Dr. Alex Ritza Chiropractor

The 🔑 To Better Posture

🔵 Posture is not just the “alignment of your spine“ – it’s a reflection of your spine health.

With new practice members that I consult with I always communicate that posture is usually the symptom of a problem rather than the problem itself – but still one that we often help people with.

🧑‍⚕️ If you want to improve your posture, it comes down to improving the health of your spine and doing this reach back exercise is it good for a step posture is the area of practice where I find that the process is sped up significantly with good Corrective Chiropractic Care instead of going in alone by yourself.

🔍 If you’re baseline spine health is good. This exercise will be exponentially better if not, get some help from a pro.

😢 suffer from back pain with exercise classes? Do this 💪

When I have a practice member that struggles with classes like Hyrox, F 45 or Barry‘s Boot Camp, making sure that they’re able to do an abdominal brace and hinge at the hips are my first two boxes to check followed by this exercise

Being able to stabilize the core and subsequently the spine is so important for the standing lifts that are dominant in these classes. This exercise might be the best in our course stability series for teaching people to engage their core and maintain a neutral and safe position while weightlifting, especially in a standing or overhead position.

Next time you’re at the gym or at a class and lifting weights, especially overhead, check-in, and ensure your core is braced solidly so that there’s no backwards extension or flexion through the spine. If there is, it could be the cause of your back issues and subsequent pain and this is a great exercise to build resilience.

if this still doesn’t work, then it’s time to come see me!

Do You Have The Right Office Chair 🪑?!

💭 A lot of people think that spending more money on an office chair will make you more comfortable, and this is not always true! The right office chair is going to depend on the shape of your spine 🦴 , your workplace set up, and your body’s proportions – all of which I described in this video.

If you’re back is not soft against and supported by the chair, it doesn’t matter if you’re sitting on a $2000 or a barstool – both are likely to end with a spine problem over months, years and decades of office work if your setup is terrible

if you follow these strategies, it can help you transform your current chair/workstation is something better and give you some guidance if you’re looking to buy a new chair

If you or your team find things like this valuable, that’s why our Toronto Corrective Chiropractic team offers, ergonomic workshops, and/or workplace assessments [link in bio]to help fine-tune your workstation - and if you’ve had all that and it’s still not helping, might be time to see your local Correctice Chiropractor

Got a question about chairs etc - let me know in comments