Your Bad Posture Could Be Hurting You. Here Are 15 Products Experts Say Can Help
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Your posture has serious implications for your physical and emotional health.
If you spend a lot of time sitting on your computer or phone, odds are you’ve worried about the effect on your posture. You’re right to be concerned: It turns out that poor posture can have health consequences that are more far-reaching than many realize.
“Often times when we think about posture we are focused on the way it makes us look... [b]ut our posture has serious implications on both our physical and mental health,” Liza Egbogah, a trained chiropractor, osteopath and myofascial release expert, told HuffPost by email. Egbogah is the clinic director of The Fix, a myofascial release and osteopathy clinic in Toronto.
While spending excessive time sitting on our devices are common causes of posture problems, it’s not so easy to curb these habits given the demands of modern work and societal reliance on technology. Still, even small changes can make a difference, including investing in certain posture-supporting products.
Egbogah filled HuffPost in on her posture-correcting recommendations. Read on for her picks, plus some from physical therapist Chris DeRosa.
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