Variety of Exercises
We all know variety is important in our diet. “Eat your greens” doesn’t mean spinach at every meal, it means mixing in kale, arugula, Swiss chard, and more. The same principle applies to exercise, especially in posture therapy.
When you’re first starting, repeating the same routine can be helpful. It gives your body a chance to adapt, reduce pain, and re-establish proper alignment. But once you’re out of pain and feeling more functional, sticking with the exact same menu over and over can start to limit progress.
Your body adapts quickly. If it keeps seeing the same stimulus, the challenge goes away. That’s why introducing variety is so important. By changing up the exercises, while still targeting the same goals, you create new input for your muscles and nervous system. This “muscle confusion” effect helps you stay balanced, responsive, and strong.
If you’ve been relying on the same few exercises for weeks or months, it may be time to switch things up. That’s where regular check-ins with your therapist come in. They can assess how your body has changed, identify new areas of focus, and give you updated exercises that build on the foundation you’ve already created.
The goal of posture therapy isn’t short-term relief. It’s
long-term function and resilience. Adding variety keeps your body progressing, prevents plateaus, and makes the work more engaging along the way.
Serving Colorado from our centrally located office in Westminster and seeing clients from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs, Denver and Boulder, we can also help globally via WebCam such as Zoom or FaceTime.
Anu Lawrence owned Egoscue Method clinics for over a decade before moving to private practice in 2022 and is a certified master instructor in the Egoscue Method, having learned the craft from Pete Egoscue directly.
