Postural Care & its Benefits
Postural care is a collaborative, practical way to protect the body from the constant effects of gravity, which when combined with movement problems can lead the body to change shape. By focusing on how someone is positioned 24-hours a day, we provide the support their body needs to stay aligned, comfortable, and healthy.
What is Postrual Care?
Postural care focuses on how people are positioned and move over 24-hours a day and aims to help them to stay aligned, comfortable, and healthy. It is the vital foundation that enables all other therapies and daily activities to succeed.
24-hour postural care is more than just equipment provision and positioning; it is about healthy compromise through informed choices. Aiming to protect body shape for long term health and well being, whilst also enabling people to live their best lives and do the things they enjoy.
The Foundations of 24-Hour Postural Care
Promoting Movement
Encouraging and supporting movement and position change as part of daily life
24-hour positioning
Ensuring a supported, aligned, and functional posture while sitting, standing, or relaxing over 24-hour period
Night-time Positioning
Using comfortable, specialist support at night to protect body shape while the body is at rest.
Right Equipment
Sourcing and maintaining high-quality equipment from trusted suppliers that comfortably support and protect the body and enable function
Skills & Knowledge
Empowering families and support teams with the confidence and expertise to make postural care part of a daily routine.
Body symmetry measurement
Regular review and objective body shape measurement tells you if what we are doing is working
We have been working with our son’s postural support therapist for around four years, and the impact she has had on his care and our confidence as a family has been truly invaluable. She has helped both myself and his carers understand the fundamental principles of positioning, particularly in lying and sitting. This has given us a practical skill set that we can apply in any situation—whether we are in hospital or away on holiday without access to his full sleep system. Because of her guidance, we feel equipped to support his alignment safely and effectively wherever we are. Her expertise also extends to his wheelchair seating, where she consistently takes great care in selecting the most appropriate chair to ensure both comfort and optimal positioning. This has made a significant difference to his day-to-day wellbeing.AH Read more
Pathway to long term success
We follow a well-established pathway designed to ensure that every individual, family, and support team has the tools they need to protect their posture and body shape while living their best life.
Assess
Careful, systematic assessment and body symmetry measurement, starting with where the individual is now and what they and their body needs
Equip
Working with trusted suppliers to find the right equipment, from off the shelf to fully bespoke, which will enable the individual to be comfortable, protected and to get on with their lives.
Review
Regular review of equipment and postural care plan to optimise 24-hour support, helping people to make informed choices both for now and the future
Embed
Postural care training to empower individuals to embed postural care into daily life