Having good posture can help you look and feel better. If you find you slouch a lot, it's time to stand up straight. Work on improving your standing and walking posture, as well as your static posture. Use brain tricks to help you remember to correct your posture, and try out a few exercises to help strengthen your muscles.
Poor posture can easily cause or aggravate episodes of back pain and over time damage spinal structures. Learn the guidelines to improve posture and ergonomics, especially for those who sit in an office chair for long hours.
How you look and feel is directly related to your posture. Despite the importance of having good posture, most of us don't do anything to improve it. We go about our lives with hunched backs and imbalanced hips, and deal with pain because we think it's normal.
Living with bad posture can be a dangerous thing. The muscle and ligament imbalances that result from poor alignment can lead to all sorts of problems:
Chronic back, neck, and shoulder pain
Foot, knee, hip, and back injuries
Headaches
Stiffness
Fatigue
Muscle atrophy and weakness
Difficulty breathing
Digestion issues
Impingement and nerve compression
Sciatica
Carpal tunnel syndrome
