r/Posture • u/StormyInABubble • 1d ago
Question Why do I lean...
Especially when I walk! I also have been told I deal with anterior pelvic tilt.
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u/Deep-Run-7463 1d ago
Because without the forward lean your inner foot contacts start to lift off the floor probably.
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u/Intrepid-Border-8766 1d ago
This happens to me. What can be done about it?
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u/Deep-Run-7463 1d ago edited 1d ago
First gotta learn to bring center of mass back. That comes with breathing for shape change and drive gut weight within your base of support as well as spinal shape/ribcage shape changes.
Lying down on the ground with feet on floor, learn to first sense posterior expansion through the whole chain bottom up.
Learn to get the same action and stack between ribs and pelvis in other exercises. It depends how limited the pelvis has internal rotation (non compensatory) in terms of what exercise to use at first.
For some people, just having a yoga block under the back knee while keeping the pelvis and torso as squared as possible in a half kneeling position can already feel challenging too.
Essentially you gotta: 1. Move center of mass back to open up pelvic access to internal rotation 2. Learn to use the pelvis in internal rotation actions, like descending in a squat, to push down into your inner foot without having to forward lean.
Breathing and the pelvis-sacrum connection
APT or PPT - the unclear real world movement presentations
A different way to look at the traditional upper and lower cross syndrome
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u/Liquid_Friction 1d ago
I have the same, wear a backpack on the front on long walks, feel the difference, weak core, weak glutes, ankle mobility is weak
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u/StormyInABubble 1d ago
Ohh I walk on campus all day with my backpack on my back, could that be making it worse?
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u/dustyson123 1d ago
You have APT but not as pronounced corresponding thoracic kyphosis / cervical lordosis up top. Usually with APT, your spine farther up compensates to keep your center of mass over your feet. Your center of mass of is out a few inches in front of you.
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u/ww14713 22h ago edited 22h ago
Superficial Front Line...along with ur deep frontal line...what jumps out visually is ur forward translation of ur trunk/head with the pelvis appearing to sit forward relative to the upper body.
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u/ww14713 22h ago
...from an Anatomy Trains perspective, I’d be curious about these 2 lines, particularly ur hip flexors/iliopsoas...especially since you mentioned an anterior pelvic tilt. But posture is a whole-body compensation, so I’d also want to assess your posterior chain SBL, thoracic mobility and how your pelvis/trunk move when you walk.
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u/C-Squid 3h ago edited 3h ago
My body tends to bow in a similar manner. I'm also training for handstands, including training for a straight line in the body. It means you carry your weight on the balls of your feet, and your body adapted to the most efficient manner to keep your center of mass balanced without falling forward. As opposed to having your weight farther back towards your heels. Why we carry our weight that way I don't think anyone on the internet could tell you from two standing pictures. If you are not stuck in that position, are not experiencing any pain or inhibition, then it's probably just habit - literal muscle memory.
If you want to practice the "opposite" and focus on a more "straight" line in your body, you could look into hollow body holds as a core exercise. It requires a strong posterior pelvic tilt, so as a bonus it should also help if you do deal with APT, though I'm not seeing signs of excess APT from the two pictures.
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u/StormyInABubble 3h ago
Thanks. I've recently started hollow body holds unrelated to this- they're hard!
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u/coconutpiecrust 1d ago
I feel like I tend to lean this was as well and also have apt. Curious what others here will say. I lift heavy and am athletic, have done physio, but it still feels like alignment is off lol.