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- Hi folks, I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist.
- Brad Heineck, physical therapist.
- Together we are the most
famous physical therapist on the internet.
- In our opinion of course, Bob.
- Do you want perfect posture?
This simple trick will work.
- Of course, Bob.
And we're going to show you in just a little bit,
very simple,
but before-
- I'm trying to show contrast here, Brad.
- Well, you are contrasting, Bob.
You're a contrast from A to Z.
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Anyways, Bob.
Posture.
We talk about posture left and right
as physical therapists we learn about posture.
We learn about all the muscles that produce good posture,
how to get them in that position.
And then we have to educate our patients,
or in this case,
the whole world how to get that posture.
And you don't say,
"Well, get your lower traps and get those to fire
and pull your scapula down."
- And do a cervical retraction.
- Right.
Cervical retraction.
All these technical things that people just look at you
and eyes glaze over and they're like this.
- And then they forget.
- Right.
So as therapists, we're always thinking
of little verbal cues.
- Verbal cues, right.
- To get people to do something right. Very simply.
So that's the trick on this video.
- That's what we're hoping is going to click with you.
- There you go.
So this is it.
- This is a great one to do in your car.
- Right.
As a matter of fact, this is one I think about in the car,
let's say you're in your car and you accelerate really fast.
You feel your body go back.
Or if you're in a jet plane on takeoff
you feel that pulling back.
So that's what I want you to imagine.
I want you to imagine you're in a jet plane or a race car
that's going to go from zero to a hundred miles an hour
in about 0.2 seconds.
And you're just going to feel your body back against
the car seat or the seat.
Or you can do this against the wall
and everything is pulling you back like this.
So your chin goes back against,
usually in a car you have a car seat where your head is,
that's what I use in my car seat for a little tactile cue.
And my shoulders are getting flattened back.
Everything is back.
My chest sticks out a little bit
because the shoulders are back
and that's the exercise.
It's that simple.
You don't have to think about shoulders down
and scapula inward and retract the chin.
Just get in that car, pull back and relax.
- I like the idea that before you even take off in your car
that you should feel your head against that headrest,
and you should feel everything back,
the shoulders should be back.
- Right.
- And generally the one additional change you want to make,
you want to make sure your seats fairly upright.
If it's leaning way back,
you're going to do this automatically.
If it's leaning way back
you're going to bring your head forward
to try to get your eyes level.
- Sure. Right.
So, it's that simple.
- Well, why don't you show the wall?
(car revving zooming sound)
- Don't make the noise.
I always make the noise.
(laughs)
And people kind of look at you.
It doesn't bother me anymore.
In the car when I do that, like at a stop sign
if I'm doing my chin tucks, you have to look.
- [Bob] You look around to see if people are watching you.
- To see if people are watching you.
(laughs)
It won't be long though,
another couple years and everyone's
going to be doing this in their cars.
- [Bob] Yeah. It'll be common.
And if you're at the office or at home
just find a wall,
you can do in the chair,
but you can do it standing too.
You're standing there.
(car revving zooming sound)
(laughs)
- Open your eyes up like that too.
It's more fun.
Especially if you got kids,
this is a good way to teach your kids posture.
Feel that. Go...
(car revving zooming sound)
I feel it's going.
If we can make exercises a little more fun,
put a smile on your face, get your posture good,
it's a win-win situation.
- I'm literally speechless.
Thanks for watching.