YOUR POSTURE HAS A MAJOR AFFECT ON HOW YOU LOOK AND FEEL ON A DAILY BASIS.

1. What are some of the major causes of poor posture?
2. How difficult is it to improve posture – even long-term bad posture?
3. How can improving your posture make you look 10 pounds thinner?
4. Why does slumping make your waistline 2-3 inches thicker than it really is and how do you fix this?
5. How can improving your posture make you look ten year younger?
6. What affect does posture have on back, neck and joint pain?
7. How do you eliminate back and neck pain by improving posture?
8. How does posture affect your overall health?

It affects how you look and how you feel on a daily basis
It affects breathing, circulation, digestion
It affects exercise and athletic performance

BACK PAIN CAN BE A PAIN IN THE COMPANY WALLET!
THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF MISSED WORK IS BACK/NECK PAIN

Some statistics from the National Institute of Health:

Thirty million Americans have lower back pain at any given time.
Ninety percent of all back problems are due to poor posture.
Poor posture is the #1 cause of back and neck problems.
Back pain is the second most common cause of work days missed due to illness
Back pain is the most common disability in the U.S.
The cost of back pain is estimated at a staggering fifty billion dollars yearly.

THE ABC’S OF COMPUTER COMFORT: DESK TOPS & LAPTOPS

1. We have become a nation of professional sitters. What problems has this caused?
2. What are three easy things people can do to lesson/eliminate discomfort from sitting at a computer?
3. How should I set up my desktop computer for maximum comfort?
4. Why is the keyboard level extremely important to preventing carpel tunnel syndrome?
5. How do I avoid carpel tunnel syndrome?
6. Where should my monitor be is I wear bifocals?
7. Using a laptop is the source of much pain and discomfort for many. Do you have any tips for using a laptop more comfortably?
8. Is there a simple exercise people could do sitting at their desk?
9. How does the chair you sit in affect posture?
10. What kind of office/computer chair should I use to help my posture?
11. If your company won’t spring for an ergonomically correct chair for you, how can you work with what you have?
12. Home offices are abundant these days. How can I arrange my home office workstation?
13. For maximum back/posture comfort?

POSTURE AND CHILDREN

1. What are some of the major causes of poor posture in our children? (computer generation, computer games, heavy back packs, inactivity, etc.).
2. What are a few simple things kids can do to counter-act these forces?
3. What can we do to help our children?
4. At what age should we become aware of posture.
5. What can a parent do to help a child with slumping shoulders, aching back, etc.?

WHAT IMAGE OF YOURSELF DO YOU WANT TO CONVEY TO THE WORLD?

Research shows that consciously or not, your posture conveys a lot of information to the world around you about your mental and emotional state.
What does a slumping posture convey? What info does good posture convey?

TRAVEL TIPS for Back Comfort
PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES

1. How can you car be causing your back problem?
2. Airplane seats are notoriously uncomfortable. What can I do to help myself?
3. In your book you talk about the importance of good body mechanics when traveling. Can you share some info on:
   • Travel tips for planes and trains
   • How to make plane and train seats better for posture
   • Travel exercises for your fee/ankles/torso/shoulders/neck
   • Luggage lifting tips
   • How to adjust a car seat
   • Red light exercises

GOOD POSTURE FOR SPORTS & WORKOUTS

Janice can speak to all of these topics:

• Posture & Biking
• Posture & Golf: good golfing posture tips
• Posture & Tennis
• Posture & Running
• Posture & Weight Lifting
• Posture & Walking

GOOD POSTURE FOR HOBBIES AND CRAFTING

What are the typical mechanical problems that crafters face?
Can you tell us about:

• Correct sitting posture
• Chair Hints
• Recommended exercises for crafters
• Tips for less tension

EATING FOR STRONGER MUSCLES AND BONES

• Health choices
• Most important minerals
• Potassium for strong muscles
• Reducing sodium
• The most absorbable forms of magnesium
• The most absorbable forms of calcium
• Signs of a good multivitamin & mineral supplement
• Phytochemical color chart

GOOD POSTURE CAN ELIMINATE THE NEW BABY BACKACHE BLUES

• What happens to your posture when pregnant; post partum?
• What are the most common prenatal/postnatal posture pitfalls?
• During pregnancy, your abdominals stretch to twice their original length. Can we ever get them back to pre-pregnancy status?
• How to efficiently re-strengthen all 4 layers of abdominal muscles?
• Will I ever get my waistline back? How?
• How should I lift, carry, bath, feed, place in crib, place in car seats so I don’t hurt my back?

OSTEOPOROSIS AND POSTURE

Bone Basics:

• Twenty five million Americans have osteoporosis
• Thirty four million Americans have bone density low enough to put them at risk for fractures.
• Fifty percent of women over sixty five have osteoporosis
• Eighteen percent of women age twenty five to thirty four already have low bone density

1. How do I re-gain bone density?
2. Can working on my posture STOP the rounding over that occurs as we age?
3. What are three things I can do right now to help my bones and my posture?
4. What are the latest research findings on: nutrition; weight bearing exercise, calcium/magnesium/vitamin D supplementation?
5. I have many HELPFUL HINTS