Cool Tool for Your Back!

So I found this cool tool on Amazon for our backs - a Posture Corrector! I wasn't sure what to expect as I had not ever tried one before. My husband Will doesn't know it yet (HA!) but he is the focus of the blog today!

I actually bought it for our youngest son, Luke who is 13, when our chiropractor told us his back is starting to look like Will's does. When my husband was a kid, he had borderline and un-diagnosed scoliosis. At the age of just 24, he was told he had the back of a 90 year old man! Well, Luke happens to be a carbon copy of my husband, so naturally, his back is having similar issues. Thankfully, we are armed with more information these days and can help our boys help themselves.

After some researching online, I picked one off Amazon that was affordable, would fit my husband's 48-inch shoulders, and logical to use. If it is difficult to use, you know no one would use it! Well, in the times using it over the past couple of weeks, I can see an AMAZING difference in us all! You start out using it for 20-minutes, then gradually increase to 30-minutes, then an hour as you tolerate it. Be patient, you are retraining your posture and it is harder than it sounds.

If you look at the top two left pictures, where we are clowning around on the annual "brother's trip" (we always have a hoot), and then below him playing tennis with our youngest son Luke. You can see Will's shoulders rounded towards the front, and not holding a back straight. This causes him intense strain and it just doesn't feel good sitting behind a desk all day! Now look at the bottom right - this is the FIRST time he put on the posture trainer! He is lounging on a Saturday, in shorts and a comfy t-shirt, but I just had to snap a pic! Totally straight back! With the two pictures with our boys, lower corner is just after he started using it and then the top right with our oldest son, Tyler. Will looks tall, elongated back, and even taller. Hubba, hubba husband!

If you suffer from not sitting upright with a straight back like we are supposed to, I totally recommend this product! (Keep in mind I am not a doctor and cannot nor would ever try to diagnose you for any medical condition). My Affiliate Link to AMAZON can be found at the top right on my Blog. I happened to select the one sold by VIBO Care, with ASIN #: B073PTS6XD. If you click on my Amazon link and type in that ASIN number in the search field, it will come up for you, and I'll earn a little kickback for giving a shout out on this product. Happy Shopping!

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