Are Your Gait and Posture Aggravating Your Back Pain?

If you have back pain or knee pain, your standing posture, the way you sit, the way you get up and the way you walk automatically change to ensure that you do not stress the area in pain. That explains why people hold their back and walk or exhibit a waddling gait (much like how the emperor penguins walk) when in pain.

So says human movement specialist B S Badrinath Rao who believes posture and gait are learned behaviours that often need immediate correction .

In this article on the Deccan Herald.com website she tell us that gait and posture are affected by situations around us and pain that affects us.

We can help our pain by re-learning “normal” gait and posture. A simple procedure, not nearly as difficult as you may think.

If you want to read the full story, and it is worth reading, find it here.