Posture Specialist | Egoscue in London
When this client came to see me he’d been in pain for a very long time. In his own words: “I’ve suffered from back pain and knee pain most of my life. I have visited many therapists, and tried all sorts of procedures and strengthening exercises with little to no help.” He told me that the pain…
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This client had been self-conscious about her ‘hunched’ posture for over 30 years! She didn’t like her reflection in the mirror or in shop windows. She also avoided wearing certain kinds of clothing because of how she looked. When I checked her posture, I saw that her upper back, head, and shoulders were rounding forward.…
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When this client came to see me his pain was severely affecting the quality of his life. In his own words: “After 4 years of suffering from worsening hip pain that had stopped me from running, and was frequently impacting my ability to walk pain free, I thought this was something I would just have…
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When this client came to see me she’d been suffering with pain on one side of her upper back for over ten years. She said the pain was always there. Sometimes it was worse, sometimes better. Every couple of months, it got so bad that it would radiate to her neck, arm, and shoulder. Her…
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When this client came to see me, online over Zoom, he was in a lot of pain and could hardly move. In his own words: “I was crippled by some kind of disc movement in my lower right back. When I first saw him I was barely mobile and leaning severely to the right.” Can…
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About 20% of the clients I work with come to see me because they want to be proactive with their health, age better, reduce their risk of future injuries and improve the way they look. The remaining 80% come to me because they’re in pain, and they want it to stop. For some the pain…
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Here is some advice for keeping your body balanced and pain free if you’re working from home or in the office. The image above shows you an ‘ideal’ home workstation setup. The key pointers are: Screen approximately at eye level Shoulders relaxed External keyboard and mouse 90 degree angle at elbow and knee Pelvis rolled…
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Most of the clients I work with want to improve their posture because they either want to get pain free, change the way they look, or reduce their risk of future pain and injuries – or sometimes all three! If you spend a bit of time researching on the internet how to improve your posture,…
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We don’t give our feet that much attention until we start developing problems here – then it becomes hard not to notice! In this short article I’ll explain how to fix foot pain by improving your posture. Your feet are pretty special. They are your foundation and house a quarter of all the bones in…
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I sometimes bring up the centaur – the mythical half-man half-horse creature – when explaining to certain clients why I believe they’re in pain. What’s posture correction got to do with a centaur? Well, with this mythical being, you can see that the lower horse half provides a strong and stable platform upon which the upper human half…
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