[HN Gopher] The Bad Politics of Bad Posture
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       The Bad Politics of Bad Posture
        
       Author : e0
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2024-08-11 20:43 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | e0 wrote:
       | "There's little evidence slouching is unhealthy. So why do
       | Americans believe so firmly in sitting up straight?"
        
       | Etheryte wrote:
       | This article is full of ideas that are not backed by science. Bad
       | posture most definitely can have bad health outcomes for you,
       | there's a reason many types of neck and back pain are most common
       | in office workers. Take care of your body, you're gonna need it
       | for a while.
        
       | talldayo wrote:
       | Slow news week, huh. I sit up because its easier to breathe that
       | way. I have asthma and straightening my posture helps me focus
       | long-term. It's so simple.
       | 
       | Also, if you've ever had back pain at a desk job then you
       | probably know the value of lumbar support. Sitting hunched over
       | or fully reclined is just not a feasible way to sit for 5-7 hours
       | a day, 5 days a week.
        
       | ofalkaed wrote:
       | >There's little evidence slouching is unhealthy
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       | There isn't? From what I understand slouching means the muscles
       | are not supporting the joints as they are supposed too leading to
       | increased wear and people who slouch tend to let chair backs
       | support them which leads to decreased muscle mass exacerbating
       | the problem. Makes sense to me but I am not a doctor. Personally
       | I just find slouching to be uncomfortable.
        
       | zingababba wrote:
       | Whenever I'm interested in something, like hacking on something
       | and get really into it, my posture immediately straightens
       | unconsciously, I will begin to sit bolt upright and will continue
       | in that manner until I reach a stopping point. Also, I am much
       | more attracted to people with correct posture vs. kyphosis. Just
       | two personal observations on posture.
        
       | x436413 wrote:
       | i also didn't get past the lede, there's a lot of evidence that
       | slouching is unhealthy, that bad posture has all kinds of effects
       | on musculature, ossification, organ displacement. i actually
       | started to develop a hump in my 30s from being a techie which
       | took a lot of work to undo, but now i see those hump precursors
       | on teenage girls. looking into the background of the author,
       | Daniel Felsenthal, "Daniel Felsenthal is a fiction writer, poet,
       | essayist and critic with work in The New Yorker, The Guardian,
       | The Atlantic, The Nation". how is this person at all qualified to
       | comment on these subjects? why does he think he is? imho
       | journalism has utterly discredited itself at this point.
        
         | andrei_says_ wrote:
         | What helped you undo it? I see so much advice floating around
         | and I know 90% is bs but not sure how to identify the 10%.
        
       | moribvndvs wrote:
       | I have found that in addition to causing pain, many years of
       | sitting for extended periods and bad posture has also increased
       | my blood pressure, and standing/walking more as well as improving
       | posture and ergonomics markedly reduces pain and lowers my BP.
       | But I guess I should throw all that out and be gaslit by a bunch
       | of rambling from an article that weirdly tries to invoke identity
       | politics.
        
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