The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-27
Good Posture
Valuable
10 Health
BY DIR. THOMAS ID. MASTERS
Written for MA

ID TN ttN4'i - y ~ t'hft' hfhN'
Written for NEA
During World War |, employ
ers everywhere learned the adj
vantages inherent in good pos
ture on the job They even
mate a strenuous effort to sup
ply their employees with the
proper seating facilities during
hours of work, and if conscious
ness of the need for proper pos
ture took a slump, so to speak,
IN tie less Well-unified TWEEN
ties and thirties, World War III
may prove another impetus TO
good bodily position and all II
can mean in improved health
and efficiency. Particularly with
enormously increased numbers
OF women entering factories and
workshops is the need for inn
proved posture making itself
felt
FATIGUE INVITES DISEASE
As in any machine, in the hu-
man body as well, displacement
Of parts brings It's toll of less
efficient running, and, in time,
of damage to parts. Lowered re-
siStance TO disease and fatigue
inevitably follow, and needless
abSenteclsm may be the result.
The bones form the basic struc-
ture of the body, and when they
are forced out of line as in alb
normal pastures, curVatures Of
I g spine, a pushed-forward pei
Wis, muscle and joint strains APP
pear that may cause serious diff
flcultY, even going SO far as 10
contribute 10 arthritis, disease
reputed TO cause more economic
loss than either heart trouble or
cancer Backache, fallen arches,
and footStrain are likewise
often the result of faulty pos
ture.
In physiologically functioning
TO the best advantage, also, the
body needs to be carried well.
The diaphragm is the muscle Of
respiration. and If the blood SyS-
tenn is to receive its full quota Of
oxygen, the diaphragm must be
held properly TO do its work
When the heart does not have
enough blood supply 10 pump,
because there is not sufficient
oxygen, congestion may develop
in the great veins, and impose
strain upon the heart. Possibly
most important of all, the large
abdominal organs, which are the
seat Of nutrition and eXcretion,
must held in place rightly,
and even the pelvic organs of re-
production are not exempt from
the effects Of poor posture. And
the mind itself performs more
efficiently in body free of i'm
balance.
HOLD IN ABDOMEN.
Good posture means poise OF
body in well-balanced line, with
out tension or rightly. The
weight of the body should be
carried forward and TO the out
side Of the feet, the lower abdo-
man held in and up, the back
flat, with head in and chin up.
Proper breathing and control of
the abdominal muscles are the
key 10 rood posture, and pulling
in the abdomen usually accom-
pllShes the other factors de-
scribed above without too much
conscious .er pt TO achieve
them. Holding the breath in and
the chest up is not successful in
correcting poor posture for the
abdominal muscles may be per-
mitted TO sag at the same time.
Control of the abdominal mus
Giles through exercise is the best
single step to take in the direc-
ton OF satisfactory carriage.
BREAKFAST PARTIES we're
commonly given at the noon
hour in fashionable 18th century
circles, Late breakfast parties
are a popular way OF entertain
ing In these days Of rationing,
too. For cereals. fresh fruits and
many other breakfast favorites
are plentiful and unrationed.