by Dr Chris McCarthy, The Conversation Credit: CC0 Public DomainOften a posture assigned to teenagers and disaffected youth, slouching is traditionally considered to be a “bad” posture—with some claiming it will damage your spine and cause pain. The term itself hails from medieval Norse meaning “lazy fellow”—and later the middle English word meaning “walking, sitting or...
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Three reasons you have neck pain – and why ‘bad posture’ probably isn’t one of them
by Christian Worsfold, The Conversation If you suffer from neck pain, you’re not alone. Spinal pain is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and its occurrence has increased dramatically over the past 25 years. While most episodes of neck pain are likely to get better within a few months, half to three-quarters of...