Why are joints affected by your posture?
When you stand upright and adopt a good posture daily, your body weight is perfectly distributed over the joints that are found all over your body: neck, shoulders, spine, hips, knees, etc. When we adopt a poor posture, certain joints are put under greater pressure. This forces the muscles, ligaments and tendons within the joints to work harder to maintain the body’s position.
Combined with aging, which already affects the quality and efficiency of the different components of the joints, poor posture represents a real danger to the joints. Over time, it can cause problems such as osteoarthritis, or exacerbate other conditions such as osteoporosis.