Posture and Body Mechanics
#1 #2 #3 With their permission, I have taken 3 pictures of my friends in different positions. In the first picture, Brianna is laying in the bed watching Tik Toks. In the second picture, Emily is taking notes on her IPad. In the third picture, Aliyah is taking a break after class. In picture #2, Emily's pelvis is in an posterior tilt. Her thoracic kyphosis is increased along with cervical flexion from looking down at her IPad. Her scapulae is protracted from rounding her back, and her femurs are parallel with the ground and help to create a 90 degree angle at the knees and at the hips. This position would keep Emily stable since she has a bigger base of support, but her mobility might be decreased since she is sitting. I believe it would be fairly easy to change in and out of this position. Her arms are helping her support her body as she is leaning over the table. This would make the upper extremities not free. If she were to not use her arms as added support, her upp...