Management Of Family Resources

Lesson 40 : Body Mechanics

Principles Of Body Mechanics

Keeping Body Parts in Alignment:

Keeping body parts in alignment results in stability when the various body weights are correctly positioned each centered over the base of support.

When any part of the body gets out of line, muscular effort is required to maintain body balance in addition to whatever work the body is doing, thus extra strain results. Therefore, correct or the right posture should be maintained by the person. For the correct posture whether sitting, standing or using a tool, muscles are so constructed specially to do certain things or does the job that no strain is felt by the person, while in incorrect posture, muscles which are not constructed for that particular job, do the job, and therefore strain and tension is felt by the worker. When the strain is felt, extra energy is spent. Hence for correct energy management, it is necessary to maintain the body parts aligned properly.