Today we enjoy comforts unknown to our ancestors, yet the modern world can still be hard on the body. We now spend more time sitting—and slouching—than ever before, and researchers say this luxury comes at a price.
“We live in a sitting-centric society and the health risk is huge,” said Dr. Steven Weiniger, a posture expert, appointed delegate to the White House Conference on Aging and author of “Stand Taller Live Longer: An Anti-Aging Strategy.”
Sitting feeds into slouching and being sedentary with poor posture can erode the body’s architecture, says Weiniger. The human body functions best when the major structural elements–head, torso, and pelvis–are in alignment, with one neatly stacked on top of the other.
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