GittaLife in Perth addresses Ergonomic Assessment & Postural Training which focus on individual adjustments to daily posture and lifestyle. Adjusting ergonomic settings and daily posture can provide an alternative every-day treatment option to Remedial Massage Therapy. The sessions are limited to one-on-one training, specializing in:

  • ERGONOMIC ASSESSMENT & POSTURAL TRAINING for Home & Office
  • INSTRUCTION of Correct Exercise Technique for various Sports & Gym Activities
  • REHABILITATION Exercises after Injuries
  • CORE STABILITY Training

Ergonomic Assessment & Postural Training

A basic ergonomic assessment of your daily activities, including your set up at work or home, can provide a lot of information about the triggers of musculoskeletal health issues.

The assessment addresses a multitude of factors including lighting, eye sight, stress, work organisation, time management, breaks, self care etc.. It basically looks at the person inside the work environment as well as during leisure time.

Why is correct posture so important?

Ergonomical Assessment & Postural Training go together because our ergonomic set up often contributes to a so-called  ‘bad posture’. Our daily posture can contribute considerably to pain and impairment in the muskuloskeletal parts of our body.

GittaLife aims at helping you to become aware of your body so that you understand why certain positions cause symptoms or trigger pain and what you can do to avoid this.

What is the purpose of exercising?

Training has a distinct purpose in the category ‘ Ergonomical Assessment & Postural Training’.

Firstly correct postural alignment for a prolonged period of time requires well trained muscles in regards to endurance. Secondly a certain amount of regular exercise is absolutely necessary to stay fit and healthy. This is due to the fact that our muscles lose volume with increasing age. You do not necessarily need to join a gym or purchase a lot of exercise equipment to improve your daily posture.

Which form of exercise helps with correct postural alignemt ?

Most people struggle to get a correct exercise technique when they join a gym or start group exercise in Perth.
Pilates for example is a good way of starting with a gentle, but very concentrated form of exercise. Therefore you can  come to know your body gradually.

In relation to ‘Ergonomic Assessment & Postural Training’ GittaLife offers exercise sessions that are based on correct body alignment according to the Pilates principles.

Additional techniques for posture correction are based on various exercise principles, including Yoga, Schroth and Klein-Vogelbach.

It is noteworthy that correct exercise technique can make all the difference between staying healthy and active or the absolute opposite: injuring yourself and therefore being unable to perform regular activities. It also assists in keeping your flexibility and therefore compliments passive treatment forms like Myofascial Release, Trigger Point Therapy or Deep Tissue Massage.

The puposes of Core Stability and Ergonomical Assessment & Postural Training

How is core stability related to Ergonomic Assessment & Postural Training?

Knowing the abilities and limits of your body is essential to get good benefits from exercise. One of the main reasons people struggle to improve their fitness, is the lack of the ability to control their core muscles (lack of core stability). Hence being able to control your core muscles will not only keep you safe from injuring yourself during training. Most of all it will also maximise the benefits you receive from your workout. Even more importantly it also assists in keeping your body correcly aligned during working hours.

Pilates Principles and Ergonomic Assessment & Postural Training

Pilates principles play an important role in regards to Ergonomic Assessment & Postural Training.

Working with Pilates Principles ensures that the body remains in correct postural alignment during daily work as well as during exercise sessions; evidently simple movements  can already challenge you without the use of any weights.  Consequently you will work much more intense than it initially appears. You can also use this form of exercise to gain knowledge about your personal limits. The Pilates Principles can be applied during any form of physical activity. This is because they mainly focus on physiologically efficient body alignment.

With a wide range of experience in correct body alignment, GittaLife focuses on the quality of the exercise to provide the base for safe and enjoyable training.