Healthy kids are flexible. They can perform all sorts of physical feats and limbering exercises that we can only vaguely remember doing ourselves. And that's a good thing. But...if your child isn't using proper posture as they bend and contort and walk and run and sit and stand, they might be endangering their health. Here's what you need to know about the importance of promoting good posture for your kids. The Posture - Health Connection Posture affects health in more than just the obvious ways of causing back pain and neck or shoulder strain. How a child sits or stands also affects their joints, internal organs, skeletal frame and mental capacity. Posture is directly connected to a child's ability to move, feel, act and think. Bad posture also limits range of motion. Your child's body can't move efficiently if his or her back is "out of whack". Respiration is another concern. Rounded shoulders and bent over neck cause internal ...
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