04/02/2026
Posture & Kinetic Chain Release - by Lynn Donaghey, Physio and fellow KCR trainer
“Posture is far more than how you look — it tells a story about how your body is coping with life.
As a physiotherapist and complementary therapist, I was fortunate to learn from mentors who taught me to read posture as communication, not just alignment. The body is always giving clues.
What “correct” posture looks like
Standing posture
• Ears, shoulders, hips, knees, and ankles stacked in a vertical line
• Weight evenly distributed through the feet
• Knees soft (not locked)
• Shoulders relaxed down and back
• Core gently engaged
• Spine in a neutral, supported curve
Sitting posture
• Ears, shoulders, and hips aligned
• Back supported with a natural spinal curve
• Feet flat on the floor (or footrest)
• Knees bent to around 90°
• Shoulders relaxed, not lifted or rounded
This isn’t about holding yourself rigidly — it’s about ease, balance, and support.
When posture is out of alignment, it tells me…
From posture alone, I can often see:
• Where you’re experiencing pain — and why
• Whether you’re hypermobile
• If your system is under stress
• How much you sit or use technology
• Your favoured side (right or left dominance)
• How you carry your bag
• Which side you habitually use your phone
• Whether your nervous system feels guarded or overloaded
• If you’re grounded — or living more in your head than your body
• Whether you’re standing in your power… or giving it away
Posture reflects habits, emotions, workload, beliefs, and lived experience — not just muscles and joints.
Where Kinetic Chain Release fits in:
Kinetic Chain Release (KCR) doesn’t try to force posture into place.
Instead, it works with the whole-body tension and compensation patterns that pull you out of alignment in the first place. When those chains soften:
• posture improves naturally
• movement feels lighter
• breathing deepens
• the body feels safer and more supported
Alignment becomes a result — not something you have to hold or think about.
✨ Your posture isn’t wrong — it’s adaptive.
When the body feels supported again, it remembers how to stand, sit, and move with ease.”
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