Specialist PSI Exercise

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Posture & Postural Training Practical

Specialist PSI Exercise

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Where is Fred’s Centre of Gravity?

Specialist PSI Exercise

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He is much more stable now….

Specialist PSI Exercise

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Specialist PSI Exercise

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Specialist PSI Exercise

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Specialist PSI Exercise

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Specialist PSI Exercise

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Ideal Posture

Specialist PSI Exercise

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poor habitual posture• poor bio-mechanical alignment

• poor muscle balance

• adaptive soft tissue shortening

• compression & stretch of nerves &

blood vessels

• abnormal movement

• affects balance mechanisms

• increased risk of injury & disease

• fear of challenging situations

• inactivity

• Isolation, depression

Specialist PSI Exercise

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Specialist PSI Exercise

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Specialist PSI Exercise

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• Position of head, eyes, chin

• Position of arms, shoulders,

elbows, wrists

• Position of spine - cervical/

thoracic/ lumbar

• Position of pelvis

• Position of legs, hip, knee &

foot

• Overall tone

• Forward Flexion

Seated Posture

Specialist PSI Exercise

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Postural Training Practical

• Correct posture– ideal– real

• Assessment– Alignment– Symmetry– Weight transference / foot pattern– Rhythm– Static – Dynamic

Specialist PSI Exercise

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Checklist for Standing Posture Assessment

• Front

– Eyes– Chin– Clavicles– Ribs– Hips– Knees– Ankles– Arch of feet

• Side

– Angle of head / jaw / spine

– Shoulder– Pelvis– Hand– Back of

knee

• Back

– Angle of spine / jaw

– Shoulder– Scapulae /

Sacro-iliacs– Back of

knees– Ankles– Heels and

arch of feet

Specialist PSI Exercise

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Assessment – in pairs

• Observation

• Analysis

• Solution

• Review

Postural Training Practical