5 Tips To Care For Your Posture In Winter

During the cooler months, our posture can change in an attempt to keep warm! This may include hunching over, shoulders rolled forward and the neck falling forward.

Here are 5 tips to help your body during winter:

Keep your centre warm
The core of your body keeps a lot of warmth, help your body keep that heat by wearing puffer jackets, vests, and layers!

Exercise
Get your heart rate up and keep moving. The warmer you internally are, the less you hunch forward to warm up!

Get adjusted
In the cold, we move differently, we sit more and the pressure on the spine can be greater. This can make sitting or standing up straighter more difficult or even painful! Get to your chiropractor and keep your spine moving well and happy

Stretch
The muscles can tighten up during the cold. Stretching can help them loosen up, keep warm and mobile. A great way to fit this in is by joining a yoga class or following along yoga routines on youtube

Remind yourself to keep an upright posture
Sometimes we can go into default mode, in particular when we are uncomfortable and cold. Give yourself reminders to pull your shoulders back and keep your head up through phone alerts or visual reminders such as a note on your computer.