Postural Assessment (Hands-on Guides for Therapists)

performing a postural assessment gives you more information about your client. Here are three examples to illustrate this point: Example 1. Working

Next, ask them to act as if they had just received a piece of fantastically good news.

bodies—traumas and injuries old and new, and mild or more serious pathologies—but also how we feel about ourselves—our confidence (or lack of it), how much energy we have (or are lacking), how enthusiastic (or unenthusiastic) we feel, or whether we feel certain and relaxed (or anxious and tense).

process projects at different angles, and the acromion process is

suggesting that students carry out this exercise with their eyes closed prevents them copying one another.

the term posture describes an overall body position, the way we hold ourselves or position our bodies, intentionally or unintentionally. Used in an

beginning and no end for the observer.

subtle increase in muscle bulk you observe on the left calf in standing is something that you may not have spotted when the client was in the prone position or when performing range of movement tests.

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