How to Have a Good Posture

Have a good body posture brings benefits not only aesthetic, but also, favoring performance and helps to prevent pain or injury. Therefore, today we show you how to recognize if you have a good posture or if on the contrary, you need to work with your body to improve it.
The first thing that you can do to know if you have a good body posture is watching you, standing or sitting in front of a mirror, you must draw an imaginary line that divides your body in half and compare both sides, a good posture should lead to the symmetry between the two parties, that is to say, although not exact, shoulders, ears, eyes, hips and knees should be at equal height.
You can also stare sideways in a mirror and look with attention to the curves of your spine, there must be a kyphosis in your spine at the level of the ribs and one at the level of the sacral spine, that is to say, in these areas there must be an outward curve, whereas there must be a lordosis or curves inward in the lumbar and cervical area, but pay attention to the pelvis, this should not be pushed back or forwards, the shoulders must not be fallen because this would mean a greater than normal kyphosis in the spine, nor should there be a swayback lumbar that generate more prominent buttocks.
In this picture you can compare your own image in front of the mirror, knowing that the first position is a proper posture: postures


Another test that you can do is put on top of your head a book and try to walk without these fall, you need to keep the back straight and your shoulders relaxed. If the books do not argue as you hurtle around, you may have the droopy shoulders forward or backwards a swayback lumbar that the slide slightly backwards. Therefore, you need correct your posture.
To correct your posture there are multiple options, you can perform corrective gymnastic with professionals knowledgeable about the topic, you can do re global body or you can strengthen the muscles that are conducive to a good body posture.
You know, begins by recognizing if you have a good posture or if on the contrary, you need take care of it to avoid future consequences.