Proper
Standing Alignment :
- Head evenly
between the shoulders
- Chin retracted and level with the floor
- Crown of the head lifted to the ceiling
- Shoulders retracted and gently depressed
- Vertebral Column ideally follows the "S" curves.( Lordotic in the
cervical and lumbar spines, and kyphotic in the thorcic and coccyx spine).
- Lower abdominals held in behind the ASIS; anterior ribcage softly funneled
in and down
- Neutral Pelvis: ASIA Pubis Symphysis in the same plane
- Buttocks and upper-inner thighs engaged
- Knees aligned directly under the ASIS and directly over the center of each
foot and two middle toes
- Body weight evenly distributed on both feet
- Feet support body weight as tripods: weight distributed over the metatarsal
pads evernly, down the lateral arches, and on the center of the heels
- Eye gaze to the horizon |