OpenStax · Torque ↗
A foundation for the external turning-effect example. The model does not calculate internal spinal loads or injury risk.
Link and source summary checked 1 November 2026RESOURCES
Follow your curiosity.
Explore the ideas, everyday examples and sources behind the Dr Posture approach.
12 learning resources
Everyday care
Interactive guideEveryday care
Illustrated guidesEveryday care
Illustrated stretching guideEveryday care
Illustrated exercise guidesEvidence
Research guideEveryday care
3 min readEveryday care
Practical guideEveryday care
Daily care guideEveryday care
InteractiveEvidence
4 min readBook
Book previewEveryday care
Introduction
Interactive guide
Reform or Deform™: explore your body
An interactive guide to six body regions, tissue loading, symptoms and one practical daily action.
Illustrated guides
Posture basics: sit, stand and sleep
Five illustrated guides to everyday support, thoracic-pillow use, tissue load and nerve symptoms.
Illustrated stretching guide
Stretching for Life
18 stretches in four groups, with new illustrations, numbered instructions and a printable full routine.
Illustrated exercise guides
The Dr Posture exercise library
18 illustrated exercises in four groups: warm-ups, spinal workout, stabilising and core, with instructions and support guidance.
Research guide
The science of posture care
Mechanics, tissue adaptation, forward head posture and clinical proposals, with sources and limits.
3 min read
Start with your day
A first step for noticing ordinary mechanical demands.
Practical guide
Desk work & daily posture care
Review your screen, chair, keyboard and movement with a practical desk checklist.
Daily care guide
Movement, support & exercise
Practical ways to vary demand, use comfortable support and build physical capacity.
Interactive
Same weight, different demand
Explore a simple load-sharing model.
4 min read
Pain and structure
Understand why symptoms and tissue findings need context.
Book preview
The forthcoming book
A forthcoming practical guide informed by research and clinical experience.
Introduction
The Manubrium Lift®
Explore clinical aims, everyday examples and common questions. Full lesson in preparation.
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RESEARCH & REFERENCES
Look beneath the explanation.
THE SCIENCE OF POSTURE CARE
Explore the research guide What we know. What we propose.
Explore established principles, plausible explanations and Dr Shahar’s clinical proposals, with sources, limitations and check dates.
A selected starting set of sources. These support particular explanations; they are not a complete review of posture or evidence of proven benefits for every Dr Posture proposal.
World Health Organization · Physical activity and sedentary behaviour ↗
General activity guidance across age groups and relevant populations. It does not test the Manubrium Lift.
Link and source summary checked 1 November 2026IASP · Pain terminology and revised definition ↗
Pain and tissue damage are distinct concepts. Pain is influenced by biological, psychological and social factors.
Link and source summary checked 1 November 2026Boden et al. · Lumbar MRI findings in asymptomatic people ↗
Structural findings were present in some people without a history of the symptoms studied. Imaging requires clinical context.
Link and source summary checked 1 November 2026Troy et al. · Bone adaptation and loading dose ↗
A specific forearm-loading intervention in adult women; findings cannot be assumed to establish benefits of a spinal posture cue.
Link and source summary checked 1 November 2026Callaghan & McGill · Repeated loading in a porcine disc model ↗
An experimental injury mechanism under particular conditions. It does not show that ordinary bending injures a living person.
Link and source summary checked 1 November 2026VIDEO LEARNING
A growing teaching library.
Approved demonstration videos, captions and transcripts will be added as lessons are completed. The Manubrium Lift® lesson is the first priority.
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