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Episode 80: Posture Panic Pt. 3 with Author Dr. Beth Linker, PhD
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Welcome to Episode 80 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah are joined by Dr. Beth Linker, PhD. Beth Linker, a former physical therapist, is an author and professor of the history of science, disability, and medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Her most recent book, Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America, reveals the little-known and surprising origins of our fears and ideas about poor posture. In this episode you will learn:
- How Dr. Linker transitioned from physical therapist to professor and author, and (then also) yoga teacher
- Where her interest in posture first began
- The most surprising discovery she made while writing her book on the history of posture
- The origin of physical therapy
- That the modern postural yoga practice is not a centuries old practice
- How opinions about good and bad posture influence the judgment calls made on people’s competence and character
- The relationship between posture-shaming and disability discrimination.
- The difference between posture correction and posture modification
- The value of posture modification for different individuals
- What a positive shift might look like with regards to changing society’s attitudes toward posture
- inactivity.
Sign up here for our FREE Live Strength Class (and sample our Bone Density Course) on September 19th at 8:30am PT/11:30am ET with free replay!
Reference links:
Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America, by Beth Linker
Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice
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Manage episode 441697498 series 3415389
Welcome to Episode 80 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah are joined by Dr. Beth Linker, PhD. Beth Linker, a former physical therapist, is an author and professor of the history of science, disability, and medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Her most recent book, Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America, reveals the little-known and surprising origins of our fears and ideas about poor posture. In this episode you will learn:
- How Dr. Linker transitioned from physical therapist to professor and author, and (then also) yoga teacher
- Where her interest in posture first began
- The most surprising discovery she made while writing her book on the history of posture
- The origin of physical therapy
- That the modern postural yoga practice is not a centuries old practice
- How opinions about good and bad posture influence the judgment calls made on people’s competence and character
- The relationship between posture-shaming and disability discrimination.
- The difference between posture correction and posture modification
- The value of posture modification for different individuals
- What a positive shift might look like with regards to changing society’s attitudes toward posture
- inactivity.
Sign up here for our FREE Live Strength Class (and sample our Bone Density Course) on September 19th at 8:30am PT/11:30am ET with free replay!
Reference links:
Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America, by Beth Linker
Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice
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