1 Min Fix For Slouched Shoulders (No Equipment Required) 

It’s not actually about your shoulders, which is why trying to fix your shoulder position directly will never work in any useful fashion.

To address the actual issue instead, we must get to the seat of the problem…

It’s about your hips

Slouched shoulders are usually caused by pelvic misalignment, not the shoulders themselves. When the pelvis tilts forward, it creates a chain reaction causing the back to round and the head to push forward, none of which is good for your health. Here’s what to do about it:

1. Locate your “sit bone”: sit on a chair or similar surface, and feel for the bone under your hips (sit bone). This bone should sit vertically for proper alignment.
2. Loosen your pelvis: place your hands on your pelvis and gently roll it back and forth for a moment to release muscular tension.
3. Find the perfect pelvis position: continue rolling the pelvis until the sit bone feels balanced and vertical, like balancing a pan. This automatically engages the core, thoracic spine muscles, and neck support muscles.
4. Engage your muscles: while maintaining this alignment, stand up and sit back down slowly 10 times, keeping muscle engagement throughout.

Repeat this exercise whenever you feel slouchy and especially after sitting too long (which is of course best to avoid in the first place, but we know, sometimes it’s unavoidable); it takes less than a minute and helps shoulders straighten naturally.

For more on this plus a visual demonstration, enjoy:

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Take care!