Improving Your Child's Posture

You might begin to notice that your child has developed an f-posture. This is a posture that occurs often as a result of your child spending a lot of time:

• At school hunched over
• Playing video games
• Sitting in a chair that is not child-sized

There are things that you can do to help improve your child's posture, fortunately, and you can improve your child's posture much more with the help of a chiropractor.

Back Braces

If your child has scoliosis, a curvature of the spine, he or she will have a slouched position no matter how he or she sits. Fortunately, scoliosis can be corrected with a back brace.

More Physical Activity

Dance classes and martial arts can help improve posture. Both activities require that a certain posture be maintained to be successful. Your child will become more comfortable with his or her body, which will lead to better posture.If your child is not physically active yet, you should at least get him or her to get up and stretch every once in awhile. Even when your child is not physically active, there are other things that you can do, such as encouraging your child to prop his or her back up against a wall when playing video games.

A Trip To The Chiropractor

The chiropractor will examine your child's spine to determine if it is necessary to fit your child with a back brace, whether there are any stretches your child can perform, what types of exercises your child can perform and anything else that can help improve your child's posture.