POSTURAL ASSESSMENT Instructions: With your partner in an upright position and arms comfortably on the side, examine hs or her posture from the side view starting withthe position of the neck, the shape ofthe upper back, the thoracic and the lumbar curves, as well the abdomen. Using the chart below as a guide, place a checkon the corner of the box that represents your partner's posture for each body part or region. [ABDOMEN fat Lower BACK ormally curved ( { ABDOMEN protruding, LOWER BACK slighty holtowed i. NECK erect, NECK slightly NECK markedly chin and head in forward; chin forward: chin balance irectly slightly out markedly out above shoulders, a UPPER BACK UPPER BACK UPPER BACK. > slighty more = markedly rounded 4 rounded TRUNKerect TRUNKinclined ‘TRUNKinclined torearsightly /p torearmarkedy 4 rs ABDOMEN protruding, ‘and sagging ‘Lower Back markedly hollow Postural deviations abvious rm the side view. Recrown rom Reedco Rescorh, Auburn, KX)Now using the next chart below, continue to examine your partner's posture from the posterior view (behind). adh seco HEAD twsted ortured |__ HEADswisted oc tured asses directly through 7) one side slightly [7] twoneside markedly dh cha SHOULDERS level One SHOULDERstightly - One SHOULDER markedly horizontally erthan the other |_| higherthan the other SPINE slightly curved ‘SPINE markedly laterally curved laterally HiPStevelhorizontaly [7] One HIP sightiyhigher [7] One HIP markedly higher FEET pointed FEET pointed out FEET pointed out markedl swightahead an 1 2nklesseain pronation ei Postural deviations obvious fom the posterior vew.(Redrown fam ReedcoReseorh, Auburn, Nt)