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Based out of Minnesota, home of the world-famous mayoclinic.org, and founded by a team of health professionals, including Chiropractors and Physical Therapists. Yourbodyposture.com was started with the goal of being your go-to resource for all things posture and physical health-related.


In addition to helping users identify the underlying cause of their pain, we look to share product reviews,  treatment strategies, and other health hacks to help the user improve their quality of life.  In fact, our articles and tips have helped more than 200,000 readers to date. During our research, we like to use sites like medlineplus.gov,Webmd.com,  acatoday.com, PubMed.gov, Healthline.com, Prevention.com, and health.com to gather knowledge and help you find the most reliable and trustworthy information.


For product research, in addition to first-hand use of several of the products,  we use the thousands of credible reviews from sites like ConsumerReports.org, Amazon.com, Target.com, and the Wirecutter.com, as well as our years of experience in reviewing consumer goods to help you make the right decision for your product needs.


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Quit Slouching-How To Fix Bad Posture

Education & advice

HOW SLOUCHING HURTS YOUR BODY Slouching [Updated on 1 January 2023] is described with your hold your shoulders and upper back in a rounded position. It can often lead to pain in your back, neck, and shoulders. In addition to pain and tension in the shoulders,  chronic bad posture can also lead to headaches. Other symptoms include gastrointestinal reflux, fatigue and the inability to breathe deeply. CHECK YOURSELF OUT IN THE MIRROR Look at your palms in the mirror.  Good posture will show them facing your thighs with the thumbs pointing ahead. “But if your palms face backward, you’re probably slouching.”  If you pull your head back and your shoulders down and back. If you are standing correctly, it will feel as if you’re sticking out your chest. This is what good posture should look like. Want to use this infographic on your site?

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10 Facts about Compression Fractures

Back Pain & Conditions

[Updated on 1 January 2023] 1. Usually occurs on the thoracic region (T1 to T12) and the Lumbar region (L1 to L5). Even more common on the T9 to L1 vertebra. A weakening on a vertebral bone that causes a fracture resulting in it being irregularly shaped. 2. Symptoms ● Lower back pain that worsens when you stand or walk. ● Tightening of internal organs resulting to a bulging stomach. ● Weight loss. ● Kyphosis. 3. Types of compression fractures ● Wedge fracture – the most common type. Where the front portion of the vertebra collapses leaving a wedge shaped irregularity. ● Crush fracture – the entire vertebra is compromised from front to the back. ● Burst fracture – all sides of the vertebra is damaged causing it to shorten on either side. 4. Causes ● Osteoporosis is the leading cause of compression fracture. It is a bone disease where…

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Best Posture Corrector Shirt For 2018

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[Updated on 1 July 2022] Do you sit at your desk all day hunched over from typing on your computer, neglecting the posture tips your parents or teachers used to say? Sit up straight! Shoulders back! Fortunately, today your boss and colleagues won’t bug you about it. Unfortunately, you may suffer from back pain. You get used to what you think is a comfortable posture after trial and error. But, you still have to wiggle your shoulder or rotate your torso or twiddle your thumbs or stretch your muscles periodically to free them. Your actions are reactive or reflexive giving you temporary relief. One of the solutions to back pain is a posture corrector shirt. A posture corrector shirt works to improve your posture as you wear the shirt. These shirts are useful for those who work in a sitting position for most of the working hours. The effect of…

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Can Bad Posture Be Corrected
Can Bad Posture Be Corrected

Can Bad Posture Be Corrected?

Education & advice

[Updated on 1 January 2023] It is a widely known and accepted fact that good posture is essential for good health. Poor posture, when we recognize it, is formed as a consequence of bad habits that were developed over many years. Poor posture can cause long term body disorder or pain. This is evident in many adults, but only a few have realized; the importance and necessity of having a good body posture. How we hold our bodies while sitting, standing, lying down, or walking is called posture. When the body parts are in correct alignment because of the support coming from an adequate amount of tension that muscles exert against gravity, it means that you have a good posture. We would simply fall to the ground if we did not have posture and the muscles that support it. We don’t have to think about maintaining good body posture because…

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Do Posture Correctors Really Work?

Education & advice

[Updated on 1 January 2023] The desk won’t ride itself, right?  At least that’s the rationale when it’s the end of the day and your back and shoulders are stiff and in pain from hunching over the computer all day.  And have your shoulders always looked rolled forward like that? Could it all be due to poor posture? Do posture correctors do anything to fix that? How Did I Get Here? The human body adapts to the positions it is in most regularly. If you’re sitting hunched over at a computer all day, then the muscles in the chest are going to shorten and adapt and the muscles in the back are going to lengthen and adapt to that position.  The longer this habit continues, the more time and effort it will take to correct it. Am I Doomed? There is hope! Just as the body can adapt to poor…

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Measure Your Body FAT

Education & advice

Know if you are Obese, Overweight or when to get there. Body Mass Index Chart [Updated on 1 January 2023] The Body Mass Index (BMI) measures body mass in relation to your height and weight. The left side of the chart refers to the height of a person and the top side refers to his/her weight. Where the two values meet horizontally and vertically reveals the person’s body mass. A body mass between 19 and 25 is considered ideal with a few exceptions such as for people with excessive amount of muscle instead of fat. Waist to Hip Ratio Another way to determine the ideal body proportion is by measurement between the waist and the hips. By dividing the measure of the waist with the measure of the hips we can determine an ideal proportion. A value between 0.9 and 0.99 for men and 0.8 and 0.89 for women is…

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