Following on from my post about the Royal walk (click here if you want to remind yourself), this short article on zeenews india.com seems to confirm that Prince Charles is doing something right for his back, albeit unwittingly.
Now a new study, led by Alex Ruhe of Murdoch University, Perth, seems to show that backpain has a direct linear link with a persons posture.
In the study researchers used 200 patients who had low back pain, mid back pain, and neck pain (not sure if each patient had all three, probably not). Asking them to rate their pain at the start form 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain).
They were then stood on a solid plate with pressure sensors attached to each corner, and measurements were taken of body sway with their eyes closed, and changes of weight shift recorded. (I hope these volunteers were recompensed well!)
The results were then compared to data from healthy individuals subjected to the same regime.
It was found that body sway increased with higher pain intensities, the increase followed a linear fashion, and results were consistent for the three types of pain.
So, in simple terms yes, posture is important, and my dear old Dad was probably right in constantly telling me not to slouch, and stand up straight. I should've listened!
You can read the full article here.
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