- [Bob] So we have devised a test.
- [Brad] Yeah.
- [Bob] to determine what your pasture's like, man.
- [Brad] How's my posture look, Bob?
- [Bob] - It looks really bad. You're gonna get
a minus four I think.
- [Brad] - We don't want that. Let's straighten up.
- [Bob] So a perfect score is seven, your favorite number.
- [Brad] The number seven is complete, Bob.
Don't ever forget that.
- [Bob] We'll find out.
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The two most famous physical therapist on the internet.
- [Bob] All right.
The first test is the chin tuck test, Brad.
- [Brad] So we got five tests
and there's certain things that we're gonna measure.
- [Bob] Right.
- [Brad] and get points for each.
- [Bob] Exactly.
- [Brad] We'll go through it one at a time.
- [Bob] Why don't you should the way get a point, Brad?
- [Brad] Right. So your butt has to touch the wall.
Your shoulders have to touch the wall
and then without looking up
because I can touch the back of my head there...
- [Bob] You've got to go straight back.
- [Brad] Yeah. We gotta keep your chin on the level
and it's much harder but it shows flexibility of the neck.
I can touch.
So I get, I get one point.
But if you go back and you cannot touch...
- [Bob] Let's say you're less than an inch away.
- [Brad] Yep.
- [Bob] You're going to get zero points in.
If you're an inch away
you're gonna be one point - minus one point.
- [Brad] Yep.
- [Bob] If you're...right now, you're four inches away,
you're gonna be minus four points, Brad.
- [Brad] Say no more Bob.
- [Bob] That's a bad start, Brad.
- [Brad] Minus a point for each inch away.
- [Bob] Right.
- [Brad} Which is okay because they're...
I've had people three to four inches away.
- [Bob] Right.
- [Brad] And you'll get there. Yep. You just,
it's a start and that's why we measure it.
- [Bob] All right.
We're gonna move down to the shoulders, Brad.
You wanna show a point and zero points?
- [Brad] Yep. So again, butt's touching the,
the shoulder blades are touching
and the goal is to get your shoulder
the point of your shoulder all the way back
touching the wall like this.
Now some people may only get to here
and there's gonna be a gap right here.
And that means you've got tight muscles up in this area.
- [Bob] So get a point for touching
and zero minus points for no, no touch.
- [Brad] Yep.
- [Bob] So it's one.
- [Brad] And we're gonna look at both sides.
- [Bob] Right.
- [Brad] Cause some people may touch over here
but this one's tight, which is not uncommon,
particularly depending on what your work is.
If you have one side that seems is working like,
you know, a baseball thrower, a pitcher.
That's what they call 'em.
- [Bob] Yours is tight on this side though. Right?
- [Brad] Well, yeah, my left is tighter but it's...
- [Bob] Leave it to Brad to be different.
- [Brad] Yeah. I can still touch.
I just gotta work at it a little bit.
- [Bob] All right, on the next one, Brad,
you're gonna look at your palms.
Just let your arms hang down naturally and have, you know
pretty good posture.
And if you have really good posture
the palms are gonna be forward.
- [Brad] Facing, yeah. In front of you.
- [Bob] One point for each arm that does that.
- [Brad] This is, because if you do this
and if you roll yourself forward you'll notice poor posture.
The palms naturally go in.
And you'll see people walking around.
If their palms are in facing their legs,
they're probably hunched over like this. So...
- [Bob] You'll look a little bit like a gorilla.
- [Brad] I do.
- [Bob] Yeah.
- [Brad] Naturally.
- [Bob] So I'm naturally palms facing each other
which is zero points.
- [Brad] Okay. So like that?
- [Bob] One point. Zero points. Minus one point.
- [Brad] Minus one point. Palms out.
- [Bob] All right. This next one, Brad,
we're looking at the upper back.
- [Brad] Sure.
- [Bob] So if you're flexed like this,
which a lot of people are.
- [Brad] Yep.
- [Bob] We want to see if you could reverse it.
- [Brad] Sure.
- [Bob] So we start off in the flex position like this.
- [Brad] Kind of a hunchback.
- [Bob] And now I'll come up like this,
and in this case I'm not able to reverse it.
- [Brad] Well, you're not that rounded naturally
so you're, there you go.
- [Bob] There we go.
- [Brad] This is really good on a naturally rounded person.
It's both because Bob and I are posture perfect.
- [Bob] Right.
- [Brad] Sometimes.
- [Bob] We try.
So you can't reverse it's minus one point.
- [Brad] Yeah. So you can see things are still round.
I can roll this, stick over there.
- [Bob] If I reverse it.
- [Brad] Yeah. Now there's even a gap back here.
- [Bob] Right.
- [Brad] I put my fingers to, if I put the yard stick.
- [Bob] Plus one point.
- [Brad] So you you're doing good. Bob.
- [Bob] Right.
- [Brad] Yeah.
- [Bob] So far.
- [Bob] All right.
The final test is we actually look at the, your knees, Brad.
- [Brad] What do the knees gotta do with the posture, Bob?
- [Bob] Because if you extend your knees back and lock 'em,
it's gonna throw off the rest of your body.
- [Brad] Ah.
- [Bob] You're, it's gonna cause you to slump more.
- [Brad] So if you lock your knees
you'll feel it go all the way back and they stop.
Now, Bob naturally doesn't hyper extend much
maybe a little bit
but some people they're actually you'll see it kind of
bends backwards and it's even worse with those people.
- [Bob] Right. Mine used to be really bad when I was young.
- [Brad] Yeah. Then you grew out of it?
Yep. So just a little bend in those knees.
Get used to that.
- [Bob] So if you naturally stand
with your knees locked, minus one.
- [Brad] Ah.
- [Bob] If you naturally stand
with your knees slightly bent, plus one.
- [Brad] And I think the people who stand naturally
with their knees locked have no idea that's happening.
- [Bob] Exactly.
- [Brad] It's just normal for them. So yeah.
Be aware of that.
- [Bob] Hard on your knees. Hard on your back.
- [Brad] Yeah. And if you take up dancing
that'll help get rid of that not lock knee
because you can't dance with your knees locked.
Just a little tip.
One thing I kind of found out over the years.
- [Bob] All right.
If you get a perfect score of a seven, don't be cocky.
It just means that you don't have to stretch any muscles.
You can get perfect posture.
- [Brad] Right.
- [Bob] But you still might have bad posture.
- [Brad] Yeah.
- [Bob] You can obtain posture, good posture,
while working too hard at that.
- [Brad] And for most of us, including Bob and I,
we are able to get pretty darn good posture
but we find ourselves slouching.
So we continue to work on it.
It's a daily commitment so to speak.
- [Bob] And if you failed the test, don't worry.
On our next video we're gonna show you
how to stretch the muscles.
- [Brad] Yep. It actually feels good.
- [Bob] Right.
- [Brad] You can really tell their fun stretches.
They make you feel good when you're done and you know
you're gonna get a better score.
- [Bob] And you'll look good too.
- [Brad] Well, not me, but some people, most people will.
Bob and I are outta that one.
- [Bob] Right.
- [Brad] Take care. Have a good day.
- [Bob] Thanks.