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Author: Jane Novak, M.S.

ISBN: 1931945624 

There are millions of people who suffer from poor posture or clinically known as Postural Distortion Syndrome. And I am quite sure that many of us including myself have heard our mothers and spouses tell us to straighten up. In fact, countless experts have attributed such health problems as arthritis, sore necks, back pain, leg pain, digestive problems, headaches, obesity, and other chronic physical symptoms to poor posture.

According to Janice Novak, author of Posture Get It Straight, just straightening up is not the answer. Novak goes onto inform us that when most of us try to improve our posture, we jam the shoulders back, suck in the bellies, and stand stiff as soldiers. The problem with this, as Novak states, is that it is very difficult to sustain this position for more than a few seconds, but moreover, it does not align the body properly. The position feels and looks unnatural and uncomfortable. Our bodies are meant to function from a position of balance and equilibrium and here is where the techniques outlined in Posture Get It Straight come into play.

Novak is considered to be a leading posture expert and her unique posture program was developed over a period of twenty years as she worked with individual clients as well as presenting thousands of workshops for hospitals, universities, and professional organizations. She holds a master’s degree in health and physical education and has been quoted in several magazines including Ladies Home Journal, Woman’s Day, Muscle & Fitness, Natural Health, and American Baby. In addition, she can often be heard on radio and seen on television.

In Posture Get It Straight readers are presented with a step-by-step guide as to how to stand straighter instantly and how to keep yourself standing straighter through a combination of stretching and strengthening exercises as well as practical tips for better posture.

The 136 -page book divides itself three parts, an epilogue and an index. The first part is a general overview where we are given the tools to assess our posture, and shown why we suffer from poor posture as well as what constitutes good posture. An entire chapter demonstrates how to have better posture instantly where we are given six tips entitled One Minute to Better Posture Technique wherein this technique will get our ears, shoulders, hips, knees, and ankles in a direct line. According to Novak, it will help us have been posture immediately.

From this opening section, Novak goes onto explore common posture problems where she deals with heads that slump forward, general slumping, rounded shoulders, lower back alignment, strengthening the abdomen, knees, feet and ankles. To correct these problems, Novak provides her readers with numerous illustrated simple exercises. 

The last part shows us how to have good posture all day long when sitting at our computers, planes, trains and automobiles as well as sleeping positions, lifting objects safely, good posture for sports and workouts, hobbies. There are also chapters that explore eating for stronger muscles and bones, as well as mothers who suffer from new baby backache blues, and a section dealing with osteoporosis and posture.

The Epilogue counsels when to seek medical care as when you may have been in a car accident or have fallen, when you have a feeling of numbness or tingling or a shooting pain into your buttocks or legs and the pain is sharp or stabbing, when there is a stiffness or a decrease in range of motion, weaknesses in the ankle, big toe, hand, fingers, or a loss of gripping in your hand, a neck pain that lasts for more than ten days or one that is accompanied by fever or nausea that many be symptoms of meningitis.

It should be pointed out, as mentioned in the disclaimer to the book, that the instructions, procedures and advice in the book are in no way intended as a substitute for medical counselling. Before attempting any of the exercises in the book it is highly advisable that you consult with your physician and physical therapist.

What I found quite helpful is the index that lists the exercises and stretches contained in the book along with their page references.

Written in straight- forward language with ample excellent illustrations, Posture Get It Straight is not meant to be the last word on improving posture, but should prove to be a good starting point for those who wish to take the first step.

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