Abstract:Posture can be defined as the position of all the body segments observed at a specific moment. Inadequate posture consists of poor interrelations between parts of the body. These imperfect interrelations cause muscle tension and shortening, which makes appropriate joint movements more difficult to achieve. 1 A forward head posture (or chin poking) is perhaps the most common abnormality associated with NP and is commonly defined as the protrusion of the head in the sagittal plane so that the head is placed ante… Show more
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