Posture Part 2: I Am Supposed to Stand How?

Part 1 of the Posture Series is here. For patients that have difficulty standing due to pain, and are not your typical lumbar stenosis patients that are worse in standing, better in sitting, here are some options.

bilateral standing

for swaybacks: correct the following using tacile, verbal, and visual cues

slight posterior tilt to neutralize the lordosis
position the sternum over the COG
soften the knees from hyperextension to slight (1-2 deg) flexion
have them shift their weight anteriorly and posteriorly at the ankles to get the weight bearing evenly between the heels and the MT heads
a slight vertical compression force with the patients abdominals/core relaxed will still show them structurally being able to withstand compression without losing alignment

stride standing