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September 23, 2019: The first day of Autumn, as the leaves start to fall, is also the first day when all the posture fallacies start to fall.
September 23, 2019: The publication date for Dennis Zacharkow's new book "Posture Fallacies - Exposing the Harmful Posture Misinformation from Health Professionals and the Internet".
Posture Fallacies
Exposing the Harmful Posture Misinformation
from
Health Professionals and the Internet
A Collection of Scientific Posture Articles by
Dennis Zacharkow, PT
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- Publication Date: September 23, 2019
- 178 pages, illustrated, with index, spiral bound
- Available exclusively from The YogaBack™ Company • Rochester • Minnesota • USA
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Front Cover
Back Cover
Table of Contents
| Chapter 1: Introduction | 1 |
| 1.1: Good Posture and Breathing Plus a Flatter Lower Abdomen are Easy. . .Just Forget What You’ve Been Taught and Learn to Activate Your Elongation Reflex! | 3 |
| Chapter 2: Standing Posture | 11 |
| 2.1: The Fallacy of Traditional Exercises to Correct a Sway Back Standing Posture | 13 |
| 2.2: The Fallacy that Standing at the Computer is Healthy | 24 |
| 2.3: What is the Proper Positioning of the Hands and Arms in Optimal Standing Posture? | 29 |
| 2.4: Slumped Sitting Posture #1 Cause of Poor Standing Posture | 31 |
| 2.5: Wall Street Journal Posture Article Misinforms | 33 |
| 2.6: Seven Inhibitors to an Elongated Standing Posture | 38 |
| Chapter 3: Breathing | 43 |
| 3.1: The Problems with Traditional Diaphragmatic Breathing | 45 |
| 3.2: Impaired Breathing: Overuse of the Scalene Muscles | 48 |
| 3.3: Don't Let Your Sitting Posture Turn You into a Shallow Breather! | 51 |
| 3.4: The Fallacy of Anchoring the Rib Cage | 58 |
| Chapter 4: The Seat Surface | 61 |
| 4.1: Proper Weight Bearing on the Seat Surface: The Fallacy of Coccyx Cutout Cushions | 63 |
| 4.2: The Fallacy of Bucket Seats: Why They Cause Pain and Discomfort | 66 |
| Chapter 5: Motor Vehicle Seating | 69 |
| 5.1: Driving with Sacral Support: The Key to Preventing a Herniated Lumbar Disc | 71 |
| 5.2: Three Reasons to Avoid Driving with Lumbar Support | 74 |
| 5.3: Why the Pelvis Migrates Forward on the Car Seat | 79 |
| 5.4: Risks of Driving with Forward - Sloping Seats | 81 |
| 5.5: Thoracic Support Driving: Posture Activator or Posture Inhibitor? | 83 |
| 5.6: New Car Headrests (Head Restraints) Designed Too Far Forward: Hidden Costs are Neck/Back Pain and Distracted Driving | 88 |
| 5.7: Car Backrests/Headrests: 4 Design Fallacies Causing Back and Neck Pain Driving | 91 |
| 5.8: Importance of Rib Cage Stabilization for Women Drivers | 96 |
| 5.9: Slumped Posture Undermines Safe Driving | 99 |
| 5.10: An Elongated Posture: The Key to Faster Reaction Times | 101 |
| 5.11: Sacral and Lower Thoracic Support Turn Your Commute Time into Effortless Posture Therapy Time! | 104 |
| 5.12: Three Car Features to Avoid for Preventing / Relieving Back and Neck Pain | 106 |
| Chapter 6: Computer / Office / School Seating | 109 |
| 6.1: Distorted Head-neck Posture: A Major Cause of Pain and Impaired Proprioception | 111 |
| 6.2: Head Posture and Vision: The Fallacy of Horizontal Desks | 113 |
| 6.3: How the Desk Affects Sitting Posture | 117 |
| 6.4: The Fallacy of Armrests for Computer Work | 119 |
| 6.5: The Fallacy of Kneeling Chairs | 123 |
| 6.6: The Fallacy that Fidgeting is Healthy | 126 |
| 6.7: The Fallacy that Exercise Balls Promote Healthy Sitting Posture | 130 |
| 6.8: Why Lower Thoracic Support? | 132 |
| Chapter 7: Exercises | 135 |
| 7.1: The Problems with Traditional Abdominal Exercises | 137 |
| 7.2: The Fallacy of Sit-ups and Crunches | 139 |
| 7.3: The Fallacy of Toe-Touching Exercises | 144 |
| 7.4: Round Shoulders Fallacies | 147 |
| 7.5: Deadlifting Fallacies: Avoiding Injury is in the Details | 149 |
| Chapter 8: Posture Analysis | 153 |
| 8.1: The Fallacy that Proper Forward-Leaning Posture Requires a Forward-Sloping Seat | 155 |
| 8.2: The Instability of Unsupported Sitting: Pelvic and Respiratory Factors | 158 |
| 8.3: Lumbar Lordosis / Lumbar Support Fallacies | 161 |
| 8.4: The Fallacy of Epidemic Hip Flexor Tightness from Prolonged Sitting | 167 |
| 8.5: The Fallacy of Analyzing Posture Based on the Surface Contours of the Body | 170 |
| Index | 173 |