Anterior Pelvic Tilt

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rhonellewaldron
rhonellewaldron Posts: 10 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
How you know if you have anterior pelvic tilt caused by bad posture? I am 5 ft 5, 143.6 lbs and do Boot camp workouts 3 times a week.

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  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
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    Go see a doctor. Lol.
  • neogramps
    neogramps Posts: 79 Member
    edited July 2015
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    Have someone take a photo of you from the side. If your pelvis tilts down, butt sticks out and stomach pouts out (i.e. this), then you have APT.

    Work on your core muscles, glute raises, hip stretches and hip flexxor stretches every day and you can fix it. I've improved mine a lot in a couple of months. Made a real difference to the appearance of my stomach.

    edit - just checked your photos; in my non-expert opinion, you look to have APT.
  • Bacchants
    Bacchants Posts: 92 Member
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    I don't think it's caused by bad posture, but sitting down a lot can cause it. Its from having some muscles being too tight and others being too weak.

    This site has a run down of the muscles causing it and some stretches to work it out.

    If it's bad I'd get it checked by a doctor before trying to fix it yourself. Mine was really bad and thought it was from sitting down all day, but turned out to be from the weird way I walk which had caused my muscles to become weak/tight in the wrong places.
  • G8rRay
    G8rRay Posts: 89 Member
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    Here's a link to an article that shows how you can test yourself for poor posture (regarding front-to-back hip tilt):
    http://runnersconnect.net/running-training-articles/running-technique/

    And, another, that discusses side-to-side hip drop:
    http://runnersconnect.net/running-injury-prevention/hip-strength-and-running-form-the-role-of-hip-drop-in-running-injuries/

    Hope they help you.
  • sugaraddict4321
    sugaraddict4321 Posts: 15,736 MFP Moderator
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    G8rRay wrote: »
    Here's a link to an article that shows how you can test yourself for poor posture (regarding front-to-back hip tilt):
    http://runnersconnect.net/running-training-articles/running-technique/

    And, another, that discusses side-to-side hip drop:
    http://runnersconnect.net/running-injury-prevention/hip-strength-and-running-form-the-role-of-hip-drop-in-running-injuries/

    Hope they help you.

    I am not a runner, but thanks for posting this! Very interesting info, and I can still use the info for making sure my walking posture is better. Perhaps it will help me to walk longer, with less pain.
  • rhonellewaldron
    rhonellewaldron Posts: 10 Member
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    neogramps wrote: »
    Have someone take a photo of you from the side. If your pelvis tilts down, butt sticks out and stomach pouts out (i.e. this), then you have APT.

    Work on your core muscles, glute raises, hip stretches and hip flexxor stretches every day and you can fix it. I've improved mine a lot in a couple of months. Made a real difference to the appearance of my stomach.

    edit - just checked your photos; in my non-expert opinion, you look to have APT.

    I have always thought i did but wasn't sure. Thanks for all the comments. I will read up on it some more discuss with a doctor.
  • Charliegottheruns
    Charliegottheruns Posts: 287 Member
    edited July 2015
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    rhonellewaldron wrote: »
    How you know if you have anterior pelvic tilt caused by bad posture? I am 5 ft 5, 143.6 lbs and do Boot camp workouts 3 times a week.

    It's pretty obvious to see, It's caused by over active and under active muscles.
  • Horrorfox
    Horrorfox Posts: 204 Member
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    Check out this exercise, where Elliot talks about APT

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-linSOFYjIk
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,443 Member
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    It also helps to thoroughly stretch the hip muscles regularly. Often they (those at the front going from pelvis to thigh) are shortened from sitting a lot. Btw, stretching wasn't so much of an issue for me as I'm very flexible but it was more of a weak core thing. I 'grew' by 2cm since I started working out regularly, just from a more straight up posture. My size in my passport is wrong now :smiley: And I finally gained the 2cm I always wanted to have. :blush:

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