"Doctors say a lot of things but that doesn't mean they've done the research to back up their claims" as a Doctor I can confirm this is 100% true.

@truthseeker7815

2 күн бұрын

xD

@poleve5409

2 күн бұрын

lmao

@Kissiehyudo

2 күн бұрын

Idk why r people surprised about this, it is especially true nowadays when people can just "cancel" you or result in you being fired from your job for choosing not to pretend that a baby for example can come out of a man's pee hole, is it any wonder that you shouldn't jst blindly believe "experts" ?.

@AimiYossa

Күн бұрын

Got any research for that?

@ralek592

Күн бұрын

​@@AimiYossajesus christ

Gonna put this in loop while sitting in bad posture because of the smart individual I am.

@hrodwulf172

4 күн бұрын

Sick algorithm bro. Your algae is gonna be so rythmic

@heraldnite

Күн бұрын

How's this comment 5 days old when the video is only 2 days old? Like what the heck?

@ralek592

Күн бұрын

​@@heraldnitehe puts his vids on private and people pay him to comment before he puts it on public so they can have more likes

@unacuentadeyoutube13

18 сағат бұрын

​​@@ralek592no, no ones pays for likes if they don't profit from youtube. They are simply a member of the channel, helping him out finantially and in return they get some little benefits (new videos earlier, exclusive videos, etc.)

Those "Wall Slides" forever fixed my back pains 2 years ago. Do it for at least a week, 1 set of 15 on the morning, and 1 on the night

@lonestarr1490

4 күн бұрын

Never before did I sweat so much from something done without any additional weight and that wasn't cardio either. Those wall angels are brutal and I can't really fathom why.

@MyoYoneda

4 күн бұрын

@@lonestarr1490i am absolutely devastated how bad I am at them wall Angels and how much I feel something’s wrong with my left shoulder doing them. But unlike anything else it feels this exercise could actually fix it?? Because it’s so damn basic and simple and gentle. Please someone ask me in a month for progress… 🥺

@mateomoreno331

4 күн бұрын

@@MyoYoneda Cant belive I forgot to mention how humbled I got the first time I tried. I'll remind you in a month

@Heuwzen

4 күн бұрын

@@MyoYoneda I actually have been doing it for some time now and even though im not really doing it constantly, it increased the time that i can stay in good posture greatly. Also it created a habit of staying in good posture so i started to get into good posture without really being aware of it. It sure is a great exercise and commonly told to do if you want to fix rounded shoulders.

@MusclesAreMagic

3 күн бұрын

@@MyoYoneda The thing David really doesn't go into is that it's the diaphragm that is the main cause of all these problems.

My parents and other adults had always mention me slouching. Ironically, when many of them suffer from back pain, I did not. Many also mentioned that they have stiffness in their shoulders and back, while I feel completely relaxed at all times. My mom specifically said to me my sleeping posture is horrible (when we would still sleep in the same room) because she would wake up and see me "curled up like a shrimp" (that's exactly what she said cuz I can't know when I'm sleeping lol). But on hindsight, maybe the "bad" posture was actually thanks to my back flexibility. From then on, I never cared what anyone says about my posture anymore, as long as I feel good and train sufficiently, nothing else matters.

@maxwellsterling

Күн бұрын

I used to feel weird about bad posture when sleeping because I'd pretty much be extra-slouching and "slouch = bad", so if I curve up even more than I naturally do, that would obviously mean I should be ashamed. Except... shrimping on the bed is comfortable as fuck and it feels like I'm doing an exercise that unrestricts my movement a bit from sitting at home to play games and sitting at work to deliver food on a motorcycle. As it turns out, the solution isn't to stick to the one right posture, but to ensure your body is capable of doing most to all of them. My back hurts because I'm a lazy cunt and don't stretch my arms and barely turn at all, so I'm on the same position for hours a day without changing and, unsurprisingly, being stiff as fuck is not comfortable.

My herniated disks disagree tho. But I don't think any "real" doctors and PT's suggest to focus on posture all the time. Take me, I have back issues, my physical therapists said: "focus on good posture every half hour." Doing this just makes you aware of having a decent posture, but you take on a more natural posture after 5 minutes. For people who have a job that requires them to be sitting the majority of the time, this matters a lot (especially if you don't work out/exercise at all). Actually, the best thing to do, if your boss allows it, is to get up and walk around every 30 minutes. It's more the sitting than certain postures that is the issue.

