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How to improve your posture and rounded shoulders
02 Jul

How to improve your posture and rounded shoulders

In our latest blog we explain how to improve your posture and rounded shoulders, one of our most common patient complaints. 

The term rounded shoulders is used to describe a resting shoulder position that has moved forward from the body’s ideal alignment. In Rounded Shoulders, there is an imbalance of tension between the muscles that pull the shoulder blades forwards and the muscles that pull the shoulder blades backwards. It generally involves the scapula being in a position of Protraction:

  • Lateral glide
  • Anterior tilt
  • Internal rotation

The hunched postures you continually adopt throughout the day disrupts the normal balance of muscular activity in your shoulders.

Daily tasks that may contribute to rounded shoulders include:

  • using a smartphone or tablet
  • using a computer or laptop
  • sitting for long periods
  • driving a vehicle
  • bending over repeatedly
  • carrying heavy objects all day

Rounded shoulders are part of overall bad posture, and they can get worse if left untreated.

The good news is that, in most cases, rounded shoulders can be easily fixed or prevented.

Just as the muscles and joints have been trained to hunch forward, they can be retrained to find the correct resting position.

How to improve posture:

  1. Door chest stretches
  2. Shoulder blade squeeze
  3. Wall stretch
  4. Cat and camel poses
  5. Lateral side stretch
  6. Planks
  7. Pulls ups or seated rows

How Physiotherapy Can help to improve your posture:

Here at Total Restore Physiotherapy we can provide a postural assessment, advice about your posture, hands on treatment to release the affected muscles and exercises to help you improve your posture. The advice will be specific to you and therefore will consider your occupation, and other factors/activities. This will allow you to implement our advice into your day.

Get in touch

If you are suffering from bad posture and rounded shoulders and want to know how to improve your posture, then give us a call on 0161 8333008 and make an appointment with one of our Physiotherapists. We are located in the city centre in the Royal Exchange Building just off St Ann’s Square.

Sports Therapy vs. Physiotherapy
26 Mar

Sports Therapy vs. Physiotherapy

It is a common issue that many people are confused between the services of a physiotherapist and a sports therapist. The confusion usually affects people when they require the services of one of these two professionals. However, you are not to blame: in practice, they seem to deal with solving related problems that may concern sports massage physiotherapy. In this article, you will be able to understand which service to go for and when.

sports therapy vs. physiotherapy

Sports Therapy vs. Physiotherapy – What’s the difference?

Sports Therapist

The sport therapy experts mostly specialised in musculoskeletal disorders. They are capable of handling issues such as injuries and pain control. Additionally, they offer preventive and rehabilitative solutions to injuries and pains. The experts operate under the Society of Sports Therapists, a body that regulates their professionalism. For an expert to serve as a sports therapist, they must undergo a three-year course degree that covers the musculoskeletal system, pain revival and body injury prevention and maintenance.

Physiotherapist

Normally, the physiotherapy experts deal with disabilities, injuries and illness. Their works are to help in general body maintenance, which includes manual therapy, movement, education, exercise and offering advice to the clients. Typically, they efficiently handle people of all ages. A physiotherapist must be a graduate of a three-year course that equips them with the knowledge to treat neurological, neuromusculoskeletal, back pains, respiratory and the cardiovascular problems. They must meet the standards set by Health and Care Professions Council. The HCPC is a body that controls all physiotherapists through a set of standards.

The Differences

The two professionalisms coincide with the treatments they offer. However, they are distinguishable professionals in the following ways:

  • Sports therapist specialise mostly in dealing with athletes. They play a significant role in enabling them to prevent injuries before they attend their respective sports. They achieve this through various massage and nonmedical treatment options. However, physiotherapist deals with a wider range of people and issues. They have a more medical knowledge that enables them to deal and treat diseases that are neurological and respiratory in addition to control of pains and solving the musculoskeletal problems.
  • As the sports therapy deals with sports massage physiotherapy such as restoration of the musculoskeletal system for the athletes, enabling them to recover quickly, the physiotherapy aims at helping people to live comfortably and enable them to work with good physical fitness and body problems that would instead distract and derail them from work.

Choosing the Right Specialist

Despite the differences between the two specialists, it’s entirely your choice who should address your body issues. But with the above information, you can quickly make the right decision concerning your requirements. However, you must consider the experience of the experts before hiring their services. Have they dealt with similar cases like yours? Total Restore gives you sports massage physiotherapy such as muscle pains, injuries, fractures, strains, arthritis and tendonitis among many other problems. Experience and professionalism is the key to getting the best services.