In praise of good posture
Rosalind Ferry
HalfhaltR&E 179 pages, $30
North Shore physiotherapist Rosalind Ferry deals with ravaged bodies every week.
People with aches and pains that have rendered them inactive due to mobility issues have all too often turned to surgical choices before exploring all their options.
According to Ferry, posture is key to our overall health and well-being. Our bodies have gotten hunched and inflexible from long hours in front of computer screens and other sedentary behaviour. Unlike the animals that we admire for their fluidity of movement, we have gotten stiff and clumsy.
Ferry would like to help you improve your posture to help you enjoy a healthier life. In this book, she presents her descriptions along with illustrations by Elysabeth Barnett to show both the correct and incorrect posture for a wide range of activities. From basic sitting and standing to carrying a baby or shoveling snow, Ferry looks at common movements with an eye to good alignment.
Ferry completes her book with a series of stretches and exercises designed to help your posture.