@batatanna

2 күн бұрын

Changing your posture every time also helps. It's actually worse to be in the "correct posture" for too long.

@chadkayser

Күн бұрын

In my experience, sitting at a a desk seems to lead to stiffness (as he said at 2:35). When I sit at a desk for a long time I usually I need to shift in some significant way, like putting my leg under me and leaning forward. Eventually that no longer works, and nor do its variations until I've squirmed to a point of needing to get up. Or maybe try to sit on the floor or lay down somewhere to allow even more release. I avoid using a conscious effort to control my spinal muscles, as it only causes me discomfort. I think if my mind is telling my spinal muscles to hold a position, then they can't adapt to the slight shifts in my body weight, and in relation to how I'm sitting. I think those tiny problems add up, imposing unnatural strain on certain muscles because I'm telling them "straighten up" when all they want to do is adapt. I've, consequently, never had back pain (except for a few days once because I was really overeating--dunno exactly why). In my experience, if changing to what you believe to be "good posture" doesn't immediately relieve the discomfort, then it's not worth doing. But I'm glad he's making these claims because, like it or not, most people use TV as their doctor, meaning it's accurate enough to say the doctors are doing 'em wrong, even if it's more the media is. And I think what I just told you puts an end to the need for many chiropractic practices.

@georgewinchester6403

Күн бұрын

"if your boss allows it"

@batatanna

Күн бұрын

@@georgewinchester6403 which translates to never or I'm the boss' family

Hmmmm intelligence 9999 or an inch or two of added height to my Kevin Hart sized stature…

@MovementbyDavid

5 күн бұрын

OOF honestly I respect the choice

Hi David I just wanted to thank you for making your videos. I've had back pain in the past and I've always attributed it to the fact that I was hunching my back frequently due to studying. But since I've watched your videos, movement and stretching has become a daily habit for me (not even in the form of training sessions but rather movement throughout the day) and I've never felt any back pain since then! We often say poor posture is due to hunching but it's really just because our bodies are stiff from the lack of movement! Thank you so much! Stay flexy sir :-)

@MovementbyDavid

6 күн бұрын

Sounds like you don’t even need to watch the video! I appreciate you and I’m so glad you’ve had success with your back!

@rijorajan9657

3 күн бұрын

​@@MovementbyDavid Pun intended or... 😅

@Dead25m

19 сағат бұрын

It's almost like with bad posture, people mean keeping your body in a strained position for extended periods of time. Proper posture alleviates the strain meaning you can hold that posture for longer without issues. Literally no doctor will go "just sit correctly", they'll always point to an agile lifestyle in some way.

text neck is stopid, this is how people used to read books for centuries

@benjamindavis2475

2 күн бұрын

But teens are on their phones like 5 hours a day. Teens in 1624 weren't reading that much

@benjamindavis2475

2 күн бұрын

But teens are on their phones like 5 hours a day. Teens in 1624 weren't reading that much

@We1c

Күн бұрын

I used to read that much lool

I really love this longer but still "bite-sized" video. It gives more details on the exercise and the scientific explanation behind it. Hope to see more of this kind of content instead of short videos!

I have to wonder if any pain one might feel that is usually attributed to bad posture has more to do with simply being in one position too long, regardless of what that position might be. It could also be strain due to lack of stabilization in general.

The L from 'Death Note' was doing it right all along 📓🖋️

I agree that back pain can definitely be attributed more to stiffness than posture. My back hurts when I've been hunched over a desk all day not because I'm hunched over, but because I've been sat at a desk all day. I find my back also hurting after I've been stood upright for a whole day. It's all about keeping your body moving and avoiding being sedentary. (That being said, I do think poor posture is unattractive as it is possibly associated with said sedentary lifestyle)

@chrisallmaras1463

2 күн бұрын

But the stiffness comes from poor posture or inactivity as you mentioned

@elordyy

2 күн бұрын

@@chrisallmaras1463 I feel it's more a result of remaining in a certain posture for a long amount of time, not the posture itself

@tacitozetticci9308

2 күн бұрын

@chrisallmaras1463 yeah there's a reason why there's a "default posture" in humans: that's where your spine is the most stable. That's where kids will naturally go before life starts weighing on their shoulders lol. Even if it isn't directly related to back pain, it's gotta be related with risks of injury.

