The benefits of good posture - Murat Dalkilinç

Has anyone ever told you, “Stand up straight!” or scolded you for slouching at a family dinner? Comments like that might be annoying—but they’re not wrong. Your posture is the foundation for every movement your body makes and can determine how well your body adapts to the stresses on it. Murat Dalkilinç gives the pros of good posture.

Lesson by Murat Dalkilinç, animation by Nadav Arbel.

[carinaeflor]

**slowly fixes the posture while watching the video**

[ipsharoy]

My mom and dad always tell me, and sometimes literally shout at me to stand/sit straight. Today is the day I tell them that I am thankful to them. Thank you Ted-Ed.

[dhirtimankhati]

3:52
for anyone wondering what exercise that was
It's Suryanamaskar
A 12 step exercise which helps your body a lot
Doing it in the morning immediately warms up your body

[abhijitpanda]

Mom: Stand up Straight
Me: OH please, Stop saying it

Ted Ed: Stand up Straight
Me: OK, I wil.

[Boxsteam]

The desks at school don't allow for good posture to be possible. they are not comfortable and slouching is the only way to get sorta comfortable.

[mohamedghula]

posture is vitally important in giving speeches as well, to boost your confidence and self complacency.

[jimmy-stevenbiemans]

In yoga moving and settling into the Asana (the poses) is initiated from the spine towards the outer ends of the body, and there is emphasis on the correct anatomical alignment in order to support and relax the spine. Most of the health benefits linked to yoga poses come forth from having full mobility in the spine and experiencing decreased stress on the central nervous system within the spine. If you would like to practice better posture, you can go to a physical therapist, an ergonomical therapist, and/or you can visit a local yoga studio and ask for the classes that focus the most on the correct alignment of the poses. I hope I was of service 😊🙏🏻

[zrtgpqn]

*That guy didn’t have no business being that thicc*

[dirtgames]

Who else started sitting straight during this?

[peruviangringa]

In my shoulders down, head up, confidence era! (Era for the rest of my life❤)

[UnivJun-fwpm]

I had poor posture, but I feel more confident in the past two weeks when I pay attention to my posture. Also, I am able to talk to people more easily thanks to this.

[parker_aug]

One motivating factor for keeping good posture = you look much better.

I've always had bad posture up until two years ago. After seeing myself in candid photos with poor posture, I realized I looked like a flamingo or the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Haha. Good posture is an easy way to make you appear taller and healthier. Your upper body looks stronger and your tummy looks slimmer when you have good posture.

[donia]

So we're just going to ignore how good and funny the animation was? Great work TED team! 😊

[TeKeyaKrystal]

as a writer that's going to start actually writing a lot more often, i needed this well-explained reminder

[kamille]

whoever worked on the animation for this, you're doing great guys. It was pretty funny XD

[uproaring]

I blame my school for making me sit ~30 hours per week...

[littlegeek]

*Has anyone ever told you, “Stand up straight!”*
**my mom looks to me ironically**

[besto]

1:19 that scream IDK why but it made me laugh for 5 minutes

[eslamkhaled]

-stand up straight
-right posture help your body adapt to new physical stressors like carrying a heavy weight
-wrong posture is linked with headache, backpain and can affect your emotional well-being
-keeping you muscles and joints moving will help you support your body effectively via the strength that your muscles gain

[CindyMzLuciLulu]

Why does sitting straight feel uncomfortable?