Suppose we have a rubber band here. It should be neither too stretched nor too loose to perform its job in order to make the muscles perform ideally; we need to place them in the best length. Take a look at a person with a pelvis tilting backward and the ribs sagging forward. The abdominal and iliolumbar muscles cannot function in that posture properly, and this decreases their strength and our body figure become flabby!
On the other hand, we cannot use the muscles efficiently when we keep them tense for a long fixed period of time. We need to maintain the length and flexibility in muscles in order to move them effectively for daily action. Let’s make our skeletal structure well aligned and be ready in the neutral position. A proper healthy posture exists when you can always perform the best in any direction. Now, try to move your body freely. The body axis is maintained by moving and returning to the neutral position. That’s how we align ourselves, by not keeping our posture unnaturally upright. We can learn this through exercises. We may increase metabolism with the proper muscle actions from a position where the body is well aligned, and in the best length. Have this be your routine postural exercises!