@anomaly3215

2 күн бұрын

so something that is entirely subconscious most of the time is unattractive to you? wow that's selfish, try thinking a little deeper

@elordyy

2 күн бұрын

@@anomaly3215 picking your boogers and eating them is mostly subconscious yet kids do it all the time, are you attracted to them?

The most wholesome way to bring evidence based practice to posture, also as a physical therapist genuinely disappointed in the widespread nocebo claims regarding posture from so many medical professionals. Keep this content up!

@Volkbrecht

4 күн бұрын

I think they mix up cause and effect. Strong, muscular people do look like that, because that is how muscles settle around our skeleton, even in resting state. But unless one has those thick muscles, posturing to pretend they are there just produces another kind of tension that over time leads to shortened tendons and all the bad things that come with those.

@LARISSA.KAY.

3 күн бұрын

Do you have any articles or studies that are legitimate enough to show doctors why I don’t care to “fix” my posture? My posture looks bad but if I force myself to have attractive looking posture it gives me more neck and upper back pain

@joostdegoede1519

3 күн бұрын

​@@LARISSA.KAY. They are already mentioned in the video :)

As PT its honestly frustrating how many physicians in orthopedics (unfortunately also younger docs) refer patients with the task to "improve posture" even tho there isnt any real evidence for the whole "posture thing" like you pointed out- thanks for the video!

@jarofbees7259

4 күн бұрын

My posture "corrected itself" when I got PT for my hips. It just came naturally once those muscles weren't locked down anymore. Coming at it from the angle of fixing posture is, apparently, shallow, but if you have a hard time maintaining proper posture it could be a symptom of something more, something worth addressing for all the other aspects it impacts.

@swigswag1639

3 күн бұрын

@@jarofbees7259 definitely! But making a problem out of something that isnt is something that should be avoided

@chrisallmaras1463

2 күн бұрын

You should get a refund on your degree because all you need to look at are people who have great mobility to see they almost always have great posture. Look at any flexibility/mobility based sport or activity and you will find people with great posture that they WORKED for not that they were born with. Dance, ballet, gymnastics, yoga, tai chi, taekwondo, karate, and many others are all proof of this. The TRUTH is people don't want to do what it takes to get where they want to be from where they are.

@swigswag1639

2 күн бұрын

@@jarofbees7259 definitely, but making a problem out of something which isnt („bad posture“ especially when the people with it dont have any symptoms) is really frustrating

@swigswag1639

2 күн бұрын

@@chrisallmaras1463 nah im good + what you said doesnt really have anything to do with what ive written, but yeah might try to get my money back wouldnt hurt BTW mobility isnt always the answer, can help some people, might worsen other peoples symptoms, performance (and yeah i know that this is a mobility biased community)

me having Lordosis with very bad pain, went to hosptial, didnt find anything, went to the gym, fixed my posture, pain gone :D

@ghostofakina8747

2 күн бұрын

It was probably your lack of movement

@user-he4ef9br7z

17 сағат бұрын

Strengthening and enlarging muscles gives support to surrounding structures.

I've never been in more pain then when I was attempting to create "good" posture

@MusclesAreMagic

3 күн бұрын

That's because when you're compensating using other muscles to try to "fix" the posture to look "normal" you're not relaxed. You should be able to be relaxed in all and any position and focusing on diaphragmatic breathing is the key.

@mildredgh1791

2 күн бұрын

For real, was a week in bed cause everything hurted, and also the nerves of my arms gave me weird sensations, cause they didnt slide properly in the new neck to hand distance. Did some exercises for that and i recovered. Then i was able to move forward. Took around a month to feel better and just focus on the exercises. But it will take years to correct it. The trapezius was too thick and short. Been doing 90 degrees shoulders workout.

