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Quick Image Fix for 2008

January 11, 2008 · Written by Brandie Nemchenko

woman with good posture Last year, I was invited to an elementary school for an event in which people from different occupations would come in and give a short talk and then answer questions. Since I am a chiropractor, my topic was “Back Pack Safety.” On the day of the fair, I happily wore my daughter’s Lizzie McGuire book bag and was instructed to sit on a brightly-colored carpet with 20 first-graders. Their little eyes were upon me and they sparkled with energy.

I showed them the pink book bag that I had placed a 5 lb. weight in. We talked about how to wear a book bag and how not to. I told them that wearing their bookbag improperly leads to bad posture.

A little hand shot up and asked, “Why is bad posture so bad?” I knew how on a college-level to explain why posture is important, but how could I explain it to this adorable 6 year old?

So having everybody jump up, we all pretended to have horrible posture. I had them roll their shoulders forward, and jut their head out from their chest. Their little tummies pooched as I had them slouch. Now I said, look at your friends. “How do they look?”

The answers they gave were not what I had expected. I expected them to say “crooked” or “slouchy” but what they ended up saying is “sad”, “lonely”, and one little boy commented about his partner, “It looks like he has no friends.” I was amazed at the insight these children had and began to extrapolate this into my practice and to my life.

So many times I see women with horrible posture who walk in a room almost afraid, rounding their shoulders. Typically when I speak to these women, they lack confidence. Just a few conscious alterations and you can have a new look! Stand proud! When you walk in a room, throw your shoulders back, stand straight (it makes you look 5 lbs. less in the process) and tilt your head back to look proudly and confidently at the world in front of you.

Good posture is not only great for your health, but great for your image! If first impressions are made in split seconds, what does your posture say about you? Make your goal for 2008 to improve something easy! Improve how you carry yourself and do it with pride. Who knew that I would learn such a great lesson!

Even kiddos know, posture is the window to your soul!

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3 Responses to “Quick Image Fix for 2008”

  1. Brandon Harshe on January 12th, 2008 12:51 am

    Great post! That’s awesome you’re a chiropractor. I’m actually going back to chiropractic school in July to finish up. I’m very excited about it.

    I completely agree that bad posture can actually just be a confidence thing.

  2. Brandie Nemchenko on January 12th, 2008 9:17 am

    Brandon…

    That is awesome that you are going to be a chiropractor! It is a great way to have a career that most times seems like play!

    Whereas many of my patients used to come in for pain, the new wave of them are coming to fix their posture for matters of beauty and their profession!

    I often tell people that if you wore your spine on your face, you would take better care of it!

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