for back pain. It is much more similar to Gabor Maté's "When The Body Says No", which is a very good book about this topic - the emotional/psychological causes of physical pain and diseases.
This correction is going to help me so much. Thank you! I'm a very shy person. I work and speak when I have to, but socializing gives me so much anxiety. I was at the grocery store yesterday nervous about speaking to an employee and standing with my computer posture throughout. It helps to know I'm not alone. Glad to hear confirmation as well that my emotions and posture are related. Thanks for this video!
Oh wow! I have always had horrific posture, but in my thirties now (with a lot of mental stress) and I’ve noticed it’s effected my nerves in my hands and arms, causing them to go numb. Doctors said I was in no immediate health crisis, which left me frustrated and frightened! I started sleeping on my back because of it recently, and have noticed an improvement! That’s alleviated some anxiety as well, which really does physically make me feel better. Thanks for this clarifying video- makes perfect sense from my experiences!
I was anxious about nerves & circulation, I've found that sleeping with thick pillows under my head plus a large square pillow under my side helps somewhat, to remove pressure on my shoulder and arm
You’re so good at these videos, your voice, moderate pace that holds attention without going to fast or overwhelming, the amount of information is enough, and not too much. Good vibe, good energy, positive outlook... but still real, natural, organic, not trying too hard to be positive. You make things sound do-able, achievable. I’m impressed. Thanks a lot, I appreciate your sharing.
Finally someone who says the same tricks as we do in vocal coaching. You rock!
face position also helps. the trick is to bring eyes in a level position (or slightly looking upward) with what we're seeing. this helps with tight throat and I could adjust body posture more easily. (also be able to think more slowly instead of rushing, putting emotions--especially anxiety--to neutral.)
It can and I often direct people to look up and gaze around the horizon when they have a tendency to stand/walk with their eyes on the ground. However, I've also seen people hold their chests up by lifting their chins and looking upward. So for some people, "look up" simply activates the wrong muscle patterns.
I have a high anxiety and severe head forward posture .
Same here. I've committed to building up muscle and strength in my upper body to correct my posture, which will hopefully remediate some of my heart palpitations/anxiety.
How you now ?
Your video was left in my watch later playlist for months. I simply did not accept that it was more my anxiety and depression causing it. The too at the end is very helpful
How you now ?
@@lyricalmusic5633 Thank you for asking, I still remind myself to lift my chest up, I am still working on my mental health
I was so lucky to have this video in my recommendations. Wish I knew about this years ago. I wonder why doctors don't even mention that even I have consulted tens. This video is a huge puzzle piece in my self help journey and explained many of issues I have. Can't thank you enough for sharing this with us.
this is literally going to change everything. i just pressed where you said and it was instant relief
This makes so much sense.. since 8th grade I’ve had that head forward posture and have delt with sooo much anxiety, depression, pain and brain fog. Cant wait to fix my posture permanently. Thank you for your wisdom🙏🧡
How u now ?
Fixing foward head posture is a journey.. it took me 2 years of research and try and error to realise that my body was crooked to one side due to bad diaphragm breathing. I discovered PRI postural restauration. From there I finally see improvement and now I discover you channel and did some vagus nerve exercices... and I think I finally got it. yesterday I could feel my body completly relax in a parasympathic state. My right SCM finally shutdown. I'm so glad youtube exist. Special thank to you and Neil Hallinan.
Which vagus nerve exercises did you do? My right SCM is also tight. And is your posture much better now?
@@peter-5354 I don’t even need postural exercises now.. and I don’t have tightness anymore anywhere really. I don’t remember which vagus nerves exercises I did..That posture journey led me from a physical one to a spiritual one, and I notice that I had a lot of emotions stored in my body and that led to my poor posture! Physical exercised helped me a lot release some of the tensions, but it was always coming back. But now that I addressed my emotionnal side and understand why I had this posture in the first place and then release it. I feel free in my body now !!
@@corruptqc8334 Thank you for your reply. What do you think helped most in improving your posture? Do you remember? If it was emotions, how did you deal with them to not have tension and bad posture in your body?
@@peter-5354 I think it is different for everybody and there is no cookie cutter answer and solution. For me I had a eureka moment when I read bioenergetics from Alexander Lowen, I stubble over one of his character concept. The schizoid character he is describing was seemingly close to how my body was shaped and what my mindset is. From there I knew more what emotional issues I had based on where the tensions were hold in my body. After that I meditated a lot to feel my body and let go of the tensions and then it released the traumas. Keep in mind that everybody has a different story and if you need help you can see bioenergiticians, osteopath.
