What’s the modern scientific view on posture and health?

Is “good posture” important to long term good health, or is it just pseudo-science and social manners?

Good question.

https://www.lompocvmc.com/blogs/2021/april/importance-of-good-posture/

Seems reasonable. I would think the low back issues are overall the most important, looking at the population as a whole.

party_pants said:

What’s the modern scientific view on posture and health?

Is “good posture” important to long term good health, or is it just pseudo-science and social manners?

yes imo and ime

and… fixing your feet posture can reduce wear and tear on your knees, lower back and hips …

monkey skipper said:

party_pants said:

What’s the modern scientific view on posture and health?

Is “good posture” important to long term good health, or is it just pseudo-science and social manners?

yes imo and ime

Yes to which part of the question?

Bubblecar said:

Good question.

Naturally. That is why I asked it :)

Seems like a lot of “wellness” type people promote “good posture” as important, but for vague reasons. I get the points about back pain and blood circulation, but these could be overcome with getting up and doing more physical activity and avoiding sitting down all day.

Is slouching in my armchair in the evening while watching TV for a couple of hours really that bad if I’ve had a busy and active sort of a day.

OCDC said:

https://www.lompocvmc.com/blogs/2021/april/importance-of-good-posture/

Seems reasonable. I would think the low back issues are overall the most important, looking at the population as a whole.

I reckon good posture makes breathing easier.

monkey skipper said:

party_pants said:

What’s the modern scientific view on posture and health?

Is “good posture” important to long term good health, or is it just pseudo-science and social manners?

yes imo and ime

Same here. To part 1 in my case.

A big part of all the above is being overweight. It puts stress on posture, feet kees, hips, spine and all of that combined with gravity.
I makes sense to at least attempt to stand upright.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37347401/

Review Med Biol Eng Comput
. 2023 Aug;61(8):1887-1899. doi: 10.1007/s11517-023-02851-w. Epub 2023 Jun 22.
Posture monitoring in healthcare: a systematic mapping study and taxonomy
Bruno Dahmer Camboim 1, João Elison da Rosa Tavares 2, Mauricio Campelo Tavares 3, Jorge Luis Victória Barbosa 2
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PMID: 37347401 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-023-02851-w
Abstract
Palliative treatments for back pain usually include exercise, analgesics, physiotherapy, prostheses, and surgery in severe cases. Technologies for postural monitoring are growing, and they are important in preventing back pain and mitigating permanent damage. Remote work, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, made people spend more time than usual in chairs and environments not certified by the health aspects of work. This research investigated through a Systematic Mapping Study (SMS) contributions in posture monitoring for healthcare in smart environments, including the different methods to obtain the posture, the limitations, and the target audience of the proposed models. The SMS was conducted in eight databases, including articles from January 2012 to March 2022. The initial search yielded 3161 articles, of which 34 were selected after applying the filtering criteria. Moreover, this study presents the challenges related to posture behavior monitoring, identifying studies and implementations that apply assistive technology for postural monitoring and improving the health and life of remote workers. In addition, three commercial postural devices are presented, and what challenges they currently face. Regarding healthcare, results showed a prevalence of using the Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as wireless sensor networks and inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors. This article also proposes a taxonomy, showing the most used technologies and algorithms for improving posture, besides the posture-monitoring hierarchy classifying into three important branches: (a) Data Collect; (b) Data Transmission; and © Data Analysis.

Keywords: Healthcare; Internet of things; Machine learning; Posture; Smart environments.

© 2023. International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering.

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Mary poppin’s posture is practically perfect

wookiemeister said:

Mary poppin’s posture is practically perfect

One quote I’ve read, referring to posture in the army, is “a straight back is a sore back”.

I’m not convinced that posture is important, except for psychological reasons.
The statement that foot posture affects the lower legs seems to have been invented by shoe salesmen.

Lower back pain causes poor posture. At least we can agree on that.

mollwollfumble said:

wookiemeister said:

Mary poppin’s posture is practically perfect

One quote I’ve read, referring to posture in the army, is “a straight back is a sore back”.

I’m not convinced that posture is important, except for psychological reasons.
The statement that foot posture affects the lower legs seems to have been invented by shoe salesmen.

Lower back pain causes poor posture. At least we can agree on that.

It is caused by bad posture.

mollwollfumble said:

wookiemeister said:

Mary poppin’s posture is practically perfect

One quote I’ve read, referring to posture in the army, is “a straight back is a sore back”.

I’m not convinced that posture is important, except for psychological reasons.
The statement that foot posture affects the lower legs seems to have been invented by shoe salesmen.

Lower back pain causes poor posture. At least we can agree on that.

On the contrary, lower back pain reminds at least some people that posture is important, and leads to better posture.

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

wookiemeister said:

Mary poppin’s posture is practically perfect

One quote I’ve read, referring to posture in the army, is “a straight back is a sore back”.

I’m not convinced that posture is important, except for psychological reasons.
The statement that foot posture affects the lower legs seems to have been invented by shoe salesmen.

Lower back pain causes poor posture. At least we can agree on that.

On the contrary, lower back pain reminds at least some people that posture is important, and leads to better posture.

This.
Lower back pain can be caused by bending, bending and lifting, sitting, constipation and of course scoliosis.

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

One quote I’ve read, referring to posture in the army, is “a straight back is a sore back”.

I’m not convinced that posture is important, except for psychological reasons.
The statement that foot posture affects the lower legs seems to have been invented by shoe salesmen.

Lower back pain causes poor posture. At least we can agree on that.

On the contrary, lower back pain reminds at least some people that posture is important, and leads to better posture.

This.
Lower back pain can be caused by bending, bending and lifting, sitting, constipation and of course scoliosis.

… or standing with a bad posture, such as a rigid straight back.