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Egoscue - An Explainer on Posture Therapy to Heal Body Pain

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Hi, everyone! This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today’s video, I’ll tell you about my latest obsession with posture, body pain, and the exercise solutions recommended by Egoscue therapy.  Recently I have become obsessed with good posture. I did an earlier video on how to fix computer posture. What I have discovered since doing that video is that it is virtually impossible to entirely fix your upper body posture (slumped shoulders and forward head) without first fixing your spine.  Most of the thoughts in this video come directly from the book Pain Free by Pete Egoscue.  Egoscue is a Vietnam veteran who came home from war with a Purple Heart and chronic nerve pain from battle injuries.  He discovered the limits of modern medicine in dealing with chronic pain and set out to find a way to live without pain.  In his book, he presents his revolutionary philosophy that ties together posture, body alignment, and pain management. Let me just...