It’s something most of us take for granted: posture. Whether you’re standing, sitting at your desk or looking down at your smartphone, posture plays a big role in your health. Good posture leads to ...

Poor posture is a major contributing factor of ‘kyphosis’, the rounding of the upper back You might not be aware of the medical term kyphosis, but chances are you will have heard of a ‘dowager’s hump’ ...

More than 31 million Americans experience poor posture at some point, according to the American Chiropractic Association. Bad posture can lead to a range of health problems, including back and neck ...

As a child, being told to sit or stand up straight may have felt like a nuisance, but those adults in your life were on to something: Good posture helps you stay healthy and pain-free. It can affect ...

Strangers try to fix my posture. According to them, my shoulders slump, and my neck protrudes on a diagonal, as though I’m constantly reading a book or peering down at a phone screen. My critics come ...

Have you ever seen a candid photo of yourself and were shocked to see you have rounded shoulders exuding poor posture? As most of us are aware, having bad posture, whether standing or sitting, can ...

A recent history of the 20th-century movement to fix slouching questions the moral and political dimensions of addressing bad backs over wider public health concerns. Skeletons used in a museum in ...

Human bodies are engineered to move, but the demands of today’s modern world often lead to long spans of time spent seated. Even the most active and fit people will eventually feel the effects of ...

Ever since the pandemic led to people everywhere working from home, spending hours upon hours sitting at their desks or nestled up on the couch with their laptop in tow, rumors of historically poor ...

Dr. Brennan Spiegel, a gastroenterologist, found a connection between bloating and poor posture. Slouching causes the intestines to compress, making it harder to properly digest food. He said ...