Clear posture guides, built around real photos.
Learn what common posture patterns look like, how to take a repeatable photo, and what the measurements can — and cannot — tell you.
How to Check Your Posture at Home With a Photo
Check your posture at home with one front and one side phone photo: how to set up the camera, what to look for in each view, and how to compare later.
How to Take Posture Photos: Camera Height, Level, Distance and Clothing
Phone level at hip height, fitted clothes, front and side views, and our framing and tilt calculations: what each setup error does to posture readings.
Plumb Line Posture: What Good Side-View Alignment Looks Like
Plumb line posture lines up the ear, shoulder, hip, knee and ankle near one vertical. How healthy adults really stand, and how to read a side photo.
What to Do After a Posture Screen: 5 Safe Next Steps
What should you do after a posture screen? Verify the photo, interpret flags safely, move comfortably, adjust your routine, and retest consistently.
Tech Neck Pictures: 4 Signs in a Side-View Photo
Tech neck pictures next to a normal neck from the side, with 4 signs to check: forward head, straighter-looking neck, rounded upper back and raised shoulders.
Lumbar Lordosis: What the Lower-Back Curve Looks Like
Lumbar lordosis is the normal inward curve of the lower back. See normal, deep and flattened curves from the side, the ~20–60° range, and lordosis in women.
Uneven Shoulders or Hips? Posture Asymmetry in Photos
One shoulder or hip a little higher is common and rarely a problem on its own. How to check it in a level front photo, and when to see a clinician.
Forward Head Posture: What It Is and the Signs in a Side Photo
Forward head posture puts the ear ahead of the shoulder in a side view. The signs to check, the 44–54° CVA cut-offs in studies, and a photo's limits.
Craniovertebral Angle: How Forward Head Is Measured and What's Normal
The craniovertebral angle (CVA) measures forward head from a side photo. Healthy adults in two studies averaged 48.8–50.0°, so age and position matter.
The 17 Posture Metrics, Explained: A Visual Glossary
A glossary of all 17 posture metrics: what each measures, its normal range, and which are direct vs. estimated from a 2D photo.
Desk Worker Posture: How to Check Your Standing Posture
How desk workers can check their standing posture with a front and side photo — the patterns long sitting tends to reinforce, what to look for, and when to see a clinician.
How Accurate Is Photo-Based Posture Analysis?
How accurate is photo-based posture analysis? What peer-reviewed studies say about reliability and validity vs. X-ray — and the honest limits.
Anterior Pelvic Tilt: What It Looks Like in 2D Photos
What anterior pelvic tilt looks like from the side: a waistline sloping down at the front, often a deeper lower-back curve, and what a 2D photo can't confirm.
Military Neck: What a Straightened Neck Curve Means
Military neck is a flattened or reversed neck curve on a side X-ray. In a 2018 meta-analysis, about 1 in 3 people without symptoms had no lordosis.
Posterior Pelvic Tilt: What It Looks Like in 2D Photos
What posterior pelvic tilt (PPT) looks like from the side: a flattened lower back, a waistline rising at the front and tucked hips, vs neutral and APT.
Swayback Posture: What It Is and What It Looks Like
Swayback posture: hips pushed forward, pelvis tilted back, upper body leaning back behind them. How it differs from a deep low-back arch in a side photo.
Winged Scapula: What a Protruding Shoulder Blade Looks Like
A winged scapula is a shoulder blade whose inner edge lifts off the ribs. How it looks from behind, vs rounded shoulders, and when to get it checked.
Photo vs Sensor Posture Analysis: How They Compare
Photo-based, wearable-sensor, and 3D motion-capture posture analysis compared — how each works, what it's good for, and which fits screening.
How to Add Posture Screening as a Paid Service
A practical playbook for adding posture screening to your practice: where it fits, how to position and price it, and an efficient no-hardware workflow.
Static Postural Assessment: Steps, Landmarks and What to Record
How to run a static postural assessment: setup, landmarks in each view, and what to record so a re-test compares, with reliability data for practitioners.