Show aily Health Service ab Good Posture Necessary nr Factor in Good Health q hz Note This is the first fint of of four articles by Dr Mora Mor Mor- a health authority on the tance of ot good posture to health KIt the coming of the Indoor sea sea- w th this short series acne Is particularly 1 ting at this time By Dr flit DR- MORRIS JORRIS EIN tor Journal of the American Medical Med li ical teal Association and of tb the Magazine The l rhe coun- coun council on physical therapy if the American Medical association Interested In all of the physical r es that Influence the human and particularly In attempts 5 i treat disease by exercise massage I and similar methods Recently Dr DT Robert nobert B B. B Osgood at of the council d our r present knowledge of body and posture The mark good d body mechanics Is 15 good d post pos pos- t re e. e T The ie e head should be held up Ith the chin In hi pulled back until I point is 15 nearly over o the breast ie ne e and balanced properly above t e shoulders hips and ankles The lest must be hO held in such a R. position i t the breast bone or sternum Is 15 he be part put of ot the body farthest for for- ird ueL The lower abdomen is held ini in i iod nd flat The legs arc lined up with withie 7 p be ie trunk and head so that the body I h Ii eight I t Is supported with a minimum minimumS S mount of ot exertion Good bod body mechanics provide pro for tor tori forS S roper distribution of weight v in such I Iw i S manner that the Joints and Ilga 1111 of or the feet arc are protected In InI I 1 posture turc the back curves well wen thin normal limitations If It they I re e. e within normal limitations there thereS S f U not be any Joint or muscle strain od nd the mobility of or the back will be beI ber r I Efficient Is I 1 The p processes of or evolution which 10 V paused a four footed animal to stand and standS S neS nd d walk valK Ik on to two feet threw airy arr strains on portions of ot the body hAt were t-were were not constructed at first firsti 4 0 i bear such strains It made In balancing of a peculiarly dell deli 4 ate ite te type Because of ot the necessity 1 0 such auch balancing special organs e Bl In the human body which i II I I A A. B a Posture standards A excellent B n poor C bad aid the ten sense cense of position In space and the human being developed a muscle sense which makes him aware of the position of any particular portion por tion of his body However er a a. healthful health ful UI Individual with proper body mechanics mechanics me me- should not feel at any time timea a sense of strain on any muscle ligament bone or Joint Correct tone in the tissues and arid correct carriage or body mechanics makes balancing an art automatic and therefore unnoticed unnoticed unnoticed un un- noticed function The tissues o of the feet teet particularly particular particular- ly are forced in the animal that walks on two feet to carry twice the weight that the thc feet are compelled to carry in animals that walk on tour our feet teet For this reason painful feet have ha come to be one o of the most mOt serious conditions complained of ot by bya byI I a a. tremendous number of ot people Proper body mechanics tend to distribute dis tribute the weight and thereby to avoid early disability due to breaking break ing down of arches |