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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/why-posture-is-important-for-back-shoulder-chest-and-neck-pain/">Why posture is important for back, shoulder, chest and neck pain</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted October 4, 2007 at 02:00 PM by Julie R. Keen</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">What constitutes good posture?&nbsp; What are some of the common deviations in the spine and the body, and what contributes to them? What can you do to prevent these deviations? It’s all about gravity … well, fighting it really.&nbsp; Proper posture is maintaining good alignment of all your bones, upright against gravity.&nbsp; Your mother nagged you about it growing up, and it turns out, she was right about this too. The spine has many functions.&nbsp; It protects our spinal cord and nerve roots.&nbsp; It is an attachment point for many muscles in the pelvic and shoulder girdles, so it provides a stable base upon which the arms and legs can move.&nbsp; It gives us great mobility as Homo Sapiens.&nbsp; It also provides structure for and protects our internal organs along with the ribcage.&nbsp; When the spine is…<a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/why-posture-is-important-for-back-shoulder-chest-and-neck-pain/">(<a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/why-posture-is-important-for-back-shoulder-chest-and-neck-pain/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/why-posture-is-important-for-back-shoulder-chest-and-neck-pain/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/why-posture-is-important-for-back-shoulder-chest-and-neck-pain/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/his-fitness/">his-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/injuries-rehab/">injuries-rehab</a><br /><br /> </P>