Questions from The Class - What does the Science say about Posture and Pain? Adapted from CSUMB
- Jesse Snyder BSkin, NASM CES, Dotfit, KIEP, AFPA
- Aug 21, 2020
- 1 min read
What does science say about posture and pain?
No association between leg length inequality and back pain. [1]
No significant difference in lumbar lordosis or leg length inequality between three groups of 321 males with severe back pain, moderate pain, or no pain. [2]
No association between measurements of neck curvature and neck pain.[3]
No significant difference in lumbar lordosis, pelvic tilt, leg length discrepancy, and the length of abdominal, hamstring, and iliopsoas muscles in 600 people with and without back pain. [4]
Teenagers with postural asymmetry, excessive thoracic kyphosis and/or lumbar lordosis were no more likely to develop back pain in adulthood than peers with “better” posture. [5]
Pregnant women with greater increases in the low back curve during pregnancy were no more likely to develop back pain. [6]
People who work occupations involving frequent awkward postures do not have higher levels of back pain. [7]
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