@VillainViran

2 күн бұрын

Hurt ​@@mildredgh1791

@ohhmann9045

2 күн бұрын

Bro that means you did the right thing

@R3LAPZE

2 күн бұрын

Nah cuz I was forcing myself into extension unnecessarily

I love the greenery in your videos💚. you motivated me to start streching again and i am now way more flexible than i was before

Always watch. Always take notes. Always positive impact on my life. I'm a 45 year old active skateboarder that broke my back in my early 20s and I know all about not trusting doctors.

Wow this video is crazy good. The transitions, the information, the added effects to make directions clearer, how your voice doesn't get muffled while you move so much. Thanks for making it.

I want to see this. Hopefully I won’t have forgotten about it in two days.

@MovementbyDavid

6 күн бұрын

I’ll comment so you remember! 😂

@mrashford122

5 күн бұрын

@@MovementbyDavid what a hero, guaranteed il be back now.

@MovementbyDavid

5 күн бұрын

@@mrashford122 I’ll reply one more time for good luck. 😂

@JohnMkrv

4 күн бұрын

Hey man

@CreamCheeseTho

4 күн бұрын

Save it to a playlist!

Youre such a wonderful, positive force in the world, David. Im so grateful that you share all of this with us :)

I will wait here for 2 days

@MovementbyDavid

6 күн бұрын

I will too

@Seeyouspaceluna

6 күн бұрын

Samesies

@lonestarr1490

4 күн бұрын

This is your reminder that 2 days have passed.

@fritz250757

4 күн бұрын

did the same

@marg7845

2 күн бұрын

So, mule parking?

I love your energy and knowledge! It also so clear that you really want to help people get better and healthier.

Really appreciate this..much better advice and cues than I had gotten from thousands spend at multiple physical therapists

good posture doesn't make you more attractive, but it makes you seem more confident and i personally become more confident and thats what people find attractive.

The format of your videos is truly the best out there! Not to mention your honest relay of what the literature has to say (because you’ve actually read it) and realistic applications for the average person. I really hope you never stop creating. You bring something so unique to this space. Thank you!!

man, David has such a great vibe, love the videos!

Health Professor h.c. David, you are absolutely great! I`ve just tried the first exercise (elbows on the wall) and I feel improvement in posture after just two minutes! Incredibly sane!

You are the real deal, best quality information about muscle health :)

As someone extremely conscious about my curvature... Thank you

Watched it live!! Amazing!!!

This is the first video ever I've seen from you and five seconds into it, I fell in love with your character

Hello David, Thank you for the presenting such educational information in such a simple and easy to understand manner! Truly helping a ton of people out there. I hope to one day be able to shapeshift like you

Your book (3day) has really helped us get more flexible. If you put out an updated version, or one that concentrates on lengthened partial strengthening, I would be all for it. Ran though the 4 weeks many times over so far.

Thank you for this video !! I agree on the fact that good posture doesn't make you that much attractive. But people tend to notice it and call you out on it which makes you feel insecure as hell. I'll be trying this out

So cool that you mention the first exercise. I have been doing it every day for a year now and it is so funny how hard it actually is at the beginning and it does so much. It is also ok and maybe easier at the beginning to lie on the floor for this one.

Oh you should look into superior cervical instability and vagal nerve compression even in the absence of pain

I *never* comment, but I just gotta say I love your videos & your energy. I'm in a rut & feeling blue & for some reason, regardless of content, your videos make me feel better. So thank you for sharing your knowledge & self with the world. 💓

I love the video transitions in this!

I have "created stiffness by hyper-focusing on posture". I have most definitely done that but never articulated it. Thank you.

Man, I missed you. Love your content!

Love your videos David! Always good to get some deinfluencing ;) keep up the flexy work!

So glad you're saying this. I've been telling clients for years to maintain a healthy thoracic kyphosis and healthy lumbar lordosis. This whole "Avoid anterior tilt" is also bs. The pelvis should sit in an anterior tilt and the tension in the lower back is not from the "Hip flexors being tight". Most cases people have weak hip flexors that need strengthening + lengthening. Last of all, breathe into your ribs! Too many people breathe into their "Belly" (no lungs in there guys) or into their shoulders (also no lungs up there...) Breathing into your back and expanding the ribs, fully engaging all the intercostals is the best breath you can get. This breathing feels congested if you are "Flat backed" or lordotic in the Tx spine and also difficult when overly flexed or hyper kyphotic.

