Why You Should Care About Your Bad Posture, Even if Pain Isn’t the Issue

Here are some unexpected ways posture affects your overall health

Adrienne O'Brien LMT
In Fitness And In Health

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My grandmother used to yell at me, “Shoulders back, sit upright!”

It seemed to be an important thing to that generation: An erect spine and an upright, confident posture. But, like so many other old generational values now going out of style, the advice felt like last week’s questionable leftovers. Why was posture so important to her?

As I got into my career as a massage therapist later in life, I would hear many of my colleagues advise clients to sit up straighter to get rid of their pain.

They’d correlate things like “double-cross syndrome” (bad posture, in essence) with back pain, working to correct the imbalances of tight muscles and weak muscles that typically result in bad posture.

Although I see a lot of people come through my office with bad posture and back pain, there hasn’t been a strong scientific link between the two.

Bad Posture and Back Pain Are Not Related to Each Other

Many of these studies analyze the angle of the lumbar spine with lower back pain and haven’t procured any strong link.

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Adrienne O'Brien LMT
In Fitness And In Health

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