Why is slouching so bad?
A Slouching position puts pressure on your bones, thereby causing discs to become compressed and making you vulnerable to back pain. Also, it causes your pelvic muscles to go slack, which makes it progressively harder to support a well-aligned stance. Nerves in your neck get pinched as well, causing tight muscles…and tension headaches. In addition, this posture can cause other problems: • it can lead to incorrect head positioning that can cause improper spine function • your head in this forward posture can add up to 30 pounds of abnormal leverage on your cervical spine • forward-head posture causes a loss of vital lung capacity, by as much as 30 percent, which can lead to heart and vascular problems • your entire gastrointestinal system can be adversely affected (evacuation problems are common with people who have a forward-head posture) • forward-head posture leads to unsightly hunching How to check to make sure your posture is normal: • Stand in front of a full-length mirror and a
