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 ...

Strangers try to fix my posture. According to them, my shoulders slump, and my neck protrudes on a diagonal, as though I’m constantly reading a book or peering down at a phone screen. My critics come ...

If you’re anything like me, you spend a lot of time looking down at your phone or slouched over a laptop with rounded shoulders. It’s highly relatable in today’s technological age, but this kind of ...

It’s something most of us take for granted: posture. Whether you’re standing, sitting at your desk or looking down at your smartphone, posture plays a big role in your health. Good posture leads to ...

Most of us spend the majority of the day twisted into some sort of contortion in front of a computer screen, looking down at our phone or curled up on the couch. The hunched back, the rounded ...

Dr. Brennan Spiegel, a gastroenterologist, found a connection between bloating and poor posture. Slouching causes the intestines to compress, making it harder to properly digest food. He said ...

Maintaining a bad posture can have several negative effects on your health and well-being. Some of the potential risks and consequences of bad posture can include musculoskeletal pain, which can put ...

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 ...

In this poster, issued in 1926 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Children's Bureau, posture standards for "stocky-type boys" are presented from "excellent" to "bad." For decades in the U.S., posture ...