Hi all

Wanted to ask for some opinions and info re: posture and back pain. I am currently working with a lot of work related cervical and thoracic pain in a predominantly office environment and are constantly being asked about posture.

1) what is good posture? is it "sitting tall" for a majority of the day? do you think it prevents back pain?

2) is there any evidence for the efficacy of posture training on back pain? couldn't find anything much on pedro.

From what i know - the current theory of sitting posture is to have an upright/neutral position of back, chin tucked in shoulders straight etc. Still so many patients come through to the clinic saying that there shoulders ache, they have a stiff neck, upper limb disorder etc.

So my question is: is it more important to regularly stretching and move about than to sit upright in a rigid "good posture"?

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