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Effects Of Chairs & Phones On Your Posture

A flat back chair is all a person needs, says Dr. Amir Mahajer, Interventional Spine Specialist with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center. The doctor explains that kind of chair keeps good lumbar lordosis and keeps people sitting erect. “That's probably the best thing," he says. New technologies have caused “tech neck" and “text neck", the specialist affirms. “It's everybody bending over with their chin to their chest texting and their head flexed. “That's not a good position for the neck," he adds.

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