When you sit down, your body naturally folds. That folding creates compression in the skin, fat, and connective tissue around ...

One of the latest and surprising findings in the field of physical therapy is that slouching is not as bad as we think it is. Certain researchers have gone so far as to say that the conventional fear ...

In the US, the message is clear: sitting up straight is good, and slouching is bad. But Beth Linker, author of "Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America", says it's more complicated than that. In her ...

A recent history of the 20th-century movement to fix slouching questions the moral and political dimensions of addressing bad backs over wider public health concerns. Skeletons used in a museum in ...

Sitting posture recognition and monitoring systems represent a rapidly evolving field at the intersection of sensor technology, machine learning and computer vision. These systems are designed to ...

If you’re looking for ways to improve your posture, you may have wondered: Do posture correctors work? There are many reasons you might be looking to sit and stand up straighter—not only may slouching ...