I suffer from panic disorder since years, thank you so so much beautiful soul!!! ♥️
How You Now ??
Please Reply I want to know
You are so beautiful
I figured this out a few years ago while improvising a kind of "walking Qigong," where I would close my eyes while taking a walk and try to make all my movements with the most relaxed body posture I could get into -- this requires a bit of autogenic training and consciously telling myself to relax each muscle group going up and down the whole body -- and what made the biggest difference was when I pushed my solar plexus up and forward... I had to relax the muscles below that area in order to free them up for this, but once all that was taken care of, it was like I could breathe into areas of my diaphragm that had been almost perpetually cut off for my entire adult life, and that instantly relaxed everything else even more. Still hard to maintain that posture, after a lifetime of bad habits.
ThankYou so much for this information. I am a computer person, i never realized that your posture can affect your breathing which in turns can affect your anxiety levels. Poor posture leads to shallow breathing and then anxiety,brain fog, tiredness are bound to happen. I have been searching reasons for my anxiety, initially i thought i need to breathe more properly so i started pranayam and yoga but then afterwards i would again slouch to that position which again brought anxiety no matter how many times i did breathing exercises. Now i realize proper posture is also very important along with those excercises. Also the point you mentioned about pushing your chest outward, i have tried this and yes its exhausting. I will try other method you mentioned. I will fix my posture no matter what....enough of this anxiety..brain fog and what not. ThankYou for making this video.
I found that addressing my anterior pelvic tilt (most likely created along with forward head posture as a protective barrier as a result of a traumatic childhood) has helped correct my forward head posture. Years of ballet also help to keep an even more disastrous posture at bay - we are taught to imagine the top of our head (the highest point of the head in line with the ears) being pulled to the ceiling by a string. It should help to draw the chin down and the neck back in alignment with the spine :)
It also affects jaw, malocclusion in the jaw, and other issues, never mind the neck and back issues.
This was the most natural tip given to correct posture. Thank you so much!
I appreciate this Sukie! Hello fellow beautiful humans. I held off on commenting for about 5 days because I wanted to see how it worked out. For a few days it was uncomfortable. I think I was moving my sternum up slightly too high and pushing my chest out a bit too much so that there was a slight uncomfortable struggle. It felt boot-campish. I eventually learned that It feels and looks right when I lift my sternum to just to the point before it starts to be a strain. I recommend asking other people how your posture looks.
Thank you so much for your video! This is exactly why simple physio exercises have always felt so useless to me, especially when my brain says being curled up actually protects me. This video was randomly suggested to me and then I see your channel focuses on the polyvagal theory. This is what I’m here for!! Thank you for making this crucial information so accessible!
this is helping me big time! thinking the anxiety was all just randomly appearing out of nowhere, but it really makes sense why id be getting heavy head feeling and other stuff, wow! thanks for this info!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Lift up your hearts to the Lord!” Yeah. It’s been what they told us all along. I love when that happens.
YES ! There are SO many literally instructions in the Bible that we don't pay attention to ! Thank You for reminding us of this .
Love this! ❤
Now I know what I have been doing wrong, yes Emotional pain is physical pain.
This is me 100%. I experienced childhood trauma and as a result I have always struggled with low self esteem and confidence. My posture has always been caved in and I have always slept scrunched up in fetal position. That is until recently when my neck, mid back, lower back, and hips had enough. I have been in severe pain the last two months but I am seeing a chiropractor and rolfer, and only sleeping on my back. Thank you for the help and insight.
Thank you so much,I broke my back and neck and more in accident
I'm constantly trying to pull my head back and straighten up(I didn't recieve proper care)and I've been doing it wrong according to your video.Which leads to more pain and exhaustion.Also have an aquired brain injury,so depression , anxiety thru the roof
I'm going to start ur way today.Thanks again
Wish me luck❤
Working on my core strength has helped improve my posture.
This just reminded me of the ONE girl at school that walked holding her head up high and was straight and not hunched and crooked like everyone else. That was 30 years ago already when there were no cell phones.
This has nothing to do with any kind of phones. You don’t jet your head forward because of a cell or any kind of phone.
@hello
it doesn’t affect you as much (I don’t think) if you have your phone almost at eye level. That’s what I do
I've had PTSD for decades from a low back injury. I've recently developed severe arthritis in my upper back and neck, and I could just tell they were all related. Excellent info! JfOH
I can't even tell you how empowering this knowledge has been for me
My posture exactly. Plus I have swallowing issues as my tongue pushes my front teeth (ironically I'm speech therapist...) because I stand this way. Indeed general anxiety disorder and neck and back aches. I'm binge watching your channel since this morning! Thank you, so helpful 👋 from France!
