This ppt contains postures and posture deformities.

2. WHAT IS POSTURE?
It means position or pose.
The way an individual carries himself
while sitting, standing, walking and
lying.

3. TYPES OF
POSTURE
ACTIVE
POSTURE
INACTIVE
POSTURE

4. CATEGORIES
OF POSTURE
SITTING
POSTURE
STANDING
POSTURE
LYING
POSTURE
WALKING
POSTURE

5. SITTING POSTURE

6. STANDING POSTURE

7. WALKING POSTURE

9. CAUSES FOR POOR POSTURE
HEREDITARY
ACQUIRED
 INJURIES
 DISEASES
 UNHYGENIC CONDITIONS
 OVERLOAD
 LACK OF EXCERCISE

10. POSTURAL DEFORMITY
 SCOLIOSIS : It is an exaggeration of lateral curvature
of the spine.
 KYPHOSIS : It is an exaggeration or increase in the
amount of the normal convexity of the spine.
 LORDOSIS : It occur as a compensatory adjustment
to the deviations in the spine above the lumbar region.

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