Anda mengira, semua itu terjadi secara alami. Memang ada orang-orang yang dilahirkan dengan postur tubuh seperti itu. Tetapi ternyata tidak. Postur tubuh yang baik merupakan bagian integral dari kesehatan fisik dan mental. Postur yang kurang baik bisa dikoreksi, karena kalau tidak, postur buruk itu akan jadi permanen. Anda pun menderita di kemudian hari.

Margaret Richard, penulis buku Body Electric, mengatakan bahwa postur yang sehat membutuhkan latihan dengan cara berdiri, berjalan, duduk, dan berbaring, dalam posisi yang menempatkan sedikit ketegangan saja pada otot-otot dan ligamen yang mendukungnya. Tulang belakang terdiri atas 33 tumpukan tulang (disebut vertebra, atau ruas tulang belakang), yang disangga oleh piringan-piringan. Piringan-piringan ini, bersama cairan tulang belakang, akan melindungi saraf-saraf tulang belakang. Namun, hal ini tidak cukup. Postur tubuh Andalah yang terutama akan melindungi tulang belakang dan bagian tubuh Anda lainnya dari cidera.

Postur tubuh yang kurang baik akan menyebabkan nyeri yang panas di bagian leher dan pundak, sakit di punggung bawah, dan sakit kepala. Sesuatu yang menimbulkan sakit pastilah karena ada sesuatu yang memicunya. Dalam hal ini, nyeri tersebut bisa disembuhkan dengan memperbaiki postur tubuh Anda. Menurut Dr Beverly Marr, pencipta The Soar Method for Perfect Posture, postur yang baik tak hanya akan menghilangkan rasa sakit, tetapi juga meningkatkan tingkat energi dan pencernaan Anda.

Tubuh seharusnya memiliki kesejajaran dari kepala sampai kaki. Tetapi ketika Anda membungkuk ke arah keyboard atau duduk merosot di kursi, lama-kelamaan kesejajaran tubuh bisa berubah. Perubahan struktur ini tidak hanya menyebabkan nyeri di tubuh, tetapi juga kesehatan Anda secara keseluruhan.

“Saat Anda duduk merosot, Anda tidak bisa menarik nafas dengan baik, yang dapat memengaruhi tingkat energi, dan pencernaan pun harus menyesuaikan karena Anda memampatkan perut Anda,” kata Dr Marr. Dengan berdiri atau duduk tegak, Anda terlihat lebih jangkung, lebih langsing, lebih muda, dan lebih percaya diri.

Ia juga mengatakan, beberapa latihan dapat membantu meregangkan dan menguatkan tubuh menjadi sejajar sempurna. Namun, Anda disarankan untuk selalu memeriksa postur tubuh saat beraktivitas sehari-hari, sehingga lama-kelamaan Anda jadi terbiasa. Ini yang bisa Anda latih sendiri untuk mendapatkan postur tubuh sempurna:

* Saat berdiri, telinga, pundak, dan pinggul, harus dalam garis lurus.
* Dagu dan kepala tidak condong ke depan.
* Perut harus dikempeskan dan tegak, pusar diarahkan ke tulang belakang.
* Pundak seharusnya rileks, mengarah ke bawah dengan posisi terbuka (tidak melengkung ke depan).
* Ketika berdiri, berat badan harus disangga sama rata oleh kedua kaki.
* Ketika duduk, telapak kaki harus rata di lantai, dan tulang belakang beristirahat di sandaran kursi.
* Saat bekerja, jangan mencondongkan leher untuk melihat layar komputer. Jaga agar punggung dan leher tetap lurus.

Yemima Yori Yulianti
Personal Trainer and group class exercise teacher
email : yori@exercise-coach.com

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