How to Use postural in a Sentence

postural

adjective
  • Drive up through both feet to come to full hip extension and squeeze your weights in by your ribs, engaging the glutes and postural muscles.
    — Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-Cpt, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2021
  • Pandemic stress overload has caused postural problems as well.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 6 May 2021
  • Second, the grip puts your wrists in a more stable position that initiates a cascade of postural changes.
    — Men's Health, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Simpson has epilepsy and postural tachycardia syndrome, which affects her heart rate.
    — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Your ribs also attach to your spine, and your spine to your head, further connecting all of these postural elements to your breathing.
    — Dana Santas, CNN, 23 June 2021
  • Humans didn’t leave their poor postural habits in ancient times, and scribes’ workplace injuries have modern equivalents.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2024
  • Just holding a hand out from the body can trigger a postural tremor in those with what’s known as an essential tremor — the tremor most often seen in those over 65.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Wear it during yoga, running, or weight training to see quicker and more effective results around weight loss as well as postural alignment.
    — Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The other change eliminates the postural issue that come with standing or seated positions.
    — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 6 July 2022
  • Runners, by contrast, generally have great bones and no major postural issues.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Air swimming is a good way to strengthen postural muscles (backside of body), improving balance and preventing back pain.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2022
  • But the real value of these muscles is in providing functional postural support that prevents pain.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Core stability and postural control also play crucial roles in helping your nervous system feel safe.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Attended to properly, your workstation can allow you the freedom to move and the postural support for a healthy spine — even after a long day at work.
    — Claire Tighe, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Your diaphragm, deep core muscles and pelvic floor work synergistically during breathing and postural tasks, research has shown.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The exercises take just a few minutes daily, but their impact compounds over time to build an adaptable postural framework that doesn’t need rigid correction.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
  • As symptoms tend to persist when standing, the condition can have huge impacts on patients' lives, because many basic tasks require postural changes and standing.
    — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Muscle weaknesses and imbalances often result in postural problems as well.
    — Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Training our postural muscles is essential for running faster and more efficiently, and reducing the risk of injury and fatigue.
    — Ben Walker, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The combination of a runner’s foot shape and running gait are entirely unique to that runner based on their anatomy, injury history and day-to-day postural traits and habits.
    — Amanda Loudin, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Desk workers who sit for long periods often develop tight, weak adductors that contribute to hip stiffness, postural problems and back strains.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Too much laughter may cause laugh syncope, a rare condition characterized by a transient loss of consciousness and postural tone due to inadequate blood flow to the brain.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • To get your elbows back consistently may require some release and retraining to create the necessary range of motion and postural endurance.
    — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 19 May 2020
  • Additionally, strengthening your core and postural muscles and stretching your neck, chest, hamstrings, and hip flexors can reduce injury as well.
    — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Dave Smith is a postural specialist who specializes in treating chronic musculoskeletal pain.
    — Women's Health, 17 May 2023
  • Efficient golfers can separate their upper and lower body, which requires mobility through the hips and back, as well as core stability and good postural alignment.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Pilates is a form of low-impact exercise that aims to strengthen muscles while improving postural alignment and flexibility.
    — Emily Abbate, SELF, 8 June 2021
  • For patients, Tai Chi has shown a reduction in falls and depression along with improving postural stability.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 June 2018
  • And for proof of the core and postural strength horseback riding provides, look no further than the supermodel and equestrian champ Bella Hadid.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 20 June 2018
  • Every exhale naturally recruits your obliques to help narrow and stabilize your rib cage, keeping your lower ribs from flaring and creating postural alignment with your hips.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025

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