If you spend a lot of time on your computer or phone or sit for prolonged periods during work hours or otherwise, odds are you’ve wondered about the effect on your posture. If so, you’re right to be ...

It’s no longer just a problem for the elderly—slipped discs are now showing up in people in their 20s and 30s. Surprised? You shouldn’t be, says Dr Sudhir Kumar, a Hyderabad-based neurologist, who is ...

If you've always had poor posture, there's no better time than now to fix it because the longer you maintain it, the more long-term damage it can cause, including chronic back, neck, and shoulder pain ...

In today’s digital age, the phenomenon of tech neck has emerged as a significant health concern, affecting millions who spend countless hours hunched over their devices. This modern postural syndrome ...

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It’s tough to maintain good posture, especially in a world that centers scrolling. Even when you want to sit up straight, it’s only a matter of time before you’re bent over your phone again. But what ...

In the US, the message is clear: sitting up straight is good, and slouching is bad. But Beth Linker, author of "Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America", says it's more complicated than that. In her ...

A recent history of the 20th-century movement to fix slouching questions the moral and political dimensions of addressing bad backs over wider public health concerns. Skeletons used in a museum in ...

Rear view of a male freelancer having back problems while sitting at his desk in front of the monitor, feeling the pain in his back and shoulders Ivan Pantic via Getty Images If you spend a lot of ...