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THE MAIN ACTIVITY of POSTURE 24/7 is RAISING AWARENESS and INCREASING UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE of 24-HOUR POSTURAL CARE MANAGEMENT. PERSONS WITH MOVEMENT LIMITATIONS RELATED to DISABILITY, ILLNESS or AGE ARE AT RISK for DEVELOPING BODY SHAPE DISTORTIONS LIKE CONTRACTURES, SCOLIOSIS and JOINT DISLOCATIONS THAT RESULT IN PAIN, HEALTH COMPLICATIONS and LOSS of FUNCTION WHILE INCREASING SUFFERING and HEALTH CARE COSTS. POSTURE 24/7 is CONTRIBUTING to and PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT of A BODY of EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATING THE APPLICATION and EFFICACY of USING THERAPEUTIC POSITIONING KNOWLEDGABLY and CONSISTENTLY to PROTECT and SOMETIMES IMPROVE THE BODY SHAPE of VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS, OFTEN WHILE REDUCING PAIN and IMPROVING SLEEP QUALITY. THIS INVOLVES UNDERSTANDING THE BIOMECHANICAL FORCES AT PLAY and THE EFFECT of GRAVITY, ASSYMETRICAL POSTURES and TIME ON THE HUMAN BODY AS WELL AS SLEEP PATTERNS and THERMAL REGULATION and OTHER HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES. WE PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL and CONSU