Good posture corrective brace
May 12, 2011 4:09 PM Subscribe
Can you recommend a good posture corrective brace? Generally, I have a slight "hunched over the computer" posture (more so when I'm actually at the computer), and would like to correct it. I looked at this one, which seems to have good reviews, but wanted to ask for an opinion before I buy something that may potentially have side effects on my back.
Best answer: I do not have a suggestion for a brace, but I learned proper posture after somebody recommended this video on Alexander technique on sitting properly. Almost immediately the right way to sit in front of a computer clicked for me: no more back or shoulder pain, no more fatigue either!
Give it a try, it is very easy and intuitive.
posted by francesca too at 7:29 PM on May 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
Give it a try, it is very easy and intuitive.
posted by francesca too at 7:29 PM on May 12, 2011 [1 favorite]
Posture isn't something you can fix with a brace--you need to fix the underlying mobility issues and muscular weaknesses that are leading to your bad posture, and a brace will only hold the muscles in place, not actually strengthen them.
[url=http://robertsontrainingsystems.com/blog/heal-that-hunchback/]This article[/url] is a good start on exercises to work on the hunched position.
posted by Anonymous at 8:00 PM on May 12, 2011
[url=http://robertsontrainingsystems.com/blog/heal-that-hunchback/]This article[/url] is a good start on exercises to work on the hunched position.
posted by Anonymous at 8:00 PM on May 12, 2011
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Srsly. Egoscue changed my and Lexi's lives after our last couple of bone-cracking, posture-wrecking accidents. Lexi spontaneously pulled herself off Vicodin & Tylenol w/ Codeine 4 days after starting the exercises in Pain Free.
Posture brace, bad. Strength, alignment, and movement, good.
posted by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey at 6:51 PM on May 12, 2011 [3 favorites]