My head being forward puts my hips out of alignment, makes my shoulders tight, and just hurtts so yeah i do posture exercises on the regular. Also I'm a short king so anything helps.

You are one of the best people I sub to. You are helping me so much more than words convey. DAVID, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOURSELF WITH US!

Great transitions!

And after this video I couldn't love you more..Don't get me wrong I'm exercising and actually making progress..but this is really comforting to hear

thanks for sharing David! listening to my body may have provided way more beneficial results than listening to doctors 💯

Thank you for this, it makes a lot of sense

Love your longer videos

Thank you 🥺

For those of you who haven't watched his other videos make sure you are comfortabld with deep squats and hang on a bar for a few minutes daily cuz your shoulders ankles and hips also play a role in how good or tight you feel with your body! Thanks for the video sir!

Great video David. Can you make an eBook or video with a good weekly routine for overall body flexibility? Would love for everything to be consolidated in one place.

You are the best. Thanks for your videos.

Hey David, I love your videos and have been watching over the past few years. It would be really helpful to me if you could link the studies/ research you look at in the description!

"doctors say" doesn't mean doctors said it. It means people are saying they did.

Thanks Dave!!!!!

THANKYOU for talking about the lower back having the in-ward curve, my partner kept nagging at me claiming i have scoliosis even though all my doctors say that i don't, even my physio coach says my spine is fine . Now i know the proper term for how my back is! Also, never experience back pain from how it is, (back pain only exists during periods).

dude, you have the best fitness content on KZread for sure

This really is something you learn when learning tai chi. Being able to flow from place to place in a free motion with no locked in areas is essential. Trying to do anything seriously hard and strictly all the time creates more tension. Children move the most free out of all of us. Its helpful to look at the most flexible sports and notice how well a person moves. A confident person walks like they dont care, and often that can involve rounded posture as well

Exactly. Move more!🌌💟

This was interesting, and makes sense too. Appreciated.

Thanks for the video! :)

Please add this to my feed every day thank you algorithm

Well, the production quality has certainly gone up over the years, but one that that hasn't changed is how good the content is. Just do what the man says. The hardest part? Starting!

This is a really really accurate video !!

This opening is sick!

"posture doesn't make you that much more attractive" It definitely does. You can't tell me a person with hyper kyphosis is as attractive as a person with a normal spine.

@bangtansadorablemc

3 күн бұрын

💯

@chrisallmaras1463

2 күн бұрын

Facts 💯

Idk I guess it's different for everyone, but I know personally, bad posture has caused me and many people I know much pain and discomfort. Improving it and strengthening my neck and spinal muscles has helped so much. Even finding better alignment in my hips, which was a huge issue for me before. Poor neck posture can also affect blood circulation to the head, and can compound over time, becoming worse and worse if ignored. Thanks for the helpful exercises. Similar to what my physical therapist taught me many years ago.

Hey David, could you please create a video discussing herniated discs and effective strategies for managing them?

You rock! 🪨

wearing a posture correcter everyday to work for 4 years. doing spinning back heal kicks regularly, focusing on breathing from my stomach, aggressive spinal stretching and hip mobility exercises among a few other things have really helped lengthen my torso and decompress/straighten my spine. I avoid sitting down ever unless im driving or eating in public

thank you

I have both hyper kyphosis and hyper lordosis. I have no backpain, but it is nearly impossible for me to sit without back support. I need a chair or something. I like to meditate, but I have to sit on a chair because I fall over after a while sitting still. I did your exercises and it gets better. Will continue!

if my neck pain is not coming from my bad posture, where is it coming from?

