From children’s films of previous years comes to mind the episode as follows: good old-fashioned teacher slaps the scholar’s back with a ruler: “Do not slouch!”. Alas, the ruler does not cure the disease. But sometimes scoliosis is mistaken with usual. And vice a versa - slouch is mistaken with the scoliosis. Therefore, parents often ask: “How to distinguish the so-called defects of posture of scoliosis?”.

To understand what the difference between them is, we should formulate what “normal posture” is. First, take a look in the dictionary: “Posture – is an appearance, mien (mainly concerning position of the body). Simply put - this is a person standing posture.

Sometimes posture is relaxed, and sometimes it is active. Therefore, we must assess “mien” first of all by the command “At ease!”. This is about the moment when people stand naturally.

Any position is influenced by many causes, such as emotional ones – considering the position when a person sits, stands or lies, you can guess the mood. But the deformation of the spine is best visible with a freestyle posture. Therefore we advise parents to observe how the child stands or sits, when is alone. For example, if he often tilts his head on one shoulder or bends, it’s time to consult with a specialist then.

By themselves, defects or breach of posture can be caused by general weakness and lethargy of the organism (for instance, a slouch in pampered teenager who does not know what morning exercises are). He is not sick, should simply take his physical education concerning the muscles that support his back. And the student who is accelerator, and who is hardly hurt at the desk, which grew up from long ago and is forced to write in harmful position is not sick with scoliosis also. Doctors sometimes jokingly call this case as “schooliosis”.

Is it possible to teach to hold the correct posture?
Be sure, it is. For example, in the old days at the Institute of noble maidens special exercises were in practice. The students should have the walk several times a day, holding the stick behind their back. In this case, the shoulders relaxed and familiar pose was reinforcing by a beautiful haughty posture. Girls were taught to “hold their back”. Schoolgirls left this institute being direct and slim.

We recommend that parents who are dissatisfied with the posture of their kids do the simple exercise with their children several times a day. Incidentally, you can strengthen your back muscles with the help of the special simulator. It is especially suitable for children who spend whole days sitting at a computer and who can not go to classes at the gym.

Defects in posture could be caused with the permanent same position (as in rover with crooked shoulders) or with a bad habit (as in a student with sitting in incorrect position). This may result in early osteochondrosis and instability (excessive mobility) of vertebrae.

Normal posture is when we can see the signs as follows:
• direct provision of the head and spine;
• symmetrical shoulder girdle, scapula;
• practically horizontal line of the collarbone;
• similar waist triangles;
• symmetrical position of buttocks;
• straight line of the pelvis wings;
• vertical direction of the line of spinous processes of the spine;
• the same length of the lower extremities and the correct staying position.

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