So good to hear that you're loving these videos, Zinila! Thank you so much for watching 🙂
Dear Zinila,
Being a speech and language pathologist, you have a unique opportunity to learn the myofunctional therapy. This is the therapy that addresses the tongue posture and dysfunctional swallow by a neuromuscular re-education exercises. Go to aamsinfo.org to learn about the myofunctional sciences
@@Dina379 Thank you!!
@@Dina379 great resource; thank you for sharing
Congratulations on an excellent and very informative video. I get anxiety and depression, I'm on the mend and was researching root causes. A lot of what you said made so much sense to me. The research gets deeper. Thank you ☺
She is totally right about the posture-oxygen connection. Doing things like pilates and core work helps.
Wow all these years I've known my posture was bad and I have always like others try to puppy my shoulders back, you showing and explaining how to actually do this is awesome. It's actually helping my back pain as we speak just sitting properly like this, thanks.
Very true!!!
I read the connection between the body and the mind in “How the body knows its mind” …. This is very helpful 😃
Something which really helped me understanding the exercises you suggest at the end is visualisation of feet pushing down through the floor and head being pulled up through the spine. It really gave me perception of how posture involves the whole-body
Hi Sukie, thanks for this video. I watched it yesterday and have been applying and practicing the little adjustment you explained since then and it has totally changed how I think about standing straight and even breathing when lying down and sitting. At first I thought “wow you’re pushing you breast out military style, I’m missing something”… then I tried it! Thinking about where my collarbone meets , that point you described, actually relaxes that area and pulling it up really really helps balance out everything as well as break up adhesions finally. Truly amazing! I have cervical dystonia from a total thyroidecyomy that was extremely painful and traumatic and if it wasn’t for all the psychological trauma a of the surgery I would be much better today… indeed I am the poster boy of holding tension physically due to how I feel mentally. It’s kind of a gift how connected I am to my body. Oh lastly that collarbone area I never think about. I avoid thinking or putting any attention there since it’s a “bad” part of my body where tons of tension originates… indeed connecting neurologicallly with that area by thinking of it is extremely interesting! Sorry if I am not being clear and sound rambling I am not feeling well today and am using voice diction . Thank you!!
I've been going to an osteopath for the last year and a half or so. I had so many symptoms of pain and such severe migraines that would last for days sometimes weeks and doctors could find nothing wrong with Mr I went for MRI's Cat scans x-rays you name
My osteopath said it had to do with my posture, I worked construction so ya it was terrible, her treatment start in my mid section adjusting my organs and lungs, with slight adjustments to my neck to compensate the other movements she made. I was also introduced to the Vagas nerve and how it work.
I had never heard of this and thought when I started treatment I thought are you insane it my neck and back that hurt what are we doing?
But after 6 months I was feeling 80% better and now I am about 90% with full range of motion for the most part.
ALL the videos I've watched of yours described me perfectly.
You are spot on 100% in what you share in these videos..THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THEM OUT THERE
Doctors want to give you drugs to feel better this what you talk about actual will make you feel better 😀
you are amazing! I've started your "Pain Free at Any Age" videos and I am truly fascinated. Thank you -- I am learning so much and will look at my self and life so differently now with this information.
I officially love you!!!! Lol!
I have been riddled with auto immune diseases and CFS/Fybro but am dealing with the emotional stuff now and begun to feel grateful for it (seeing it as a blessing instead of being a victim of it) and along with medication beginning to feel great. I'm so excited I've found your channel.
Wooow finally someone that explains that correlation. I got really tired of those videos where they always said the same thing. We sit in front of the computer and look at our phones that why we have bad posture. No there is so much more to it, as you are showing in your video.
Really great!! ❤️👍👍
when you suddenly switched to say Tylenol could help the pain of heartbreak -- I thought you were talking directly to me... Sitting here with forward head posture, anxiety, and sorrowful heartbreak.
I hope your heart heals soon. ❤️
@@annafeatherston9216 Thank you so much. I hope so too!
Same! It slowly gets better 💓
Tylenol??
@@shadowrealm6 yeah!!! It really works
Thank you so much. I've been noticing these things for a few years through yoga practice, sport and life in general. I had to realize how deeply emotional this is and how mindful, patient observation and movement was the one real cure for it. Thanks!!