I pinched a nerve in my shoulder lol, gonna try again tomorrow

can you do a long term video on flat feet and ankle mobility? I believe lots of people are struggling with it

Unironical question because you seem very knowledgeable on the subject: how much would these excercises help in the case of structural deformities rather than muscular ones? I suffer from scheuermann and am curios wether something like this done long term could improve my posture

This is some surprising information, if accurate. I'm not familiar with the peer literature but I understood that the "text neck" is a thing you get from books, tv, and using "that damn phone". When you are letting your head dangle forward to read a book or phone then you forcing neck muscles that are extended and trying to keep an 8lb head in a strained position for a long period of time. So whether you sit for long periods of time and you collapse your posture, let your head hang over your chest instead of on your shoulders, and remain in postures that are constantly curved, like sitting on a couch, butt forward, spine rounded, head up, then you cause the muscles in your neck and spine to change and adapt negatively to those compromised positions. These are some great exercises though, and there are a few others to add, especially weighted ones to build up stabilizer strength and good posture support, such as pushups and face pulls. I'm definitely gonna start adding these to my routine.

@SikGamer70

3 күн бұрын

As he says in the video, doctors like to say a lot of things. The especially bad ones *love* to make up hypotheses about medical conditions but not actually test those hypotheses. The whole "looking down too much causes text neck" is one of these untested hypotheses (well, it has been tested - by actual scientists - and results are: no, smartphone use has no correlation with chronic neck pain.)

So it's not about forcing yourself to have "good posture" which can cause stiffness and more pain, but instead it's getting off your ass and moving around in all your motions 😮

I'm just amazed that during your flexing and extending, your phone did not break in half.

If I may bend your ear for just a moment. I spent some time working with some skulls (from the lovely Skulls Inc in Norman, Oklahoma) and something that’s been noticed as of late with the onset of phone use is a bone formation at the base of the skull where it meets with the cervical spine. Where this would normally be a bump, there is now a “hook” of sorts, prominent enough to carry the skull with one finger. This is something that has been attributed to more frequent looking down of an individual, and while it’s not something that necessarily causes pain, it is something that has influenced my time on my phone during the day

Bad posture IS bad for blood flow to the brain. Which can have a whole bunch of cognitive downsides.

amazing video!

Do you have any videos on tailbone pain? I hurt my left glute in a yoga class and have since been experiencing tailbone pain. Maybe unrelated maybe not. Can’t find a video that has really helped so far. Decided to check your page since you always think outside the box.

I do actually get headaches whenever I look down for too long, be it looking at my phone or reading a book.

super useful and interesting content yayy

I have recently been experiencing numbness in my pinky and figured it was due to my sitting posture since I tend to rest my head against the backboard of my bed when I'm on my phone, laptop, or reading. I guess it's not my posture per say but certainly stiffness caused by holding that position and possibly some nerve compression.

Anecdotal... But i had bad posture like this and always had upper back pain. Its fixed now and have no upper back pain

Sitting with my head pointed down or reclining with my head pointed straight ahead definitely give me neck pain after several minutes, but I have really jacked up neck muscles and traps.

I appreciate the gratuitous use of butt-based visual aid in this video. IT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND AND I LIKE IT. Thanks.

What's really bad for the body is inactivity - ask me how I know 😅

Boy you are good actor😂 and fantasic flexy human❤thank you for your free spínal movement,namaste greatins from czech republic 💯

I love you like a father.

Where can I find that ebook?

Very important messsage 👏

We'd have still watched without waiting

@MovementbyDavid

6 күн бұрын

I’ve never tried the premiere feature before! If you prefer I just uploaded it maybe I’ll do that 😂

@greatguyboy

5 күн бұрын

@@MovementbyDavidI believe the premiere feature pushes the video out more?

@MovementbyDavid

5 күн бұрын

@@greatguyboy we shall see I guess

@greatguyboy

5 күн бұрын

@@MovementbyDavid yeah

Every time I tries these exercises I am shocked at how inflexible I am and feel sad

As a chemo therapy patient I can say it’s not very productive having beds with alarms that go off when I try to leave only for me to spend 3+ hours philibustering for my freedom to walk around my room like a politician. (I do AIM chemo which is why I need to be in the hospital for it)

My understanding is that optimal spinal posture varies from individual to individual due to 'cervical wedging', as in the shape of the vertebrae in the spinal column itself, Lordosis that is problematic in one specimen can be optimal in another and it's no way to tell just by looking, how much pressure is in their discs at different angles just wont be the same. To figure out what would be optimal/ideal for any specific person to target would require an X-ray and carefully examine their spine and disc spacing.