76: Posture Panic Part 2

Welcome to Season 5 and Episode 76 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this second episode in our Posture Panic series, Laurel and Sarah take a deep dive into the currently available research around posture to debunk some of the long held beliefs around posture, pain prevention, muscle activation, and more.You will learn: Does good posture keep you pain free? Is Text Neck or Tech Neck really a thing we need to worry about? Do we need to spend so much time finding a “neutral spine”? Do you need to keep your shoulders “back and down” at all times? Does a flexed spine automatically lead to a disc herniation? What the actual predictors of pain and injury are (spoiler: it’s not your posture) Why we hate @postureguymike’s fearmongering pseudoscience approach to “strength” for seniorsAnd more!References:Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern AmericaModifying patterns of movement in people with low back pain -does it help?No consensus on causality of spine postures or physical exposure and low back painAssociation Between Text Neck and Neck Pain in AdultsPosture and time spent using a smartphone are not correlated with neck pain and disability in young adultsIs Neck Posture Subgroup in Late Adolescence a Risk Factor for Persistent Neck Pain in Young Adults?Can we reduce the effort of maintaining a neutral sitting posture?Exploring lumbar and lower limb kinematics and kinetics for evidence that lifting technique is associated with LBPEvidence for an inherited predisposition to lumbar disc diseaseThe Twin Spine Study: contributions to a changing view of disc degenerationWhy Sitting Posture is Mostly Irrelevant to Future PainEffects of sex differences on scapular motion during arm elevationIn vivo 3-dimensional analysis of scapular kinematics: comparison of dominant and nondominant shouldersScapular Dyskinesis Is Not an Isolated Risk Factor for Shoulder Injury in AthletesSign up here to take our free Strength Class on September 19th 8:30am PT/11:30am ET