The Essentials of – Breaking Down the Basics
July 30, 2019
Many of us today whether at the office or at school slouch from time to time. In spite of that, most of us were already told by our own parents when we were just young to sit up straight when sitting or while walking. Some of us would admit that they were not given with the exactly reason why they should not slouch, read more about this here.
Some of the reason people were told is that is it just an etiquette that has never died and continues to live on to people. Well to be honest, the reason not to slouch goes beyond from etiquette itself. It turns out that slouching or slumping bad not just socially but also for our overall health, below we will be discussing the drawbacks or disadvantages of slouching.
Spinal Cord Matters
For most people, slouching seems to be more comfortable for us than sitting up straight. However, what we felt comfortable has its own backfire to our health.
Remember that when we began to slouch our head tends to droop forward, have you ever took notice of that? The right position is that the weight of our head should right unto our spine. Slouching places the weight of our head where it shouldn’t be, read more here.
With the constant slouching it will cause serious problem in the future on your upper spine and will cause compression on your internal organs which leads to neck and back pain. Other than that it also causes constipation, poor circulation, exhaustion, and etc. that causes neck and back pain.
And if you are suffering some of these symptoms then I would advise you to see a professional chiropractor, read more about that here.
Social Problems
Slumping can cause more problems other than compromising your spine health. With that said slouching can compromise your reputation badly, read more about this here. Did you know that body language can be traced on the animal kingdom, and we are not exempted. Ever notice a dog who want to play with other dog, first they would lean down their front legs right before they engage to playing. Aside from dogs, cats also would push down their paws on you or on the couch perhaps or on a piece of fabric, read more here.
The examples mentioned above are both body languages made by our pets. Then how much more a person would express a certain point with a body language.
When we slouch our head and limbs would fall inward onto our chest. Which signifies we are prone to attack, loss of interest, stressed, unhappy, you name it all.