Correct Anterior Pelvic Tilt - Tips to Improve Your Posture and Relieve Your Pain

World Wide Web | Correct Anterior Pelvic Tilt - Tips to Improve Your Posture and Relieve Your Pain | Posture is very important to our health and our everyday lives. Read on to find important tips on how to correct anterior pelvic tilt and perfect your posture.

How do I correct anterior pelvic tilt?

I get asked this question all the time. Why?

Because anterior pelvic tilt is so common in our society. Anterior pelvic tilt is just what it sounds like; it is when the pelvis is rotated forward, giving you an excessive curve at your lower back.This can not only cause many issues such as back pain, but it can also be very unpleasing appearance-wise.Poor posture can affect many every day activities, your job, how you play with your kids, how you play your sport, etc. I'm here to help you correct your anterior tilt and perfect your posture to improve your overall quality of life.

In this article, I'm going to address sitting. Sitting? What does that have to do with posture? Well, I would be willing to bet that your posture as you are sitting at your computer right now is not too favorable.

Let me guess. Head tilted forward, hunchback shoulder posture, and lower back rounding.

If this is you, you have some work to do. If not, you are on the right track.

To counteract sitting, you must stretch. You must foam roll (basically a self massage, you can buy a foam roller for twenty bucks at a sporting goods store). You must be active.

Most of us sit for a good majority of the day. Working, at school, watching TV, on the computer (guilty), on the toilet (sorry, I had to do it). Sitting is bad. Here's why.

Sitting shortens your hip flexors. When your hip flexors are short, bad things tend to happen.

First of all, short hip flexors contribute to anterior pelvic tilt by, you guessed it (maybe?) pulling your pelvis forward.

Tight hip flexors also contribute to lower back pain.

I think we can agree that these are all bad things. How can you fix these problems?

I know most of you must sit, for the reasons I listed above. So it is crucial to make sure your sitting posture is optimal. Sit up straight (your parents have always told you to do this, time to listen), shoulders back, head properly aligned over your shoulders.

These tips are crucial to correcting anterior pelvic tilt.

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