4 Reasons You Can't Stand Upright

[Anonymous]

We can't stand upright and we hunch our back without even realizing. And this leads to many healthy problems. But what prevents us? Actually there is not only one reason, there are many reasons behind it. Here are the reasons why you can't stand upright:

1. Daily habits

Don't forget the following saying:

A river cuts through rock not because of its power but because of its persistence

If you hunch your back along the day, your body will get use to it and your back will become hump by time. So you should recognize it and change your posture.

We can also put tall people in th,s group as they look down while talking with the people that are shorter than them. And they have a poor posture.

2. Technologic devices

Technologic devices are everywhere in our life. Especially phones, we use them day and night. They are not only bad for our eyes but also for our posture. Because most of the time we have a bad posture while using our phone or pc.

Our shoulders turn inside without realizing and as I said before after some time this bad posture becomes permenant. And we can't stand upright even we want to.

3. Muscle imbalance

This is seen especially on those who work out without knowing what to do. Some people only work for their chest and don't do anything for their back. And this leads imbalanced muscles by deranging. So you must work all your muscles.

4. Weak back muscles

The most important problem is not having strong back muscles. You try to stand upright, but after sometime your muscles can't hold your body anymore and you have a bad posture.

That's why you must strengthen your back muscles and core.

[Idonthaveausername]

Great Take! This is an important issue that often get overlooked, especially in younger years before the chronic pain sets in. I had whiplash a while back, so I had severe neck pain for a number of years. My chiropractor said it's a good thing I'm short because that has helped my posture in reducing overall pain. He said it's especially important for tall people to stretch their backs out and hold their heads up properly. In the last year I've worked with two guys over 6 feet tall who have had serious problems with their backs due to poor posture and they're not even in their 30s. Perfect posture is important if you don't want to suffer chronic pain later in life.

[Anonymous]

When you are tall, like I am, I have to constantly talk to people who are much shorter than I am. It's a lot of neck craning and slouching that goes on with that unless we are sitting down.

[notallthere98]

These are really cool and true for the majority of slouchers, I think. I slouch because I have a chronic illness and I'm always in pain and slouching eases the pain a little. I definitely notice the issues is causes. Tension headaches, sore muscles, poor balance, etc. If you can stop slouching, please do it

[AUTiger7222]

Very true.

[FakeName123]

Good take. Though if you say something like "That's why you must strengthen your back muscles and core." it would probably plenty helpful to say what to do in order to strengthen ones back.

Might be interesting for an additional Take.

[Unit1]

I'm a victim of all this.
I mean I have no problems standing upright for a time long but then I get uncomfortable doing so because I am so used to be in the shape, that I am in now.
Mostly because I was sitting every single day on a computer for long periods of time.
Also I did not feel safe in my home and had a "crawled himself inside" or "ball form" posture many times as I lacked a sense of security and protection.

This is problematic but some problems can't have a solid fix.

[Wonderer89]

Great mytake 😊 Some really good information! I have/had really bad posture too, it's a hard habit to break. My work got me this wearable thingy that clips to your shirt to alert you anytime you slouch or have bad alignment. I can see it's been beneficial but it's pretty bloody annoying

[springocelot]

with technology, i feel more younger people are more prone to hunch back or what they call a dowager's hump. i guess that's why standing desk are becoming more popular.

[AUTiger7222]

Good info. I've got a bad back mainly from having weak back muscles.

[John_Doesnt]

My monkey ancestors didn't stand upright and neither do I.

[lord_chilled]

You win the internet, sir

[NerdInDenial]

Also, standing straight makes you appear more confident.

[meatballs21]

I have lordosis and scoliosis, not helped by being tall.

[akadatank44]

Very good info! You should do one for sitting at a desk.

[baseball69]

This makes a lot of sense

[Anonymous]

thanks