It always makes me sad when relatively young people end up having poor posture. This is detrimental to so many functions of the body, breathing being just one of them.
Posture - a Major Health Issue
With today's tendency to spend long hours in front of a screen at work or at home, it is not surprising that this has become a health issue. Poor posture can also be a sigh of early osteoporosis.
- Chronic sitting is a risk factor for poor health, pain, and early death. But HOW you sit may have a significant impact on the risks of sitting
- By sitting with feet planted on the floor, with your pelvis and spine properly stacked and aligned, you can take the stress and tension out of sitting and make sitting into a beneficial physical activity
- Three simple exercises that help you engage your core and correct your posture are described
