{"id":1742,"date":"2016-08-02T02:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2016-08-02T17:04:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T22:04:07","slug":"pokemon-posture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/other-news\/pokemon-posture\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Posture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Pokemon Go Craze<\/p>\n

Publisher\u2019s Note:<\/strong> As well illustrated in this photo, many Americans seem to be totally possessed<\/em> with the Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/strong> craze<\/em>, and to the extent possible, Club Insider<\/strong> would like to provide something that might be helpful to all of our readers who\u2019ve somehow found themselves captured by this craze. That\u2019s the following article entitled: Pok\u00e9mon Posture<\/strong>, written by Dr. Steven Weiniger<\/strong>. Even if this helps just one person avoid potential health issues or problems caused by their addiction to Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/strong>, we feel it\u2019s worth it. So, check it out! – Norm Cates, Publisher and Tribal Leader Since 1993<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By:<\/strong> Dr. Steven Weiniger<\/p>\n

People are chasing Pok\u00e9mon everywhere, with the beneficial side effect of becoming more active. On the other hand, players of Pok\u00e9mon Go are stumbling into real-world people and objects and have been involved in injuries ranging from traffic accidents to falling off a cliff!<\/p>\n

However, the larger health risk for most people is Pok\u00e9mon Posture. Walking while obsessing over capturing virtual monsters adds to the real world problems familiar to frequent texters, computer users and others suffering from tech-neck.<\/p>\n

When the people walking towards you see the top of your head instead of your eyes, you have Pok\u00e9mon Posture.<\/p>\n

Walking while facing down and focused on the game trains muscles to push your head forward and roll in your shoulders, which folds your body into a \u201cC.\u201d The postural problem is aggravated because your arms are made to swing when you walk, but Pok\u00e9mon Posture locks the arms to throw Pokeballs and folds the chest towards the pelvis.<\/p>\n

A huge benefit of walking is exercising the diaphragm and other muscles you use to breathe deeply. But, by collapsing your torso onto your pelvis, Pokemon Posture makes it harder to take a deep breath and adds to the muscle imbalances that cause neck and back pain.<\/p>\n

The Solution:<\/strong> Connect with your real-world body with attentional focus exercises to strengthen your posture. The idea is to retrain your reflexive head position to align on top of your torso and your torso over your pelvis.<\/p>\n

Focusing on the reality of how your body stands is the key to retraining how you move (plus helps prevent a potential injury from walking into a tree!).<\/p>\n

Try these StrongPosture attentional focus exercise tips for optimal performance:<\/strong><\/p>\n

When looking for Pok\u00e9mon:<\/em><\/p>\n