Wow so interesting! I am medicated for severe anxiety and depression and I have sciatica, hip bursitis and mild scoliosis!
Thanks a lot for this video! I am going through a really difficult period of my life and recently feel pretty desperate about everything including my posture and neck pains. But it was such a relief to hear that a person can control own posture by small actions and that this action can make difference for overall mood. Now I intend to watch my body if it helps to feel better. Thanks again!
Sukie I am so glad I found your videos. You have helped me and many of my patients, Your simple techniques work immediately.
A very insightful video, thank you! "There is very little difference between depression and chronic pain" - JBP
This is true. A lot of times when my anxiety increases it's because i feel tight in my chest and like im not getting enough breaths in or something. I also get lightheaded throughout the day randomly. Even when driving, there's been times i've had to pull over because i get panic attacks. The panic attacks have sent me to the hospital many times. It's become so debilitating that i don't feel myself anymore and fear doing new things or traveling. When i look at my posture i can see that i'm very hunched forward. I sit at a computer all day. Constantly dealing with this back pain. I also feel like sometimes it messes with my digestion as well and wonder if this is all linked to each other. I'm tired of doctors just prescribing pills and need some real help.
I have a lot of physical pain because of my bad posture. I was embarrassed because I thought it meant I was lazy... but I have two anxiety disorders..
I always suspected something but now I know
How you now ?
... and while driving, for me. Thanks Sukie for helping us connect all the dots :-)
Such a great video -- I love how you always give these easy visuals to get the message! This is my daughter through and through (she struggles with intense anxiety), I've watched her develop into this stanceas she's grown, and struggle with what I now see is incorrectly 'correcting' it when trying to help her! Thank you, going to watch this with her!
Thank you for the great information. Hope there is more forward head posture and anxiety tips in your channel.
forward head posture and driving...the hunched over driver's been a cliche since cars became massed produced and stress of driving among loads of other cars.
A mad world yes.
This video has helped my posture more than 30+ years of trying to hold my shoulders back, or imagining my head is on a string, etc. For the first time, I am feeling my body being able to relax into a natural, non-hunched posture. I’ve struggled with this since I was a teen, and my mom was CONSTANTLY nagging me about it. I know it’s bad - I’ve seen pictures of myself! At my age, I was starting to wonder if I’ve done too much damage to my body to fix it.
A workout consisting of barbell squats, deadlift, bench press, and overhead press, 3 times a week, fixed all my posture problems within a month or two. Standing upright feels natural for me the more I progressed in weight.
This video just changed my life. Thank you.
YEP. SOMEONE IS SELF CONSCIOUS. NAILED IT.
Wow really great info thank you 😊 I’ve read too that forward head posture can also cause narrowed jawlines and then potentially crowded teeth.
Thank you! I have had terrible neck pain for years and recently shoulder pain where I feel my shoulders have suddenly become unstable (they feel like they are coming out of their sockets carrying heavy shopping, or in bed when I am side lying they suddenly roll out of joint or click or pop at really simple movements ... all new the last year, coincidentally the year I became fully menopausal at 43). My neck literally feels so heavy to keep up - I do have a very long neck I don’t know if that makes a difference. This past year I have also had stomach issues along with mental health problems and I swear my stomach problems are linked to constant exhaustion and low mood posture. My lower ribs are very tender and vulnerable to strains. I am being investigated for gastritis, hiatal hernia and ulcers. I’m sure it’s all from that slump. I do try to change my posture and I’ll follow your Chest up tip! Mostly I am just sooooo exhausted but ... determined.
Omg, me too. I've had the exact same symptoms. I do have hiatal hernia (a small one, 1cm) and because of its symptoms I ended up at the psychiatrist's three years ago, not before my gastroenterologist put me on Xanax and Rivotril, which cleared up everything in two days! However, last year I lost my mum and of course Covid has affected all our lives, but it wasn't until six months ago that I started downspiralling. Taking up exercise helped for a few months but now I'm a wreck. Constant muscle tension (neck, between the shoulder blades, ribs) that is turning into pain and immobility/rigidity, tension headaches, vibrations, difficulty swallowing b/c of tight neck and spasmy esophagus (my whole digestive system is our of whack), anxiety over the symptoms leading to depression, rumination and hopelessness, all the while being slumped at the computer as my work station. Have lost a lot of weight and although my GP, physiatrist et al convince me it's all down to anxiety (I'm seeing a psychiatrist, currently on around 1mg of Rivotril), it's all extremely debilitating and panic-inducing. I hope we'll both get through this! 🍀
I had to check and make sure that I didn’t write this without remembering. I’m experiencing every single thing you’ve mentioned, including the joys of being menopausal at 43, which is when everything got worse. There is a link between the lack of estrogen and joint and muscle issues, digestion getting worse, etc. I also wonder if there’s a link with lack of oxygen to the brain because cognitive issues have also become worse. It seems like all my unresolved traumas have taken a driver’s seat, too. I just wanted to tell you I hear you and you’re not alone. I hope we both find some answers. This video has been a huge light bulb moment for me.
