I believe if we are capable of having a bad posture, then we also are perfectly capable of having a good posture.  There are 729 posture discrepancies.  Only one out of 729 posture is a perfect, ideal posture.  That means maintaing an ideal posture may be a difficult task for most individuals.

Interestingly, all vulnerable human body parts are in the front.  Subtly, people protect those parts by tightening the belly, chest forward, groin retract and head forward as if they are going into a fetal position.  In my clinical opinion, when people find comfort in sleeping on their stomach it has more to do with their protective nature than habit.  One can clearly see this example in animals.  My dog, Atlas, would never expose his stomach unless he felt safe in his surroundings.  Which is why, many of my patients often saw him sleeping on his back in my office.  He knew it was safe.  This example may even be seen in martial arts.  One is taught to protect the front of the body by bringing the arms across the chest.

Chiropractically speaking, when the head sits in front of the shoulders, T1-T3 (upper back) vertebrae are almost always subluxated (misalignment resulting in nerve compression).  These nerves are connected to the thyroid, heart and lungs, and one will experience nerve interference to these organs.  Slouching and slumping posture doesn’t only result in neck and shoulder pain but other more serious issues such as respiration.  If the groin muscle tightening goes beyond the legs, the diaphragms become off balanced, therefore, affecting one’s breathing.

This is why I teach SLT Posture Technique to my patients, and I am always stressing “posture, posture, posture.”