Changes occur naturally in your body as you grow older. These changes can influence your posture and make it more difficult to maintain a good posture or correct a poor posture. 

Some of the physical changes that may occur such as the disks between the spinal segments become less resilient and give in more readily to external forces, such as gravity and body weight. Muscles become less flexible. Compression and deterioration of the spine, commonly seen in individuals with osteoporosis, causes an increased flexed, or bent forward, posture. Lifestyles usually become more sedentary. (Sitting for long periods of time shortens various muscles, which results in the body being pulled into poor postural positions, and stretches and weakens other muscles, which allows the body to slump).

Despite the changes that occur naturally with aging, good posture can be maintained and, for many, poor posture can be improved. Individuals with severe postural problems, such as poor alignments that have existed so long that structural changes have occurred, the poor posture can be kept from getting progressively worse.

 

In any case, all of us must consciously work at achieving and maintaining good posture as we grow older.

Good posture is about achieving correct length/tension relationships between muscle groups. As a general rule of thumb if agonists and antagonists are out of balance, one group will be overactive/tight whilst the other group will be lengthened/weak.

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By an accurate assessment I can establish which area of the body need to be targeted with either focused stretching or corrective strengthening exercises.  

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WHAT IS GOOD POSTURE?

When you are standing- From a side view, can be seen as an imaginary vertical line through the ear, shoulder, hip, knee, and ankle. In addition, the three natural curves in your back can be seen. From a back view, the spine and head are straight, not curved to the right or left. The front view of good posture shows equal heights of shoulders, hips, and knees. The head is held straight, not tilted or turned to one side.

Good posture only has one appearance, but poor posture comes in many unattractive styles.