Name: Doctors Debunk 11 Myths About Posture And Back Pain | Debunked
Uploaded: 2022-07-08T16:57:12.000Z
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"Sitting at a desk all day will give you bad posture."

that there's one good or one bad posture.

"Massages will remove knots in your back."

I'm a physical therapist based in Santa Barbara, California,

of patients with general orthopedic pain and injuries.

And I am Dr. David Song, and I am a chiropractor

and the patients that I mostly see are weightlifters

and other people who are experiencing issues

"Good posture means standing or sitting up straight."

So, this is a myth that comes up a lot in the clinic.

Tuck your chin in, pull your shoulders back.

The current pain science, injury, rehab evidence

If you were going to label a posture as bad,

it's not going to be comfortable by the end of it.

So, slouching in itself is not really the problem.

it's about not doing anything else, really.

Walters: There's actually some really interesting research

where they actually put people in slouching

it actually improved nutrient and fluid delivery.

has ever achieved good posture through stretching.

It's better than just sitting there doing nothing.

There are a lot of other aspects that go into posture.

Like, one that we talk about a lot are baseball pitchers.

their actual upper bone, their humerus bone

because of the stresses they're putting on it.

We might have mobility-type work or interventions,

is to be consciously aware of it all the time

But doing that all the time is probably going to

Song: "A stiff mattress is better for your back."

I mean, you can understand, we spend a lot of time sleeping.

A stiff mattress might be great for some people

The best way you can gauge if something is good for you

So you really have to think of your own body

Song: "Massages will remove knots in your back."

There's not some balled-up muscle that we can MRI and see.

We have a bunch of muscles that are just long and skinny,

and if you rub on them like this, they feel like a lump.

Don't worry about it. It's just a muscle in your body.

Song: So, massages can help to loosen up a tight muscle.

Well, I mean, the knot wasn't there to begin with, so.

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