A stooped person with a dull head looks like a loser and mumbler. These words, in time uttered, the child can remember for life. And they will seem more convincing to him than notations about a straight back and straightened shoulders.

According to the man who has been studying the possibilities of physiotherapy, the professor, the honored worker of science of the Russian Federation Sergey Khrushchev all his life, the correct posture is not given to us from birth, as many people think. This is a conditioned motor reflex, and it must be worked out. For children to run, walk, stand and sit beautifully, parents will have to make considerable efforts. By the way, correct posture is not only beautiful, it is also functional, because with her the position of the body is the most stable: the vertical posture is preserved with the least muscle strain. Hence, when the child is straight, squaring his shoulders, he is less tired. And if it goes, runs or jumps, while maintaining a good posture, the spine best absorbs the load.

Bad posture makes breathing and circulation difficult, and the good one, accordingly, keeps them in norm. With poor posture, the oxidative processes in the body decrease, and this automatically leads to the fact that a person is more likely to get tired both during physical and mental work. Poor posture can bring the child to nearsightedness or osteochondrosis. And a good posture can protect from these troubles.

Rules of good posture It is necessary to build up the child "muscular corset". Good posture is unthinkable without evenly developed musculature. "Muscular corset" will save even those who are unlucky with heredity, to whom from parents got weak connective tissue - harbingers of flat feet, myopia, stoop.

It is necessary to watch how the child is sitting, standing, correcting him, if he is stooping, frowns. Let it rise to the wall, touch it with heels, calves, buttocks, scapula and head.

The spine is straightened, the shoulders are unfolded, the shoulder blades are brought together, the stomach is drawn in, the buttocks are strained. Here it is - the right pose! The body must remember it.

It is worth paying special attention to the posture in writing, reading, any work at the desk. The child should sit so that the legs, back, hands have support. The height of the table should be 2-3 cm above the elbow of the child's lowered arm when he sits. The height of the stool should not exceed the height of the shank.

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