Posture-lating with Posture Ellie

TRIGGER WARNING - In this episode, I talk upon the impact that trauma can subconsciously have on our body (putting us into a state of contraction to protect us). I briefly mention sexual abuse and accidents, but do not go into any detail.
Join Ellie for a slightly heavier episode this time, where she discusses her thoughts on how trauma gets stuck in your body, how having a stuck body can cause a trauma response and the dramatic process of working trauma out of the body through posture exercises and releases. It's intense but very powerful stuff.
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Dr Gabor Mate - When the Body Says No (re. how stress manifests as disease)
Dr Jagdeep Johal - Ease (easy read re. how trauma gets stuck in the body)
Bessel Van Der Kolk - The Body Keeps the Score (not mentioned but also re. how trauma gets stuck in the body - this is much more heavy than Ease though)
If you ever have any thoughts or questions about anything you'd like covered on 'Posture-lating' then please do get in touch with Ellie!
Other Info
- Free 7 Day Lazy Glutes Challenge - https://postureellie.myflodesk.com/lazygluteschallenge
- Order my book ‘Posture Power’ - https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/posture-power
- Start your one month free trial of The Posture Squad - https://posture-ellie.com/the-posture-squad
- Website - posture-ellie.com
- Substack - https://substack.com/@plantedposture
- YouTube & Socials - @postureellie
Credits for Intro theme: Life is Good 2 by Beat Mekanik, Source: Free Music Archive, License Type: CC BY

In this episode, we look at why driving a car is so bad for our posture and what we can do to help our posture whilst driving but, most importantly, what we can do to prepare our body before we go driving. The latter is always the best methodology when it comes to using posture to make your body more resilient to the activities you want to do.
If you ever have any thoughts or questions about anything you'd like covered on 'Posture-lating' then please do get in touch with Ellie!
Other Info
- Free 7 Day Lazy Glutes Challenge - https://postureellie.myflodesk.com/lazygluteschallenge
- Order my book ‘Posture Power’ - https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/posture-power
- Start your one month free trial of The Posture Squad - https://posture-ellie.com/the-posture-squad
- Website - posture-ellie.com
- Substack - https://substack.com/@plantedposture
- YouTube & Socials - @postureellie
Credits for Intro theme: Life is Good 2 by Beat Mekanik, Source: Free Music Archive, License Type: CC BY

In this episode, I tackle a listen question regarding the difference between physiotherapy and posture exercises. Whilst the exercises themselves are often very similar (not always though), the main difference stems in the WHY behind their prescription. We posture therapists work off the premise that a painful part of the body is exhausted (not weak) and so that it's best to leave it alone, rather than trying to strengthen or stretch it out. So, for example, a physio might assign shoulder exercises to a painful shoulder, whereas a posture therapist will look everywhere else BUT the shoulder.
If you ever have any thoughts or questions about anything you'd like covered on 'Posture-lating' then please do get in touch with Ellie!
Other Info
- Free 7 Day Lazy Glutes Challenge - https://postureellie.myflodesk.com/lazygluteschallenge
- Order my book ‘Posture Power’ - https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/posture-power
- Start your one month free trial of The Posture Squad - https://posture-ellie.com/the-posture-squad
- Website - posture-ellie.com
- Substack - https://substack.com/@plantedposture
- YouTube & Socials - @postureellie
Credits for Intro theme: Life is Good 2 by Beat Mekanik, Source: Free Music Archive, License Type: CC BY

In this episode, Ellie tackles the question "How do you know when you've restored full range of motion, once the pain has gone?" Ellie discusses what we mean by ROM, how chasing ROM (if a joint is painful) might be the wrong course of action and what sort of signs you're looking for from your body to indicate you still have ROM left to improve on.
If you ever have any thoughts or questions about anything you'd like covered on 'Posture-lating' then please do get in touch with Ellie!
Other Info
- Free 7 Day Lazy Glutes Challenge - https://postureellie.myflodesk.com/lazygluteschallenge
- Order my book ‘Posture Power’ - https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/posture-power
- Start your one month free trial of The Posture Squad - https://posture-ellie.com/the-posture-squad
- Website - posture-ellie.com
- Substack - https://substack.com/@plantedposture
- YouTube & Socials - @postureellie
Credits for Intro theme: Life is Good 2 by Beat Mekanik, Source: Free Music Archive, License Type: CC BY

Join Ellie for the first proper episode of Season 2. She answers question from a Posture Squad member, "How to keep progressing with posture when you have a desk job?" and hopefully does it the topic justice.
If you ever have any thoughts or questions about anything you'd like covered on 'Posture-lating' then please do get in touch with Ellie!
Other Info
- Free 7 Day Lazy Glutes Challenge - https://postureellie.myflodesk.com/lazygluteschallenge
- Order my book ‘Posture Power’ - https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/posture-power
- Start your one month free trial of The Posture Squad - https://posture-ellie.com/the-posture-squad
- Website - posture-ellie.com
- Substack - https://substack.com/@plantedposture
- YouTube & Socials - @postureellie
Credits for Intro theme: Life is Good 2 by Beat Mekanik, Source: Free Music Archive, License Type: CC BY