I inherited my dad’s kyphosis so I now have degenerative disc disease in my lower cervical spine and thoracic outlet syndrome (painful!!!). On top of this, I was in a car accident (got T-boned at 60mph) so I have lateral whiplash! Fun! You are SO right about it causing stress and limiting breathing! It used to be that my normal way of breathing was the three-part breath, or whole-lung breathing. Now, I find myself chest breathing! It’s frustrating! I find it actually difficult to breathe the way I used to! My neck and shoulder muscles are so tight that they feel like rocks!
Love your conversational style 🙏
Mine is also about my eyes. I didn't get my nearsightedness corrected until my twenties. One thing I've noticed, whenever I get a new pair of glasses, is that my posture automatically improves. My head raises and goes back towards a more natural posture. Otherwise,the forward posture seems natural to me, and I keep moving my eyes forward to see better. The automatic improvement doesn't work for long, but I find myself changing my posture without thinking, while it lasts.
I have always been diligent to keep good posture - I simply can’t slump it feels heavy and strained - one observation is that I actually lean on my spine - if I slump forward my spine feels strained as my internals are hanging off instead of resting on - many people say standing up straight hurts but I’m sure it only hurts in the same way if one crouched down for long periods then when standing up feel quite a lot of pain. Hunched shoulders are tense shoulders which will lead to neck pain and respiratory problems
This video saved my life
This video changed my life. Thank you for all your informative videos. love
Idky you showed up in my suggestions. But I’m glad you did. I’m working on my posture. But I have never searched for videos on this 🤷🏻♀️
Thx so much 😏🙏😉☀️🧎🧘♀️
Thank you very much! Love the way you present information!
Where have you been all of my life!!?❤
Hello, I tried several of your other routines, and one or more of them opened a sinus cavity that was blocked. for. months. I feel air flowing along the ethmoid (?) bone. Months of Epley Maneuvers, drugs, saline rinses, other stretching, all helped reduce vertigo and in other ways, but nothing opened the sinus until today, when I did somatic stretching, some ear work, took a nap, and woke up with this open sinus. Thank you. Now for the left side.
I was honestly surprised how I started to feel better in general when I fixed my posture. I still feel insecure lol but it’s improved a bunch since I stopped slouching. I’m not quite there yet but I’m still working on it
How did you fix your posture
@@MrInterpriser
Try posture exercises like chin tucks. There’s some videos on how to do them so just look up exercises for posture. It is definitely a conscious effort to keep good posture so you have to make sure u don’t go back to slouching throughout the day lol. It can be uncomfortable at first and it doesn’t happen right away but if u keep trying it’ll be easier ^^
@@bonecag3 yeah, i know of these. I guess i should do more : 🤷♀️
Thank you this is an excellent video with great info which helped me how posture affects the body.
Absolutely brilliant. This is so on point .😖👍
This couldn't be more true. I'm dealing with this right now!
I have this posture and have been desperate to try to fix it. This was very informative, thank you!
This is incredibly interesting. I didn’t know how much posture contributed to anxiety aside from power poses or confident body posture tricking the brain into being calm. I suppose I didn’t understand the biological function and reasoning behind this idea. Very interesting! I am happy to see this video and to work towards being anxious
2:33 Ok, I didn't need to get personally attacked like this today
Wow, this was fascinating! Thank you for sharing, I have subscribed ☺️
I’ve got this and I think it’s contributing to my sleep apnea
@Lee I found aleather couch to have the right firmness as I’m trying to sleep on my side got a curved pillow as well tough business getting older
Thank you for describing the exact way I've been sitting while opening this video :D
When I stand really straight, my boobs look like machine guns coming out my chest.
That used to be the desired look in the 1950s with the bullet bras.
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i see these comments are from days ago so i’m guessing this video was recommended to many people lately and not just to me.
wow this was mind blowing! it all makes so much sense, thank you!
Awesome! Sending this to my son so he can hear it from someone other than mom! ;)