Many people who have desk jobs spend a large majority of their day sitting. This is major factor in the pain related disorders that are so common today.

Posture is Important

There are hundreds of muscles in the human body. Most of them are connected to joints and are arranged in ways that oppose each other. This is what enables a joint to move back and forth in opposite directions. Poor posture promotes imbalance among these muscles and causes uneven tension on joints that often leads to painful problems.

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According to Dr. Aric Sigman, a psychologist and biologist, social networking websites like Facebook pose a serious risk to your health.

Dr. Sigman claims that the use of social networking websites reduce face to face interaction, and in turn, has biological effects that can harm our health. In fact, these effects can be serious enough to alter gene function, impair immunity, alter hormone balance, affect mental clarity, and even increase the risk of cancer and heart disease. That’s quite a claim, but does it really apply to everyone?

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