posture

Examples of posture in the following topics:

• Physical Development in Childhood

  • The prerequisite to all these skills is postural control—the ability to hold one's head up, sit independently, and stand.
  • Appropriate posture allows the child to learn to walk, run, and engage in other gross motor skills.

• Introduction to Schizophrenia and Psychosis

  • They may exhibit waxy flexibility, where another person can move the patient's limbs into postures and the patient will retain these postures, like a wax doll.

• Lower-Level Structures

  • However, it is also responsible for balance and posture, and it assists us when we are learning a new motor skill, such as playing a sport or musical instrument.
  • to enable sensorimotor functions to control posture and other fundamental movements.

• Additional Sensory Systems

  • Other signals are sent to the muscles that control posture and keep us upright.

• The Schizophrenia Spectrum

  • For example, individuals with schizophrenia can demonstrate manic patterns of repetitious movement with no purpose, compulsively mimic the sounds or movements of others, or maintain the same posture for a long period of time without moving.

• Cognitive and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies

  • Therapists help individuals to challenge maladaptive thinking and help them replace it with more realistic and effective thoughts, or encourage them to take a more open, mindful, and aware posture toward those thoughts.