Posture has a larger effect on the body than just the mechanical strain and wear and tear placed on the body.
Studies have found that a rounding of the upper back and forward head posture decreases oxygen intake and lung capacity, leading to headaches, dizziness, and fatigue. Read More
If chronic can even lead to higher rates of depression.
J Phys Ther Sci. 2016 May; 28(5): 1496–1498. Published online 2016 May 31. doi: 10.1589/jpts.28.1496 PMCID: PMC4905897PMID: 27313358Effect of sitting posture on respiratory function while using a smartphone. Kyung Woo Kang, PhD, PT,1 Sang In Jung, MS, PT,2 Do Youn Lee, MS, PT,2 Kyoung Kim, PhD, PT,2 andNa Kyung Lee, PhD, PT2,*
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Researchers also found in elderly people that people with these hyperkyphotic (more hunchbacked) postures have a 144% greater rate of mortality. Dado et. al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 Oct;52(10):1662-7.Hyperkyphotic posture predicts mortality in older community-dwelling men and women: a prospective study.Kado DM1, Huang MH, Karlamangla AS, Barrett-Connor E, Greendale GA.
As curvature and shoulder rounding increases, it increases abnormal weight-bearing on the spine and spinal discs. This can lead to an increase rate of spinal degeneration.
These studies are the reason there is the saying “Sitting is the new Smoking”
