If the measurement is greater than 2 inches you likely have poor posture and a curved spine. Both these measurements should be less than 2 inches.

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Body posture measurement. Posture assessment will concern the measurement of curvatures in the sagittal plane of the spine using a gravitational rippstein plurimeter and performing a three dimensional analysis of the spine using the diers 3d device. Have someone measure the space between your neck and the wall. The bones are good the spine needs some tweaking. Also measure the distance between the wall and the small of your back. A correct body posture while standing is determined by the positioning of the head neck and shoulders. The neck and head should be positioned straight above the shoulders.
The shoulders on the other hand should be positioned straight above the hips. Clothing is designed on the basis of anthropometric requirements produced using two dimensional textiles and then joined in a 3d shape. More people have bad posture than good posture. Poor posture and their related health problems are largely preventable. Photographs were taken using the photographic posture analysis method ppam and radiographs were taken using the lodox lodox pty ltd system. Determining the extent of dynamic loading acting on clothing during wearing is a complex problem and requires an understanding of the interactions between changes in body posture body surface measurements during motion and the deformation of clothing.
The knees should be slightly bent and feet standing apart on a shoulder width distance. Everyone notices beautiful posture and everyone ignores bad posture unless its really bad. Subjects posture was assessed in simulated computer workstations. Here are three things i know about posture. Two posture measurement tools were used in the study namely.