Posture strap and method of using same

A method of improving posture in a person having upper arms between the shoulders and elbows and a back comprising:

• forming a posture strap from a flat elongate elastic band having a first end having opposing first and second sides and terminating in a first end edge, a second end having opposing first and second sides terminating in a second end edge, a first side edge between said first and second end edges including said first and second ends, a second side edge spaced apart from said first side edge between said first and second end edges including said first and second ends, a first side bordered by said first and second end edges and said first and second side edges including said first and second ends wherein said first side of said first end is contiguous with said first side, a second side opposite said first side and bordered by said first and second end edges and said first and second side edges including said first and second ends wherein said second side of said first end is contiguous with said second side by attaching said second side of said first end to said first side of said elastic band between said first and second ends as measured along said first surface, attaching said second side of said second end to said first side of said elastic band between said first and second ends as measured along said first surface forming loops large enough to accommodate the upper arms of a person wherein the elongate band provides a connection between the loops;
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• disposing the loops of the posture strap at the upper arms of the person with the connection between the loops disposed along the back of the person.